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Send us Fan Mail Daccordo di Dacci Rosé Extra Dry Prosecco 2025 This isn’t a Trader Joe’s exclusive, but it looks like they have a discounted price. This is a organic, vegan, vintage dated Sparkling wine from the Prosecco region. All of those details are not common, and TJ’s has it for $16.99. It is…

Send us Fan Mail Tazmin Breeze Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024 This is a amazing five buck wine. You expect nothing nothing, but get a Sauv Blanc that competes with wines at twice the price. The podcast talks about why this happens, but also praises the producer for making a quality wine. Cheap good wine is…

Send us Fan Mail Cline Ancient Vines Zinfandel 2022 This is a Zin from Contra Costa AVA, which is east of the San Francisco Bay and south of the San Pablo Bay. This is home to multiple 100-year-old vineyards. Check out http://www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the PODCAST to get all the details. This is a…

Send us Fan Mail Hess Select California Chardonnay 2024 This is a Chardonnay sourced from all over California. 30% of the juice was both fermented and aged in French oak barrels. Hess has been around since the late 70s, so they have great contacts for purchasing grapes. All that combines to produce an excellent value-priced…

Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe’s Brut California Sparkling Wine This is an $8.99 Trader Joe’s Bubbly that is well-made and full of flavor. Mother’s Day is approaching, and Spring Bubbly cocktails time is upon us! Pouring supermarket orange juice into an expensive Champagne seems excessive. But the Trader Joe’s Brut California Sparkling Wine calls…

Send us Fan Mail Honey Moon Viognier 2024 Viognier is a Northern Rhone Valley (France) blending grape. It has a very fragrant scent and excellent natural acidity. It can help both Red and White wines that need a little boost. But when you put a chill on it, it makes a seriously good summer wine….

Send us Fan Mail Kirkland Signature Russian River Pinot Noir 2024 There have been several vintages of this wine offered by Costco, and they have differed from year to year. A top winemaker made this wine, and the grapes are of good quality. I think this is more of a food wine than a sipping…

Send us Fan Mail Thesis Russian River Chardonnay 2024 This Costco wine was originally sold in the $35 to $50 price range, according to the internet! These things happen during economic turmoil. Well, we have economic turmoil. Cheap top-rated wine is a good thing; take advantage while you can. Check us out at http://www.cheapwinefinder.com or…

Send us Fan Mail A $12.99 Chardonnay from Willamette Valley that actually overdelivers? We pop the cork on Willa Creek 2023 and trace the bigger story behind Oregon’s quiet Chardonnay comeback. For years the region leaned on California clones that struggled to ripen in cooler sites, yielding lean, austere wines. The switch to Dijon clones—and…

Send us Fan Mail A $7.99 French Pinot Noir that’s organic, carbon neutral, and made by a B-Corp shouldn’t be this easy to drink—and yet here we are. We pull the cork on Florility French Organic Pinot Noir 2024 from Aldi and get honest about what’s in the glass, what’s on the label, and what…

Send us Fan Mail The hunt for affordable luxury often leads to unexpected places. Such is the case with Aldi’s Specially Selected Napa Valley Brut, which at $17.99 might raise eyebrows among budget-conscious shoppers—until they taste it. This sparkling wine comes from respected producer Rack and Riddle, the behind-the-scenes maestros responsible for many quality bubblies…