Category: wines under $25
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A Dozen Eggs, or this Delicious Bottle of Red Wine ?
Fast facts: 2020 Requiem Syrah/Merlot, Columbia Valley, Washington $6.99 (@Trader Joe’s, California) I know you are probably as tired of hearing about the price of eggs – and the politicization of same – as I am. (Poor chickens don’t know what to make of us humans.) But I couldn’t help but notice the intersection…
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An Incredible Bordeaux Wine Value at – Wait for It – $6.89
Fast facts: 2022 Kirkland Signature Bordeaux Supérieur, Bordeaux, France $6.89 (@Costco, California, Item# 118548) Bordeaux is the largest wine region in France. It produces some 700 million bottles of wine in an average year. Like all wine regions, the style of the wine is heavily influenced by climate. Bordeaux has a cool marine coastal…
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The Return to Horse Heaven Hills
Fast facts: 2022 Trader Joe’s Reserve, Lot #261, Cab/Syrah, Horse Heaven Hills, Washington $9.99 (@Trader Joe’s, California) Here is a fun fact: for a wine to be labeled as a single varietal bottling, it must have at least 75% of that wine grape. Which begs the question, why did the winemaker stop at 74%…
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A Cal-Ital Wine Gem from Costco for Under $20 – Get on It
Fast facts: 2022 Ferrari Carano Siena (Red Blend) Sonoma County, California $16.99 (@Costco, California, Item# 135936) Ferrari-Carano has been a leading producer of world-class, nationally acclaimed wines since 1985. From a small, 30-acre plot of grapes to the present 20 estate vineyards, their success is based on their commitment to quality as well as…
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What a Find at TJs! Pink sparkling wine for $3.99!
NV McBride Sisters Collection, Sparkling Rosé, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand ($3.99@Trader Joe’s, California) Remember a while back when we predicted that we would see lots of incredible wine deals in the near future? Well, here is proof that our crystal ball may be accurate. I have to confess that I have been tempted by…
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Our Favorite GSM is Back at Costco!
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in best costco wine deals, best costco wines, best wines at Costco, best wines under $20, Costco, costco wine blog, Costco Wines, French Wine, French Wines, Gigondas, Grenache Syrah Mourvedre, Kirkland Signature, Red Wine, reverse wine snob, Wine, wine reviews, Wines of France, Wines Under $15, wines under $25Fast Facts: 2022 Kirkland Signature Gigondas, France ($13.99 @Costco in California – Item #1134102) I conducted a recent tasting in Arizona (hello, new followers!) and one of the pearls of wisdom I imparted was that the import wines in the Kirkland Signature portfolio have a much greater likelihood of “punching above their weight.” This…
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Noble Rot in the Vineyard is a Good Thing? Here is proof!
2022 Louis Eschenauer Sauternes, Bordeaux, France ($9.99@Trader Joe’s, California) How Sauternes gets created is pretty fascinating stuff. At least my left brain thinks so… Sauternes refers to a wine region, which is located within the Graves district south of Bordeaux. Sauternes is devoted to producing unfortified, sweet, white wines. The region is planted largely…
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Is this $11 bottle the highest QPR wine in the Kirkland Signature Napa portfolio?
Fast facts: 2022 Kirkland Signature Red Blend, Napa Valley, California $11.99 (@Costco, California, Item# 333110) This wine is an extraordinary value. The Beverage Tasting Institute had this to say about it: “If you need an everyday house red Bordeaux blend this should be at the top of the list.” That’s mighty praise for an…
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Costco Has Your Everyday Pizza/Pasta Wine
Fast facts: 2019 Kirkland Signature Brunello di Montalcino, Italy $19.99 (@Costco, California, Item# 1472194) Brunello di Montalcino is only produced from vineyards surrounding the town of Montalcino, in the province of Siena, located some 50 miles south of Florence in the Tuscan wine region. Brunello is derived from the Italian word for brown –…
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Think of these two “wines” as bookends to your Thanksgiving holiday meal…
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in 10 Year Tawny Port, best trader joes wines, Porto Morgado, semi sweet, sparkling wines, sweet wines, Thanksgiving wines, Thanksgiving wines at Trader Joe’s, Villa Alena, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, Wines of Italy, Wines of Portugal, wines under $10, Wines Under $15, Wines Under $20, wines under $25Fast Facts: Villa Alena Cranberry, Italy ($7.99 @ Trader Joes, California) Porto Morgado, 10 Years Tawny Port, Portugal ($11.99 @ Trader Joe’s, California) It’s difficult to belive, but here we are careening towards the end of another year. And the crush of Q4 holidays makes it a slippery slope into 2025. But I am…