Category: Bordeaux
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An Incredible Bordeaux Wine Value at – Wait for It – $6.89
Fast facts: 2022 Kirkland Signature Bordeaux Supérieur, Bordeaux, France $6.89 (@Costco, California, Item# 118548) Bordeaux is the largest wine region in France. It produces some 700 million bottles of wine in an average year. Like all wine regions, the style of the wine is heavily influenced by climate. Bordeaux has a cool marine coastal…
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Is our WoW! Your Thanksgiving Secret Wine?
Fast Facts: 2021 Kirkland Signature Saint-Julien, Bordeaux, France ($17.69 @Costco in California – Item #1494198) As a person that has spent the bulk of his career in the wine business, I often get asked to name my favorite wine. It is a bit like being asked to name your favorite child. But if pressed…
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Red Alert – Exciting New Platinum Reserve Wine at TJs
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in 2021, best trader joes wine deals, best trader joes wines, best wines at Trader Joes, best wines under $20, Bordeaux, Bordeaux Blend, Bordeaux Blends, Bordeaux Red Blend, Chateau Tour Baladoz, costco wine blog, food and wine, French Wine, French Wines, merlot, red blend, Red Wine, reverse wine snob, Saint Emilion, Trader Joe’s Platinum Reserve, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, Wines of France, Wines Under $20, wines under $25Fast facts: 2021 Trader Joe’s Platinum Reserve Saint-Emillion Grand Cru, Bordeaux, France ($16.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) When I meet new people and they learn that I spent three decades – and counting! – in the wine business, they often ask me what my favorite wine is. I quickly qualify the question with: “white wine…
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A KS Bordeaux that Doesn’t Know its Right (Bank) from its Left?
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in 2020, best costco wine deals, best costco wines, best wines at Costco, best wines under $20, Bordeaux, Bordeaux Blend, Bordeaux Blends, Bordeaux Red Blend, Cabernet Sauvignon, Costco, costco wine blog, Costco Wines, food and wine, French Wine, French Wines, Kirkland Signature, merlot, Red Blends, Red Wine, reverse wine snob, Saint-Julien, Wine, wine blog, Wines of France, wines under $25Fast Facts: 2020 Kirkland Signature Saint-Julien, Bordeaux, France ($17.99 @Costco in California – Item #1494198) We were excited to find this new (to us) Bordeaux wine under the Kirkland Signature label last week at our local Costco. I was eager to get it home, rest it and – taste it. Not only because it…
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This Might Just be the Best Red Wine We’ve Reviewed All Year – and it’s just $16.99 at TJs!
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in 2020, best trader joes wine deals, best trader joes wines, best wines under $20, Bordeaux, Bordeaux Blends, California Wines, food and wine, merlot, Merlot, Napa Valley, oakville, Oakville, oakville bench, Popular Reviews, Red Wine, reverse wine snob, Trader Joe’s wine, Trader Joe’s Wine, Wine, wine reviews, Wines Under $20, wines under $25Fast facts: 2020 Oakville Bench Merlot, Oakville, Napa Valley, California ($16.99 @ Trader Joe’s, California) Despite being somewhat out of fashion here in the U.S., the Merlot grape is still one of the most important grape varieties in the world of fine wine. It shares this distinction with Cabernet Sauvignon which together “power” the…
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A Lot of Bordeaux Value for A Little Dough
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in 2018, best trader joes wine deals, best trader joes wines, Bordeaux, Bordeaux Blend, Bordeaux Blends, Bordeaux Red Blend, Chief Winehound, cotes de blaye, Cotes de Bordeaux, food and wine, French Wine, Meritage, Red Wine, Trader Joe’s & Costco wines, Trader Joe’s wine, Trader Joe’s Wine, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, Wines of France, wines under $10, Wines Under $15, Wines Under $20Fast facts: 2018 La Garenne Red Blend, Blaye, Côtes de Bordeaux, France ($7.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) Most wine drinkers know of the great and coveted wines of Bordeaux. But the Côtes de Bordeaux? That’s some unfamiliar territory to most. And with good reason. You see, unlike the storied regions that made Bordeaux famous, this…
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French (Wine) Lessons from Costco – Très Bien at Under Ten!
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in best costco wine deals, Bordeaux, Bordeaux Blend, Bordeaux Blends, Bordeaux Red Blend, bordeaux superieur, Costco, costco wine blog, Costco Wines, Cotes du Rhone, food and wine, French Wine, grenache syrah carignan, Kirkland Signature, Languedoc-Rousillon, Popular Reviews, Red Wine, Uncategorized, wine blog, wine reviews, Wines of France, wines under $10Fast Facts: 2018 Kirkland Signature Bordeaux Supérieur, Bordeaux, France ($7.99 @Costco in California – Item #1184548) 2017 Gérard Bertrand Tautavel, Côtes du Rousillon Villages, France ($9.99 @Costco in California – Item #637442) I think that it’s fair to say that most American wine consumers don’t understand French wine nearly as well as they do the wines…
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A Tasty Pair of Wines from Costco – at a Tasty $9.99 Price
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in best costco wine deals, Bordeaux, Bordeaux Blend, Bordeaux Blends, Bordeaux Red Blend, Cabernet Sauvignon, California Wines, Chardonnay, Chief Winehound, Costco, Costco Wines, French Wine, Red Wine, Russian River Valley, Sonoma County, Trader Joe’s & Costco wines, Vegan Wine, White Wine, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, Wines of France, wines under $10Fast facts: 2017 Au Contraire Chardonnay, Russian River Valley, Sonoma County, California $9.99 (@Costco, California, Item# 976040) 2016 D de Dauzac, Bordeaux, France $9.99 (@Costco, California, Item# 1389225) I’m flat out at excited about sharing these two wines with you all. You know how much we love our “high QPR” wines here at Vinopointer, and…
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Uncork summer in a bottle from Trader Joe’s – just $5.99
Fast facts: 2018 Les Portes De Bordeaux Sauvignon Blanc, Bordeaux, France $5.99 (@Trader Joe’s; California) I’m surprised that it has taken us so long to review this wine from Trader Joe’s, where it’s a bit of a staple. But when the temperatures drifted above 90 degrees last weekend here in Southern California, it seemed the…
