Category: Popular Reviews
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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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Good Luck Telling this Rabble to be Quiet
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in 2019, best costco wine deals, best wines at Costco, best wines under $20, California Wines, Central Coast, Costco, costco wine blog, Costco Wines, food and wine, merlot, Paso Robles, paso robles, Popular Reviews, rabble, Red Blends, Red Wine, reverse wine snob, Trader Joe’s & Costco wines, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, wines under $10, Wines Under $15, Wines Under $20Fast facts: 2019 Rabble Red Wine, Paso Robles, CA ($9.89* @Costco; California – Item # 922592) *price after $3 discount. Here is one we have reviewed before. It is the closest thing to a perennial feature in the Costco wine selection that you will find. But it is difficult to argue that it doesn’t deserve…
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A Costco CabSauv that Checks All the Boxes – Well, Almost All
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in 2019, best costco wine deals, best costco wines, best wines at Costco, best wines under $20, Cabernet Sauvignon, California Wines, Costco, costco wine blog, Costco Wines, food and wine, Kirkland Signature, Napa Valley, Popular Post, Popular Reviews, Red Wine, reverse wine snob, Suscol Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Trader Joe’s & Costco wines, Wine, wine reviews, Wines Under $20Fast Facts: 2019 Kirkland Signature Cabernet Sauvignon, Suscol Vineyard, Napa Valley, California ($16.99 @Costco in California – Item #1491800) The march of Kirkland Signature wines continues unabated. The flood gates have opened and we are not complaining. This is one of our favorites and we were delighted to see this just show up in…
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Great Mmmerlot for Just $50 per Gallon!
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in 2020, best trader joes wine deals, best trader joes wines, best wines at Trader Joes, best wines under $20, California Wines, Chief Winehound, food and wine, Lot #227, Merlot, merlot, Popular Reviews, Red Wine, reverse wine snob, Sonoma County, Sonoma County, Sonoma Valley, Trader Joe’s & Costco wines, Trader Joe’s Reserve, Trader Joe’s wine, Trader Joe’s Wine, William Knuttel Winery, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, wines under $10, Wines Under $15, wines under $25Fast facts: 2020 Trader Joe’s Reserve Merlot Lot #227, Sonoma Valley, Sonoma County, California ($9.99 @ Trader Joe’s, California) We hope our subject line extrapolating the price per gallon (there are five standard 750ml bottles in a gallon FWIW) for this wine makes you feel better about the last time you filled up your…
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One of our Perennial Favorite Red Wines from Costco
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in 2019, best costco wine deals, best costco wines, best wines at Costco, Bordeaux Blends, Cabernet Sauvignon, California Wines, Costco, costco wine blog, Costco Wines, food and wine, Kirkland Signature, Meritage, Merlot, Napa Valley, Popular Reviews, Red Wine, reverse wine snob, Trader Joe’s & Costco wines, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, Wines Under $15Fast facts: 2019 Kirkland Signature Red Blend, Napa Valley, CA ($10.99 @ Costco, California – Item #333110) Tasting Notes: Start with nice aromas of cherry, spice, vanilla, cola, black pepper and a hint of sandalwood. Smooth and silky in the mouth with flavors of black cherry, red berries, vanilla, and eucalyptus. which linger…
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93 Points for $11.99 Makes it a Good Time Get to Know Monastrell
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in 2018, best costco wine deals, best costco wines, best wines at Costco, best wines under $20, Costco, costco wine blog, Costco Wines, food and wine, Juan Gil, jumilla, Monastrell, Popular Reviews, Red Wine, reverse wine snob, Spanish Wines, Trader Joe’s & Costco wines, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, Wines of Spain, Wines Under $15, Wines Under $20Fast facts: 2018 Juan Gil Monastrell, Jumilla, Spain ($11.99 @ Costco, California – Item #967359) There is a lot to like about this wine. For starters, it is made of 100% Certified Organic Monastrell (Mourvèdre) grapes. Then there is the 93 point rating bestowed by none other than Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate. All this…
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Ice is for Skating – and Winemaking?
Fast facts: 2019 Levesque Estates Reserve Vidal Ice Wine, VQA Niagara On the Lake, Canada $14.99 (@Trader Joe’s; California) Before my wife and I relocated to California, we lived in Bolton, Massachusetts. You’d be forgiven for not knowing where this town is located. Carved out of the woods in Central Massachusetts, most people in…
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Drinking Backwards this Thanksgiving
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in 10 Year Tawny Port, best costco wine deals, best costco wines, best wines at Costco, Costco, costco wine blog, Costco Wines, Dessert Wines, food and wine, Graham’s 10 Year Tawny, Ice Wine, Popular Reviews, Port wine, Porto Morgado, Portugal, Portugal Wines, Red Wine, reverse wine snob, Tawny Port, Trader Joe’s & Costco wines, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, Wines of PortugalFast facts: NV Graham’s 10 Year Tawny Port, Porto, Portugal ($22.99 @ Costco, California – Item #185916) In past years, we have counted down the weeks to the big Thanksgiving holiday meal with a progression of wines culminating in a dessert wine. This is what the Aussies refer to as “stickies” due to their…
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Two Stunning Syrah/Shiraz from Trader Joe’s
Fast facts: 2018 Trader Joe’s Reserve Shiraz, Lot 214, Barossa, Australia ($9.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) 2018 Trader Joe’s Reserve Syrah, , Lot 209, Paso Robles, California ($9.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) A Little Preamble: The Syrah grape is responsible for some of the most sought after bottlings in the world. In the Rhone Valley of…
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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…