The Story The Wind Song Chardonnay 2018 ALDI is a $7.99 Aldi exclusive sourced from vineyards in the Margaret River district of Western Australia. Most Australian wines in the under twenty dollar price range come from South Australia or Southeast Australia. Margaret River is on the other side of the country, near the city of Perth…
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The Story The Simpler Wines Too Canny Rose’ is a $2.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive sourced from grapes from Australia. That is about all I know about the juice that is in the can, so this will be a story about canned wine. The can 375 ml. which is about 12 1/2 oz. in American, so…
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In this podcast episode, we bring cheap to a whole other level with the Lindeman’s Bin 65 Chardonnay 2017 Listen in to see if real cheap is just too cheap.
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The Springwood Chardonnay 2015 is a $4.99 Trader Joe’s import exclusive, sourced from vineyards in the Murray Darling region of Australia. The Murray River and the Darling River are the 2 main rivers in the area, which is located east of Adelaide and north of Melbourne. It is a hot, dry growing region that depends on…
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The [yellow tail] Sauvignon Blanc is a non-vintage wine sourced from vineyards in both Australia (93%) and New Zealand (7%). Even though this is a non-vintage wine, meaning the grapes come from more than one years harvest, the percentage of Australia to New Zealand grapes seem to change, there are some older bottlings with 86% Australia…
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The 2011 Presswork Barossa Valley Shiraz is a $9.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive. The grapes seem to come from old vine Shiraz vineyards located in the Ebenezer growing region in the north of the Barossa Valley in Australia and this Shiraz was aged in French oak for 14 months. If you do a little detective work…
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The Darkhorse Big Red Blend 01A is something that I have not come across before, a bottle of wine usually says something like California or Chile on the label, or maybe something more specific like Sonoma or Maule Valley as a source for the grapes. The Darkhorse Big Red Blend 01A is made from grapes…
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The Jacob’s Creek Sparkling Moscato Rose’ is a non vintage Bubbly sourced from grapes grown in South Eastern Australia. Moscato is the popular name for wine produced from the Muscat grape. The Muscat grape may be the oldest domesticated grape and comes in dozens of varieties and not only is it a White wine grape,…
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