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Trader Joe’s Reserve Walla Walla Syrah 2023

July 1, 2025 Domaine Dave 0 Comments

The Trader Joe’s Reserve Walla Walla Syrah 2023 is an exclusive Trader Joe’s offering at $9.99. It is produced for Trader Joe’s by DNA Vineyards, which has provided Trader Joe’s with quality wines for years. The Story DNA Vineyards is Dennis Patton and Andrea Silverstein, who together have over 65 years of experience in the…

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Trader Joe’s Platinum Reserve Dundee Hills Pinot Noir 2023

June 19, 2025 Domaine Dave 0 Comments

The Trader Joe’s Platinum Reserve Dundee Hills Pinot Noir 2023 is a $14.99 wine available exclusively at Trader Joe’s. The Dundee Hills AVA is a sub-AVA within the Willamette Valley AVA. The Story The back label indicates that this wine was “vinted and bottled by Cultavin Cellars.” Vinted and bottled by means that they bottled…

Trader Joe’s Diamond Reserve Rutherford Meritage 2022

June 13, 2025 Domaine Dave 0 Comments

The Trader Joe’s Diamond Reserve Rutherford Meritage 2022 is an exclusive, $19.99 offering available only at Trader Joe’s. This wine was produced and bottled by (that means they made it) 1542 ACE, which is a label from Miura Vineyards, a project from a Master Sommelier, Emmanuel Kemiji. The Story Miura and 1542 ACE typically deal…

Trader Joe’s Grower’s Reserve Organic Sauvignon Blanc 2024

June 10, 2025 Domaine Dave 0 Comments

The Trader Joe’s Grower’s Reserve Organic Sauvignon Blanc 2024 is a $5.99 exclusive to Trader Joe’s. This certified organic wine is produced by ASV Vines on the Central Coast of California. The Story There is a wine truism: nobody goes through the time, effort, and expense to certify a less-than-top vineyard to organic specification. Young…

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Trader Joe’s Diamond Reserve Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

May 25, 2025 Domaine Dave 0 Comments

The Trader Joe’s Diamond Reserve Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2023 is a $19.99 TJ’s exclusive. This edition is Lot #09; they have previously used this brand name for a completely different wine. The Story This is a single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon; the label only says Napa Valley, but this wine comes from one vineyard in a…

Trader Joe’s Reserve Huichica Hills Vineyard Carneros Napa Chardonnay 2023

April 8, 2025 Domaine Dave 1 Comment

The Trader Joe’s Reserve Huichica Hills Vineyard Carneros Napa Chardonnay 2023 Is a $9.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. The Huichica Hills Vineyard in the title is Duckhorn’s Carneros property. The Story Carneros is an AVA located in both Sonoma and Napa, near San Pablo Bay’s northern edge. This is the Bay east of Oakland, California. The…

Trader Joe’s Platinum Reserve Bersano Nizza Barbara 2019

March 27, 2025 Domaine Dave 0 Comments

The Trader Joe’s Platinum Reserve Bersano Nizza Barbara 2019 is a $14.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive made by Bersano Estates, a 123-year-old family-run estate in the Piedmont district of Italy. The Story Nizza was once part of the DOCG Barbara D’Asti area and became a separate DOCG in 2014. The larger D’Asti DOCG comprises 160 villages…

Trader Joe’s Platinum Reserve Yountville Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

March 5, 2025 Domaine Dave 0 Comments

The Trader Joe’s Platinum Reserve Yountville Cabernet Sauvignon 2023 is a $17.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. Like the title says the vineyards for this wine are located in the Yountville AVA of Napa Valley. The Story In 1835, George Yount planted grapes here, making Yountville the first wine region in Napa. Yountville is part of the…

Trader Joe’s Reserve Arroyo Seco Chardonnay 2023

February 1, 2025 Domaine Dave 0 Comments

The Trader Joe’s Reserve Arroyo Seco Chardonnay 2023 is a $9.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. Arroyo Seco AVA is located inside the Monterey AVA, which is inside the Central Coast AVA. The Story As a Trader Reserve wine, there aren’t production notes available, but there are a few paragraphs in the current Fearless Flyer. They mention…

Trader Joe’s Reserve Adelaida District Paso Robles Zinfandel 2023

January 19, 2025 Domaine Dave 0 Comments

The Trader Joe’s Reserve Adelaida District Paso Robles Zinfandel 2023 is an exclusive $9.99 wine from the Beckett Family, Paso Robles, California. The back label says that the Beckett Family produced and bottled this Zinfandel, which means they made the wine. Typically, these Trader Joe’s Reserve wines will say “bottled and cellared by,” which usually…

Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Russian River Pinot Noir 2023

January 3, 2025 Domaine Dave 0 Comments

The Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Russian River Pinot Noir 2023 is a $12.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. This is a wine that TJ’s has offered in other vintages. Here is a link to the 2020 vintage. The 2020 was produced for Trader Joe’s by MWK Wine Consultants, the 2023 is from DNA Vineyards. The Story DNA…

Trader Joe’s Reserve Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet Sauvignon Syrah 2023

November 12, 2024 Domaine Dave 0 Comments

The Trader Joe’s Reserve Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet Sauvignon Syrah 2023 is a $9.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. The blend is 74% Cabernet Sauvignon and 26% Syrah. The Horse Heaven Hills AVA is located in the south-central portion of the Columbia Valley of Washington. It got its name because the first settlers to the area found…

Trader Joe’s Reserve North Coast Brut (2024)

November 9, 2024 Domaine Dave 0 Comments

The Trader Joe’s Reserve North Coast Brut (2024) is a $9.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. The North Coast AVA is Sonoma, Mendocino, Napa, and Lake County, which are the best known but also Marin County and Solano County. This Bubbly is made for TJ’s by Rack and Riddle of Healdsburg California. Rack and Riddle is a…

Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Carneros Chardonnay 2023

October 29, 2024 Domaine Dave 0 Comments

The Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Carneros Chardonnay 2023 is a $12.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. The Trader Joe’s Fearless Flyer indicates that the 2023 vintage returns after a six-year absence. Carneros is a high-end wine district, and the California wine business has been booming in the last few years. However, the boom is turning into something…

Trader Joe’s Reserve Carneros Rosé of Pinot Noir 2023

October 28, 2024 Domaine Dave 0 Comments

The Trader Joe’s Reserve Carneros Rosé of Pinot Noir 2023 is a $9.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. I shortened the title for Google it is Trader Joe’s Reserve Rosé of Pinot Noir Los Carneros Napa Valley 2023. The Carneros AVA encompasses both parts of Sonoma and Napa. The Napa part is known as Los Carneros. The…

Trader Joe’s Reserve Willamette Pinot Gris 2023

October 22, 2024 Domaine Dave 0 Comments

The Trader Joe’s Reserve Willamette Pinot Gris 2022 is a $9.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. This wine was “produced and bottled by” D W Hinman Cellars. Produced and bottled by means they made the wine, vinted and bottled by (often seen on Trader Joe’s Reserve wine) does not mean much. D W Hinman Cellars is Doyle…

Trader Joe’s Reserve Knights Valley Cabernet Franc 2021

August 25, 2024 Domaine Dave 0 Comments

The Trader Joe’s Reserve Knights Valley Cabernet Franc 2021 is a $9.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. The back label says this wine was “vinted and bottled by” ABJ Wines. Vinted and bottled by means that whoever ABJ is bottled this wine, vinted sounds important but does not legally mean much. The Knights Valley AVA is in…

Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Sonoma County Syrah 2022

August 18, 2024 Domaine Dave 0 Comments

The Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Sonoma County Syrah 2022 is a $12.99 Trader exclusive made for them by Bozzano and Co. a custom wine producer headquartered in San Luis Obispo, California. This Syrah was produced and bottled by Bozzano and Co., indicating that they made the wine. The name on the back label often shows…

Trader Joe’s Reserve Yountville Chardonnay 2023

July 31, 2024 Domaine Dave 0 Comments

The Trader Joe’s Reserve Yountville Chardonnay 2023 is a $9.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. As the name says this is a Chardonnay sourced from grapes in the Yountville AVA of Napa Valley. Yountville has had vineyards since the 1830s and is a north-south-oriented AVA south of Napa. The southern portion is close to San Pablo Bay…

Trader Joe’s Reserve Sonoma County Blanc de Blancs 2021

July 7, 2024 Domaine Dave 0 Comments

The Trader Joe’s Reserve Sonoma County Blanc de Blancs 2021 is a $9.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. This wine is not to be confused with the Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve and Platinum Reserve Sonoma and North Coast Sparkling wines from the last two years. Blanc de Blancs translates to white from white meaning a Champagne or…

Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Santa Barbara GSM 2022

July 2, 2024 Domaine Dave 0 Comments

The Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Santa Barbara GSM 2022 is a Trader Joe’s $12.99 exclusive. A GSM wine is the main blend from the Southern Rhone Valley in France. This blend is 42% Grenache, 395 Syrah, and 19% Mourvedre. The back label says this wine was produced and bottled, which means they made it, by…

Trader Joe’s Growers Reserve Organic Chardonnay 2023

June 26, 2024 Domaine Dave 0 Comments

The Trader Joe’s Growers Reserve Organic Chardonnay 2023 is a Trader Joe’s $5.99 exclusive made from certified organic grapes farmed in California. The back label states this wine was vinted and bottled by ASV Wines. ASV Wines is a family-owned wine business with over 50 years of experience and started converting its vineyards to organic…

Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Moulis-En-Modec Bordeaux 2022

June 23, 2024 Domaine Dave 0 Comments

The Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Moulis-En-Modec Bordeaux 2022 is a $12.99 Trader Joe’s import exclusive. The Moulis-en-Modec is an AOC on the Left Bank in Bordeaux. The Left Bank is primarily, though not exclusively, a Cabernet Sauvignon growing region. Since Trader Joe’s does not provide details does not provide details on the making of this…

Trader Joe’s Platinum Reserve Cachapoal Valley Red Blend 2021

May 26, 2024 Domaine Dave 0 Comments

The Trader Joe’s Platinum Reserve Cachapoal Valley Red Blend 2021 is $14.99 at Trader Joe’s. This Red Blend is not exclusive to Trader Joe’s since the same wine sells under a different label for about $35. There were a few clues to the origin of this bottle, the bottle is a very heavy Napa-style. The…

Trader Joe’s Platinum Reserve Saint-Emilion 2022

April 24, 2024 Domaine Dave 0 Comments

The Trader Joe’s Platinum Reserve Saint-Emilion 2022 is a 414.99 Trader Joe’s import exclusive. Saint-Emilion is on the Right Bank of the Garonne River in Bordeaux and along with nearby Pomerol is arguably the best place in the world to grow Merlot. The Merlot grape comprises 79% of the vines, 15% of Cabernet Franc, and…

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