Send us Fan Mail Revelation Pays D’Oc Chardonnay 2024 A French IPG wine from a family-owned winery (since 1995). It has a little oak seasoning and maybe some malolactic fermentation. All good things for a $7.99 French Chardonnay. IGP wines are made to be affordable; they are the wines that the average French wine drinker…
Read MoreSend us Fan Mail Aldi Specially Selected Uco Valley Malbec 2025 This is a single vineyard from the Belhara Estate Winery. Trader Joe’s has had a couple of Malbec wines from this Estate. The Uco Valley is a high-altitude vineyard region in the Mendoza Valley in Argentina. It is an outstanding region to grow the…
Read MoreSend us Fan Mail Kirkland Signature Sonoma County Chardonnay 2024 This is Costco’s $7.39 Chardonnay, down from $7.99 in past vintages. It is good to you and good for you, if I may quote Andy of Mayberry. A sub-$10 Sonoma Chardonnay that has no issues and has plenty of flavor. This is no bare-bones Chardonnay;…
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The Kirkland Signature Sonoma County Chardonnay 2024 is a $7.39 Costco wine, which is 60 cents cheaper than previous vintages. The Story The Kirkland Signature Sonoma County Chardonnay 2024 is a wine from Grape and Grain, the private label division of Precept Wine and Spirits. Precept is the largest privately owned wine company in the…
Read MoreSend us Fan Mail Nikau Point Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024 A tasty Sauv Blanc from a family-owned, independent producer. Nikau Point is a beach on the North Island, and Marlborough produces 2/3 of New Zealand’s wine from the NorthEast corner of the South Island. This is a tasty, balanced, inexpensive Sauvignon Blanc that drinks beyond…
Read MoreSend us Fan Mail VulTour Napa Valley Red Blend 2023 VolTour is a boutique winery based in Napa. They make wines from small plots of prime Napa vineyards. The wines routinely get 94 points on up and sell for $125+. The Voltour Proprietary Napa Red 2023 is a blend of Napa Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot,…
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The Corvelia Paso Robles Sauvignon Blanc 2025 is a $9.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. It is sourced from multiple vineyards in the Paso Robles AVA of the Central Coast AVA in California. The Story This is a rare Trader Joe’s wine that actually has a webpage, though it offers little information. Corvelia brand has 3 wines,…
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Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe’s Platinum Reserve Eola Springs Vineyards Pinot Noir 2024 A single-vineyard estate vineyard $15 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir. This does not happen often. Economic conditions have to apply. Let Trader Joe’s take you to the promised land! Check us out at http://www.cheapwinefinder.com or email us at [email protected] SPEAKER_00 0:00 Hey…
Read MoreSend us Fan Mail Sauvigio Sauvignon Blanc/Pinot Grigio 2025 This is a 50-50 blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Grigio. Produced for Trader Joe’s, an entity of Delicato Family Vineyards/Coppola Wine. It does not exactly taste like a Sauvignon Blanc or a Pinot Grigio. But it is tasty and easy to like. Seven dollars buys…
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The Sauvigio Sauvignon Blanc/Pinot Grigio 2025 is a $6.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. It is produced for them by an entity of Delicato Family Vineyards/Coppola Wines. The Story Delicato Family Vineyards just celebrated its 100th anniversary in the Lodi AVA, and they recently purchased Coppola Wines out of Sonoma. The Sauvigio Sauvignon Blanc/Pinot Grigio 2025 has…
Read MoreSend us Fan Mail Kirkland Signature Carneros Pinot Noir 2024 This wine has been available at Costco for several vintages. Carneros Chardonnay and Pinot Noir are seldom inexpensive, except if they are for Costco or Trader Joe’s. Carneros wines get pricey. There are no “bad” vineyards in Carneros; virtually all of them have expensive wines….
Read MoreSend us Fan Mail Foggy Veil Paso Robles Grenache 2023 This is a wine from the Miller Family Vineyards, which includes the Central Coast Wine Services. The Miler Family owns some of the elite vineyards in the Central Coast AVA. They also, though, their various companies produced some of Trader Joe’s best exclusive wines. This…
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The Foggy Veil Paso Robles Grenache 2023 is a $5.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. A Check of the California Wine Cola Registry shows Miller Family Wines as the Producer. The Story The Miller Family have been farming in California since the 1940s and have had vineyards since the 1970s. They own some of the most highly…
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The 90+ Cellars Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon 2023 is a wine I found for 13.99 at a supermarket, the list price is 17.99. The Story 90+ Cellars started with an interesting concept. They went to wineries that had a wine that had recently earned 90 points or more and asked if they had any wine…
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Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Sonoma County Brut This is a Bubbly from Trader Joe’s in the wrong time of the year. Sparkling wine traditionally is popular in November and December, the Holidays! The Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Sonoma County Brut and Rosé dropped in June. Withe all the turmoil in the…
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The Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Sonoma County Brut is a $12.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. Made for them, like most of Trader Joe’s Sparkling wines by Rack and Riddle. The Story Rack and Riddle is a huge custom Sparkling wine facility. They have several locations in California, this one is located in Healdsburg, Sonoma. There are…
Read MoreSend us Fan Mail André Brunel Cuvée Bécassonne Cotes-Du-Rhone 2025 This is a White wine from a well respected Chateauneuf-du-Pape producer who produce fabulous Red wines. They have been in the Chateauneuf-du-Pape region since the 1700s, they are legit! This wine comes from a single Estate vineyard just outside of the Chateauneuf-du-Pape growing area, but…
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The André Brunel Cuvée Bécassonne Cotes-Du-Rhone 2025 is a White wine I found selling for $12.99, it is sourced from a vineyard just outside the Chateaunuef-du-Pape region of the Southern Rhone Valley in France. The Story The Brunel family have been a fixture in the Chareaunuef-du-Pape region since the 1700s. The blend is 40% Roussanne,…
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Send us Fan Mail Gruet Blanc de Noirs Blanc de Blanc translates to White from Black. For some reason French farmers thought the blue/purple Pinot Noir Grapes were black. This Bubbly is 82% Pinot Noir and 18% Chardonnay.’ The Gruet story is long and involved so listen to the podcast for an understanding of the…
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The Gruet Blanc de Noirs is an American Sparkling wine I found selling for about $16. The reason it is an American wine is the grapes are sourced from Washington, California and New Mexico. The Story Gilbert Gruet who owned a winery in Champagne, France started a Sparkling wine winery in New Mexico in 1984….
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Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Sonoma County Brut Rosé This is another of Trader Joe’s many Grand Reserve, Diamond Reserve, Platinum Reserve, North Coast, Carneros, Napa, and Sonoma Sparkling wines. The have many variations on a theme. Most of those were released near the holidays, the time when Bubbly rules the season….
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The Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Sonoma County Brut Rosé is a $12.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive, produced for them by Rack and Riddle, a huge Sparkling wine producer with several location in California. The Story Trader Joe’s Reserve line of Sparkling wines, have multiple veriations of Northern California Bubbly. There is Diamond Reserve, Platinum Reserve, and…
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Send us Fan Mail Aldi’s William Walker Monterey Chardonnay 2024 This is a very useful Monterey Chardonnay. It sips well. It is food Friendly. It is sustainably farmed. It tastes good! Check us out at http://www.cheapwinefinder.com or email us at [email protected] SPEAKER_00 0:02 Hey, welcome. Domain Dave, cheapwinefiner.com. Stop by Aldi. Um, they have no…
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The Aldi’s William Walker Monterey Chardonnay 2024 is a $9.49 Aldi exclusive. It is produced for Aldi by Plata Wine Group, a large private label and bulk wine company. The Story Aldi typically owns the trademark for the wine brand name so the can, if necessary, change producers and keep their brand. Before Willam Walker…
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Send us Fan Mail Loudenotte Pays D’Oc Pinot Noir 2024 Trader Joe’s has been selling this Pinot Noir for 8 years, it is a favorite. $6.99 Pinot Noir shouldn’t be this sippable. Pinot Noir is a hard grape to grow. But it sips nicely, not a world-beater, but tasty. The perfect wine to accompany good…
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