Category: Trader Joe’s wine
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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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A Whole Lot of Red Wine Goodness for $5.99 from Trader Joe’s
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in 2019, best trader joes wine deals, best trader joes wines, best wines at Trader Joes, best wines under $20, charles smith, Cotes du Rhone, food and wine, French Wine, GSM, K Vine, Merlot, Red Wine, reverse wine snob, Syrah, The Originals, Trader Joe’s & Costco wines, Trader Joe’s vs. Costco wines, Trader Joe’s wine, Trader Joe’s Wine, Washington State Wines, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, wines under $10, Wines Under $15Fast facts: 2019 Syrah, Columbia Valley, Washington ($5.99 @ Trader Joe’s, California) Before we start waxing about the grape, the vinification, the history…let’s say this: this is a great bottle of wine for $5.99! I entered the wine business – at least as a professional, hehe – in the early nineties. It…
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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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A Delightful French Wine, Which Borrows from Italian Winemaking Traditions
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in 2019, best trader joes wine deals, best trader joes wines, best wines at Trader Joes, best wines under $20, French Wine, Ile de Conas, Red Blends, Red Wine, reverse wine snob, Trader Joe’s & Costco wines, Trader Joe’s vs. Costco wines, Trader Joe’s Wine, Trader Joe’s wine, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, Wines of France, wines under $10, Wines Under $15Fast facts: 2019 Ile de Conas Rouge Soupplesse, Pays d’Oc, France ($7.99 @ Trader Joe’s, California) You could go down a rabbit hole learning about “dried grape wines” which have literally been around since antiquity, but we hope to spare you from needing to do so. That is, unless you are itching to!…
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Ba Ba Bah Ba Ba Barbaresco – on a Budget!
Fast facts: 2015 Barreri & Rovati Barbaresco Riserva, Barbaresco, Italy ($19.99 @ Trader Joe’s, California) In the region of Piedmont in Northern Italy, the Nebbiolo grape stands high above the rest. The Nebbiolo grape produces powerful wines. has two personalities—the dark, brutish wines of Barolo (which stand up to long aging better) and the…
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Is this the Best $10 Pinot Noir in America?
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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, central coast, Central Coast, costco wine blog, food and wine, Monterey County, Monterey County, Pinot Noir, Pinot Noir, Red Wine, reverse wine snob, Trader Joe’s & Costco wines, Trader Joe’s Reserve, Trader Joe’s wine, Trader Joe’s Wine, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, wines under $10Fast facts: 2020 Trader Joe’s Reserve Chalone Pinot Noir, California ($9.99 @ Trader Joe’s, California) Astute readers may recall that once before (July of 2021 to be precise) we annointed a different wine as the best $10 Pinot Noir in America. But you may recall that one was from Costco. Nonetheless, this one may…
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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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Jonesing for a Great Napa Cab? Look to Trader Joes’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, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Sauvignon, California Wines, Napa Valley, Red Wine, reverse wine snob, Stags Leap District, Trader Joe’s & Costco wines, Trader Joe’s Diamond Reserve, Trader Joe’s Wine, Trader Joe’s wine, Uncategorized, Wines Under $20Fast facts: 2020 Trader Joe’s Diamond Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Stags Leap District, Napa Valley, California ($19.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) Some of you may be familiar with unoaked Chardonnay bottlings. These are wines that are not fermented or aged in oak casks. Most Chardonnay is. The winemaker’s motivation is to let the resulting wine…
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Finally, a Pair of Thanksgiving Red Wines – one each from TJs and Costco
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in 2019, 2020, best costco wine deals, best costco wines, best trader joes wine deals, best trader joes wines, best wines at Costco, best wines at Trader Joes, best wines under $20, California Wines, central coast, Central Coast, Costco, costco wine blog, Costco Wines, ocean view, opolo, paso robles, Paso Robles, Pinot Noir, Pinot Noir, Red Wine, reverse wine snob, san luis obispo county, Trader Joe’s & Costco wines, Trader Joe’s Wine, Trader Joe’s wine, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, Wines Under $15, zinfandelFast facts: 2020 Ocean View Pinot Noir, San Luis Obispo County, California ($14.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) 2019 Opolo Summit Creak Vineyard Zinfandel, Paso Robles, California ($12.99 @Costco, California) We say “finally” in our subject line not to imply that we have been keeping you waiting for our red wine picks for the Thanksgiving holiday,…
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TJs has a Perfect Pair of White Wines to Pair with Traditional Thanksgiving Fare
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in 2019, 2020, best trader joes wine deals, best trader joes wines, best wines at Trader Joes, best wines under $20, California Wines, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Chenin Blanc, Columbia Valley, food and wine, gewurtztraminer, Pine Ridge, reverse wine snob, Trader Joe’s & Costco wines, Trader Joe’s wine, Trader Joe’s Wine, Viognier, Washington State Wines, White Wine, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, wines under $10, Wines Under $15Fast facts: 2019 Chateau Ste. Michelle Gewurtztraminer, Columbia Valley, Washington ($7.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) 2020 Pine Ridge Chenin Blanc + Viognier, Napa, California ($11.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) Trader Joe’s has a pair of perfect Thanksgiving white wines. Neither will break the bank and both are delicious. For starters, let’s address the qualifier in the…