Category: Wine
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The Other Bargain Brunello – Fire Up the Pasta Pot!
Fast Facts: 2019 Poggio Lontano Brunello di Montalcino, Italy ($21.99 @ Trader Joes, California) So fellow Costco wine bloggers on the east coast have been lighting up about the new 2019 Kirkland Signature Brunello di Montalcino but it has yet to land in our stores here on the West Coast. Maybe we are premature…
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A Costco Wine that Puts the Wow in our W.O.W!
Fast facts: 2019 Borreo Ranch Sangiovese, Napa Valley, CA ($16.99* @Costco, California, Item# 259607) *net price after a generous $13 discount I’ve been tempted by this bottle for months at my local Costco. The label suggested this wine had lots of potential. First off, a single vineyard wine from Napa? You know how we…
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Love Seafood? Here is a wine you need to know.
Fast Facts: 2023 Bodegas Viña Cartín Ruta 49, Albariño, Rias Baixas, Spain ($9.99 @ Trader Joe’s in California) I’ll be honest. The first thing that drew me to this wine was its uber cool label design. But once it “had me at hello” I noticed that the juice behind this label was Albariño…
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We’re Taking you On a Washington State Road Trip
Fast Facts: 2021 DeLille Cellars Métier Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley, Washington ($19.99 @Costco in California – Item #1699463) When you think of the Pacific Northwest (PNW) do you think of cool, moist, and overcast? Well, much of it is. But not all of it… Fact is, the Columbia Valley is a sun-soaked part of…
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Beat da Heat with with this High QPR Refresher from Costco
Fast Facts: 2023 Kirkland Signature Côtes de Provence Rosé, Provence, France ($7.99 @Costco in California – Item #1133993) It is seemingly (very!) hot everywhere, so the choice for our Wine of the Week (W.O.W!) was a bit of a no-brainer. We had planned to purchase and review the KS Barolo after some of…
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I’ll Take Fermented Grapes for $1,000, Alex
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in 2021, best trader joes wine deals, best trader joes wines, best wines at Trader Joes, best wines under $20, Cabernet Sauvignon, California Wines, Central Coast, costco wine blog, food and wine, Meritage, Paso Robles, Red Wine, reverse wine snob, Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve, Trader Joe’s Wine, Wine, wine reviews, Wines Under $15, wines under $25Fast Facts: 2021 Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Meritage, Lot# 129, Paso Robles, California ($12.99@ Trader Joe’s, California) Let’s just say you went back in time and were playing Jeopardy with host and winemaker Alex Trebek. (Yep, Alex once owned the Creston Winery – in Paso Robles, no less.) The answer for your $1,000 wager…
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An Illegal Smile
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in 2020, best wines at Costco, best wines under $20, Cabernet Sauvignon, California Wines, Central Coast, costco wine blog, Meritage, merlot, Paso Robles, paso robles, Paso Robles, rabble, Red Blends, Red Wine, reverse wine snob, syrah, Wine, wine reviews, wines under $10, Wines Under $15, Wines Under $20, wines under $25Fast Facts: 2020 Rabble Red Blend, Paso Robles, California ($9.89* @ Costco, California – Item #922592) *net price after $3.00 in store discount After so many years in the wine business and trying to see what we could get away with when it came to wine names and label design (our company did, after…
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A Trader Joe’s Red Wine Trifecta!
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in 2022, best trader joes wine deals, best trader joes wines, best wines at Trader Joes, best wines under $20, California Wines, costco wine blog, food and wine, Grenache Syrah Mourvedre, GSM, Lot #132, Red Wine, reverse wine snob, Santa Barbara County, Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve, Trader Joe’s wine, Wine, wine reviews, Wines Under $15, Wines Under $20, wines under $25Fast facts: 2022 Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Lot #132, GSM, Santa Barbara County, California ($12.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) What a nice, summer weight red wine this one is. But why are we calling this Wine of the Week a trifecta? Well, because it checks our three main boxes: The right grapes, Grown in the…
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A Simply Perfect Rosé for Spring/Summer Sipping – Just $5.99
Fast facts: 2023 Maison Barboulot, Rosé of Cinsault, France ($5.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) Trader Joe’s does it again. Right after we reviewed an incredible $4.99 red wine value from one of our favorite wine retailers for high QPR, comes this $5.99 wine just in time for the warming temps headed our way. If you…
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“Rare” Napa Cab – Naked at Costco
Fast Facts: 2019 Brendel Cooper’s Reed Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, California ($29.99 @ Costco, California – Item # 693544) Ya know, we choose subject lines that we hope will entice you to open these emails. Duh! This one has a trifecta in our opinion: Rare + Napa Cab + Naked at Costco. That’s hard…