Category: wines under $10
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Red Alert at Costco!
Fast Facts: 2018 Esteban-Martín Garnacha-Syrah-Tempranillo, Cariñena, Spain ($6.99* @ Costco, California – Item # 1008816) *price shown is net of $5 in store discount Long term readers (thank you!) will recognize the Esteban-Martín name as we have reviewed two prior vintages of their Garnacha Syrah blend. Our wine of the week is a GS+T! It…
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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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Putting the Wow! in our W.o.W. An Incredible $4.99 Wine at Trader Joe’s
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in 2022, best trader joes wines, best wines at Trader Joes, best wines under $20, Cabernet Sauvignon, food and wine, Lake County, Motif, Red Hills, Red Wine, reverse wine snob, Trader Joe’s Wine, Trader Joe’s wine, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, wines under $10, Wines Under $15, Wines Under $20, wines under $25, wines under $5Fast facts: 2022 Motif Cabernet Sauvignon, Red Hills, Lake County California ($4.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) Our wine of the week (WoW!) is a wow indeed. Crazy good QPR. Great look. And an interesting/less common appellation. Long time readers will know that this is like catnip for the Vinopointer. This wine stopped me in my…
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Our Voyage of Wine Discovery Docks at a New Port of Call
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in 2022, best wines at Trader Joes, best wines under $20, Côtes du Rhône, Côtes du Rhône Villages, food and wine, French Wines, grenache, GSM, Lot #254, morvedre, Rasteau, Red Wine, reverse wine snob, syrah, Trader Joe’s Reserve, Trader Joe’s Wine, Trader Joe’s wine, Uncategorized, Wine, wine reviews, Wines of France, wines under $10, Wines Under $15, Wines Under $20, wines under $25Fast facts: 2022 Trader Joe’s Reserve Lot #254, Rasteau (GSM Red Blend), Rhone Valley, France ($9.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) I live for finding new, undiscovered wine appelations that produce high QPR wines. So I was pleasantly surprised to encounter this wine in my local Trader Joe’s last week. This wine seems mighty scarce on…
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An Exotic Food and Wine Tour of South America – Buckle Up!
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in 2022, Argentina, best trader joes wine deals, best trader joes wines, best wines at Trader Joes, best wines under $20, costco wine blog, Cuy, food and wine, Malbec, malbec, Mendoza, Organic Wine, Red Wine, reverse wine snob, Trader Joe’s Wine, Vegan Wine, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, wines under $10, Wines Under $15, Wines Under $20, wines under $25Fast facts: 2022 Cuy Malbec, Mendoza, Argentina ($9.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) I confess it was the packaging that first attracted me to this bottle at my local Trader Joe’s. For starters, its wax cap was a surprise at this price point. And the modern art on the label looks like the kind of thing…
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T Minus 14 Days to T Day – We Have Some Wine for That!
Fast facts: 2022 Valle de Inez Pinot Noir, San Luis Obispo, CA ($9.99* @ Costco, California – Item #1374624) *Net price after $10 in store discount It’s hard to believe, but we will be celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday here in the United States in two short weeks. Then we’re on the slippery slope to…
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Trader Joe’s Sez: “Let’s Be Franc”
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in 2021, best trader joes wine deals, best trader joes wines, best wines under $20, California Wines, Central Coast, costco wine blog, food and wine, paso robles, Paso Robles, Red Wine, reverse wine snob, Trader Joe’s Petit Reserve, Trader Joe’s wine, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, wines under $10, Wines Under $15, Wines Under $20, wines under $25Fast Facts: 2022 Cabernet Franc, Trader Joe’s Petit Reserve, Paso Robles, California ($7.99 @Trader Joe’s in California) …and let’s be frank: you just don’t see many bottlings of straight up Cabernet Franc – unless you are standing in a Winery Tasting Room. Cab Sauv? Sure. Cab Franc. Not so much… So that is what…
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Think You Can’t Find High QPR Pinot Noir Under $10? Think again…
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in 2021, best wines at Trader Joes, best wines under $20, California Wines, costco wine blog, food and wine, Lot #241, Pinot Noir, Red Wine, reverse wine snob, Santa Barbara County, Trader Joe’s Reserve, Trader Joe’s Wine, Trader Joe’s wine, Wine, wine reviews, wines under $10, Wines Under $15, Wines Under $20, wines under $25Fast Facts: 2021 Pinot Noir, Trader Joe’s Reserve Lot #241, Santa Barbara County, California ($9.99 @Trader Joe’s in California) Pinot Noir has a problem. It’s being loved to death. Its precise rank varies by which list you consult, but it remains securely in the top 5 of all wine grapes, and second only to…
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Rosé + Prosecco = Summer Genius!
Fast Facts: 2021 Kirkland Signature Prosecco Rosé, Veneto, Italy ($7.99 @Costco in California – Item #1521870) We spill no small amount of “ink” talking about the “old world” rules and regs when it comes to wine and how they are generally more restrictive than in the US and the new world. Think of it as…
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93 Points for Under $10? Thanks, Costco!
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in 2016, Alentejo, best costco wine deals, best costco wines, best wines at Costco, best wines under $20, Costco, costco wine blog, Costco Wines, food and wine, Gaudio, Portugal, Portugal Wines, red blend, Red Wine, reverse wine snob, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, Wines of Portugal, wines under $10, Wines Under $15, wines under $25Fast facts: 2016 Gaudio Reserva Red Blend, Alentejo, Portugal ($8.79 @Costco; California – Product #1756471) I have to admit that a big reason I reached for this wine is that my wife and I visited this region (south of Lisbon, north of the stunning Algarve) this past Spring. Oh, then there is the matter…