Category: best costco wines
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Liquid Sunshine is as Close as Your Local Costco
Fast facts: 2021 Kirkland Signature Toscana IGT, Italy ($13.99 @Costco; California – Product #1181768) I’ve decided that the imports in the Kirkland Signature program are far better than the domestic wines. There. I’ve said it. Sure, there are exceptions. But on balance, the deck is stacked with wines like this Toscana, the Sancerre, Barolo,…
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We’re Taking you On a Washington State Road Trip
Fast Facts: 2021 DeLille Cellars Métier Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley, Washington ($19.99 @Costco in California – Item #1699463) When you think of the Pacific Northwest (PNW) do you think of cool, moist, and overcast? Well, much of it is. But not all of it… Fact is, the Columbia Valley is a sun-soaked part of…
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Beat da Heat with with this High QPR Refresher from Costco
Fast Facts: 2023 Kirkland Signature Côtes de Provence Rosé, Provence, France ($7.99 @Costco in California – Item #1133993) It is seemingly (very!) hot everywhere, so the choice for our Wine of the Week (W.O.W!) was a bit of a no-brainer. We had planned to purchase and review the KS Barolo after some of…
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One of Our Perennial Favorite Red Wines is Back at Costco
Fast Facts: 2021 Kirkland Signature Cabernet Sauvignon, Suscol Vineyard, Napa Valley, California ($17.99 @Costco in California – Item #1491800) In our home, we have two Kirkland Signature wines which are personal favorites. The first is the Sancerre which arrives in the Spring. And amongst a fairly sizeable portfolio of red wines, this one that…
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Red Alert at Costco!
Fast Facts: 2018 Esteban-Martín Garnacha-Syrah-Tempranillo, Cariñena, Spain ($6.99* @ Costco, California – Item # 1008816) *price shown is net of $5 in store discount Long term readers (thank you!) will recognize the Esteban-Martín name as we have reviewed two prior vintages of their Garnacha Syrah blend. Our wine of the week is a GS+T! It…
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“Rare” Napa Cab – Naked at Costco
Fast Facts: 2019 Brendel Cooper’s Reed Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, California ($29.99 @ Costco, California – Item # 693544) Ya know, we choose subject lines that we hope will entice you to open these emails. Duh! This one has a trifecta in our opinion: Rare + Napa Cab + Naked at Costco. That’s hard…
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Wine’s Dirty Little Secrets – Revealed!
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Fast Facts: 2021 Torbreck “Woodcutter’s” Shiraz, Barossa Valley, Australia ($19.99 @ Costco, California – Item # 693544) It’s pretty well-documented that when it comes to critically assessing all things taste and smell, that women tend to have an advantage over us men. Here is a scenario that sometimes plays out in my home when…
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Have Your Passports Ready, We are Boarding for Spain
Fast facts: 2021 Esteban Martin Garnacha-Syrah Cariñena, Spain ($10.99 @ Costco, California – Item # 512107) We have reviewed this wine once before, and it is interesting that they have changed up the blend to emphasize Syrah. Where it was just 15% of the cuvee in 2018, the 2021 rendition has upped it…
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A Harbinger of Spring, and the Perfect Easter Wine from Costco
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in best costco wine deals, best costco wines, best wines at Costco, best wines under $20, Costco, costco wine blog, Costco Wines, food and wine, French Wine, Kirkland Signature, Kirkland Signature Series, reverse wine snob, Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc, Trader Joe’s & Costco wines, White Wine, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, Wines of France, Wines Under $15Fast Facts: 2022 Kirkland Signature Sancerre, Loire Valley, France ($15.99 @Costco in California – Item #1476058) Ever since word leaked from the east coast that the Kirkland Signature Sancerre had started to arrive, we have been scouring our local Costcos here on the left coast looking for this gem. At last our efforts were…
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Changes in Latitude, Changes in Palate, Dude
Fast facts: 2021 Kirkland Signature Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, Oregon $12.99 (@Costco, California, Item# 975274) Why yes, we are riffing on the Jimmy Buffet album title in our subject line. But we are not here to conjure up Margaritaville. Far from it. Champions of wines from the Pacific Northwest (raising my hand…