Cheap Wine Reviews

Trader Joe's Platinum Reserve Saint-Emilion 2022-The Best $15 Merlot? Saint-Emilion is a village on the Right Bank in Bordeaux and they do Merlot, between them and Pomerol they produce what may be the best Merlot in the world. American value-priced wine drinkers barely know what Merlot is. There are plenty of high-end California and Washington…

8 Plumas Sauvignon Blanc- Chill As A Summer Cooler Plumas equals feathers… Plumas lead to Plumage. Spain isn't well known for Sauvignon Blanc, but Aldi is well known for value-priced wine. So is this match-up with Marlborough, New Zealand Sauv Blanc? No, this is more of a hot summer poolside cooler. For more information check…

OVZ Old Vine Lodi Zinfandel 2021- Affordable Zinfandel Done Right! Lodi is a great place to look for affordable wines. The wineries are often over 100 years old. OVZ is made by and family-owned wine company started in 1906. This is my kind of Zinfandel! To find out why check out https://cheapwinefinder.com/ and listen to the…

La Burgondie Cremant de Bourgogne Brut-Trader Joe's Delicious $11 French Bubbly! I think I said in the Podcast that Burgundy is east of Paris, it isn't it is west of Paris. I say something wrong in every podcast, I turn left when they say right. I can't help it. But the main focus of the…

Aldi California Heritage Merlot-The $4.99 Food Wine! The California Heritage Series of wine from Aldi is the new KING of cheap wine. Every wine in the line that I have tasted is better than its $4.88 price tag. Forget 2 Buck Check, Forget Aldi's Winking Owl, Forget Aldi's Hwy 5 Wines, the California Heritage wine…

Aldi's Specially Selected Napa Valley Chardonnay 2021-Aldi Is Killing It! This is a $10.99 Napa Valley Chardonnay, big deal, right? Napa is about place and people and this Chardonnay is Napa generic. Is that Bad? No, not when the wine is $10.99. It tastes like Napa and costs like California. For more information check out https://cheapwinefinder.com/ and…

Trader Joe's Reserve Rasteau Cru 2022-What Is A Rasteau? This is a Trader Joe's $9.99 wine that just happens to have a Cru designation. Cru is the top of French wine designations, in Bordeaux, there are First Growth wines, but in the Southern Rhone Valley, this is it. TJ's does not give any info on…

Porto 6 Vinho Tinto 2021-Trader Joe's $6 Portuguese Red Well actually $5.99, six-buck wine shouldn't taste this good, but it does. Portuguese wine is interesting,  they do not care what the rest of the wine world is doing. They do what is right for Portuguese wine. Value-priced wine has always been a staple of Portuguese…

Juggernaut Sonoma Coast Chardonnay-Upscale @ A Value Price! This Chardonnay is a brand from Bogle Family Vineyards a 6th generation winery from the Clarksburg AVA. The Sonoma Coast AVA is a high-end Chardonnay and Pinot Noir AVA . The wines from here can sell for $50 and up. So this $15 Sonoma Coast AVA CHardonna…

Gruet Brut Rosé Sparkling Wine- The Best Champagne-Style Value Wine? Yeah, Maybe it is. It is hard to be definitive with wine because every year is a new harvest, but Gruet has been rocking the  Sparkling wine thing for years. Then when you find out it is a French wine House with a New Mexico…

Babs Santa Barbara Pinot Noir-Review-$16@Costco-$25 to $35 Elsewhere I think I mentioned Thanksgiving when I meant Easter and am sure last year  I said Easter when I meant Thanksgiving. I have no excuses for my failures. This Pinot is a triumph, not a failure. This is a legitimate taste of Santa Barbara or St. Babs,…

Sunshine Bay Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc-Aldi-$7.99-Excellent This sub-$10 Sauv Blanc is an Estate wine! It is also delicious. You can spend more for a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, but you do not have to! Check out https://cheapwinefinder.com/ and listen to the PODCAST for all the details! Check us out at http://www.cheapwinefinder.com or email us at podcast@cheapwinefinder.com