Category: Santa Rita Hills
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Pinotrama!
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in 2020, best wines at Trader Joes, best wines under $20, California Wines, Central Coast, food and wine, Pinot Noir, Pinot Noir, Red Wine, reverse wine snob, Santa Rita, Santa Rita Hills, Trader Joe’s Reserve, Trader Joe’s Wine, Trader Joe’s wine, Wine, wine reviews, wines under $10, Wines Under $15Fast facts: 2020 Trader Joe’s Reserve Pinot Noir Lot #229, Santa Rita Hills, Santa Barbara County, California ($9.99 @ Trader Joe’s, California) When not obsessing on finding crazy good wine values to feature here, I am doing deep dives into the music of rock and power pop. If you are similarly afflicted, you may…
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World Class Pinot Noir Under $15?!
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in 2020, best trader joes wines, best wines at Trader Joes, best wines under $20, California Wines, Central Coast, food and wine, Pinot Noir, Pinot Noir, Red Wine, reverse wine snob, Santa Rita Hills, Trader Joe’s & Costco wines, Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve, Trader Joe’s Reserve, Trader Joe’s wine, Trader Joe’s Wine, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, Wines Under $15Fast facts: 2020 Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Pinot Noir Lot #106, Santa Rita Hills, California ($12.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) This wine was recently featured in Trader Joe’s infamous in-store rag, The Fearless Flyer. Here’s what they had to say about this wine: “Located in the Santa Ynez Valley near Santa Barbara, CA, surrounded…
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A Yummy 90-point Wine Surprise from Costco
Fast facts: 2018 Zaca Mesa Viognier, Santa Ynez Valley, California ($12.99 @ Costco, California – Item #27950) Being less than an hour away, Santa Barbara County (which includes the Santa Ynez Valley AVA) is our “local” wine region. So we were pretty excited to find this 90 point (Galloni and Wine Enthusiast) 2018 Zaca…
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Two Great Under $10 Chards from TJs – and a warning…
Fast facts: 2018 Sanborn Chardonnay, Santa Rita Hills, California ($7.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) 2018 Buena Vista Chardonnay, Los Carneros, California ($9.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) Stop the presses… In the most recent posts, we have been swapping high fives about how darn good the market for fine wines in California is right now due to Covid. …