Category: Burgundy
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Costco Has Your Thanksgiving Splurge Wine
Fast Facts: 2021 Joseph Drouhin, Chorey-les-Beaune, Burgundy, France ($35.99 @Costco in California – Item #684760) Let’s start with the elephant in the room: how do you correctly pronounce the name of this wine? Well, let’s put it phonetically in the context of a hypothetical convo with a troublesome relative at your Turkey Day…
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Old School Pinot from Costco – Is this a Good Thing?
Fast facts: 2020 Acacia Pinot Noir, Carneros, California ($14.99 @ Costco, California – Item #58889) In their review of this wine, the critics at Wine Enthusiast called this a “1980’s style Pinot”. One could take this as a compliment, or a dismissal of the juice. But since they also gave it 93 points, it…
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$15 Chablis?! Thank Trader Joe’s
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in 2021, best costco wine deals, best costco wines, best wines at Costco, best wines under $20, Burgundy, Burgundy, Chablis, chablis, Costco, costco wine blog, Costco Wines, food and wine, French Wine, French Wines, reverse wine snob, Sainte Celine, White Wine, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, Wines of France, Wines Under $20, wines under $25Fast facts: 2021 Sainte Celine Chablis, Burgundy, France ($15.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) Many American wine drinkers first became familar with the name Chablis back when California winemakers were running amok bottling cheap jug wines with the Chablis name on the label. Which is unfortunate. Because it confused generations in the process. Maybe that…
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Bargain White Burgundy from Trader Joe’s?!
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in 2020, best trader joes wine deals, best trader joes wines, best wines at Trader Joes, best wines under $20, Burgundy, Chardonnay, costco wine blog, Espirit des Lieux Macon Verze, food and wine, French Wine, reverse wine snob, Trader Joe’s Wine, Trader Joe’s wine, White Wine, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, Wines of France, wines under $10, Wines Under $15, wines under $25Fast facts: 2020 Chardonnay, Esprit des Lieux Mâcon-Verzé, Mâconnais,France ($9.99 @ Trader Joe’s, California) Usually when you are buying a bottle of French Chardonnay and it says Vin de Bourgone on the label, you would be paying more than $10. A lot more. After all, white Burgundy is one of the most sought after…
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Two Premium Kirkland Signature Wines to Quietly Toast the New Year
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in best wines under $20, Burgundy, Burgundy, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Sauvignon, California Wines, chablis, Costco, Costco Wines, food and wine, French Wine, Kirkland Signature, Kirkland Signature Series, Napa Valley, Red Wine, rutherford, Trader Joe’s & Costco wines, White Wine, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, Wines of France, Wines Under $20Fast facts: 2018 Kirkland Signature Premier Cru Chablis, Burgundy, France $19.99 (@Costco, California, Item# 1043144) 2018 Kirkland Signature Series Cabernet Sauvignon, Rutherford, Napa, California $18.99 (@Costco, California, Item# 1265184) Happy New Year friends! In the strangest of years, we have made it to the doorstep of 2021. That which doesn’t kill you makes you…