The OKO Organic Pinot Noir 2020 is sourced from certified organic vineyards in the Vin de Pays D'Oc region of the Languedoc in eastern France. OKO is an eco-wine company that specializes in organic wines grown in various wine regions. For example, they offer an organic Pinot Grigio from the Veneto region of Italy. The OKO Organic Pinot Noir 2020 is 97% Pinot Noir and 3% … [Read more...]
Loudenotte Pinot Noir Pays d’Oc 2018
The Story The Loudenotte Pinot Noir Pays d'Oc 2018 is a $6.99 Trader Joe's import exclusive sourced from grapes from the south of France. The Oc in Pays d'Oc refers to Occitania which runs from the border with Spain to the Rhone Valley to the Pyrenees and the Mediterranean. The wines from this region are designated as IGP wines which is a step below the AOC … [Read more...]
Revelation Pinot Noir 2018
The Story The Revelation Pinot Noir 2018 is a Trader Joe's $7.99 American exclusive sourced from vineyards in the Languedoc region of southeastern France. The Languedoc growing area borders the Mediterranean on the east, the Pyrenees Mountains to the west and Spain to the south. This is a Pays d'Oc (IGP) designated wine which is rated a step below AOC wines. Pays d'Oc is wines … [Read more...]
La Coqueluche Rose’ 2017
The La Coqueluche Rose' 2017 is a $5.99 Trader Joe's exclusive designated an IGP or a Vin de Pays D'Oc wine sourced from vineyards in the Languedoc region of southeastern France. French wine regions have governing bodies that issue strict rules and regulations concerning the farming of the grapes and the production of the wine, IGP and Vin d'Pays wines have less strict rules … [Read more...]
Maison Barboulot Marsanne-Viognier 2017
The Maison Barboulot Marsanne-Viognier 2017 is a $5.99 Trader Joe's import exclusive sourced from vineyards near the Black Mountains in the Languedoc region of Southeast France (along the Mediterranean Ocean). Maison Barboulot is a brand name, there is no Maison Barboulot estate and the label is faux French. It is actual French writing, but none of it is anything that you would … [Read more...]
