Cheap Wine Reviews

Send us Fan Mail Dancing Flame Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon 2019-$6.99 From Aldi 2022 has us back on the cheap wine beat. This is a seven-buck Cab Sauv from Chile. I got used to the fancy but cheap Cabernet Sauvignon  I drank in December 2021, so I was not entirely taken by this Cab. But it…

Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's Diamond Reserve Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon 2020-$20 And Worth Every Penny Twenty buck Trader Joe's wine, what is this world coming to? There is a story about this wine that should be very interesting for all value-priced wine drinkers. Since I just wrote the story and review on…

Send us Fan Mail Meiomi California Pinot Noir NV-The New Meiomi Meiomi Pinot Noir is a hugely successful wine, with more than 7,000,000 bottles sold a year. Constellation Brands bought this wine in 2015, and there have been changes made to this Pinot Noir. Is it still what you know and expect? Check out http://www.cheapwinefinder.com…

Send us Fan Mail Argyle Willamette Valley Brut 2017-Champagne Quality At Half The Price It is December 2021, and Champagne is in short supply; instead of Bubbly sales, Champagne prices are higher. What to do, what to do, what to do. Well, where do they grow excellent Chardonnay and Pinot Noir? Why Willamette Valley, of…

Send us Fan Mail Hwy 5 Pinot Noir 2020-Aldi $5 Party Wine Ok, so you think five dollars is too cheap for wine. In Europe, where they drink wine with the meal, they seldom spend more than two or three Euros on a wine. 2 or 3 Euros equals $5. And Aldi, Trader Joe's, and…

Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's Reserve Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon 2019-$25 for $9.99? My cousin's next-door neighbor's uncle has a friend who read on the internet that this is a restaurant wine of note that because of Covid in 2020 and 2021 didn't sell and, with a new vintage coming, had to be sold…

Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's Platinum Reserve Sonoma Brut-Worth The Extra Five Bucks? CWF reviewed the Trader Joe's Reserve North Coast Brut Bubbly at $9.99, and we wondered if the Sonoma County version could be worth $5 more. That extra five bucks put it in competition with the California version of elite French Champagne…

Send us Fan Mail Ronan By Clinet Bordeaux Merlot 2016-Expensive Merlot for $10 Chateau Clinet is THE Pomerol estate. Ronan is the name of their managing director. Pomerol does Merlot. This is 100% Merlot, not from vineyards in Pomerol, but made by the same team that makes the $150 to $350  wines.  And I found…

Send us Fan Mail Mud House Central Otago Pinot Noir 2019-NZ Isn't Just Sauvignon Blanc Excellent Affordable Pinot Noir is a joy, and that is precisely what New Zealand Pinot  Noir offers. I found this single-vineyard Central Otago Pinot for $15, and it is a real bargain. Central Otago is on the southern half of…

Send us Fan Mail Cheapwinefinder Drinks The Aldi 7 Days of New Years Import Bubbly Collection 2021 Chateau Quake and Domaine Dave sample 7 Aldi imported Bubbly. We liked some better than others but enjoyed giving them all a try. It turns out that cheap Aldi imported Bubbly can be very good. Check out the…

Send us Fan Mail Lovely You Chardonnay NV 2021-Low Calorie and Low Alcohol There was a time when inexpensive wine was probably horrible. But not anymore; cheap wine typically rocks. And “diet” healthy wine was a wine to be endured, not enjoyed. Again, not anymore! Check out http://www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the podcast for all…

Send us Fan Mail Ernest Rapeneau Champagne-Trader Joe's Real Deal Excellent Bubbly Cheap Bubbly equals Good Bubbly? Yes! This is a real deal Champagne from a Champagne House that has been in Champagne since 1901. And you can buy a half bottle at TJ's for $11 to check it out for yourself. No need to…

Send us Fan Mail Ile de Conas Le Rosé 2020-$7.99 TJ's- A taste of Summer in Winter Ile de Conas is Paul Mas first Estate in the Languedoc region of France. Wine Enthusiast Magazine awarded Paul Mas winery French winery of the year 2021. The packaging for this Rosé is exceptional, the bottle has silk-screened…