We help you find the hidden and not-so-hidden high QPR wine gems at Trader Joe’s and Costco
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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…
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We interrupt this program to bring you this important message: Don’t miss our Wine of the Week Thursday. It’s incredible. (And $3.99!) We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Au Revoir, 2024
NV Ernest Rapeneau Champagne Brut Rosé, Epernay, France ($24.99@Trader Joe’s, California) We are in the home stretch of 2024 people, and this bottle would be good to have in your fridge as you are preparing for some year-end merriment.…
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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…
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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…
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Costco Has Your Thanksgiving Splurge Wine
Fast Facts: 2021 Joseph Drouhin, Chorey-les-Beaune, Burgundy, France ($35.99 @Costco in California – Item #684760) Let’s start with the elephant in the room: how do you correctly pronounce the name of this wine? Well, let’s put it phonetically…
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The Other White Wine – and a Perfect Pairing for your Bird Day
Fast Facts: 2022 N.D.P. Viognier, France ($6.99 @ Trader Joes, California) Made with grapes coming from vineyards in Southern France, where much of this grape is still grown, this is a surprisingly good renditon of Viognier. For most wine…
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