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Fast facts: 2022 Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Chardonnay Lot #128, Russian River Valley, Sonoma County, California ($12.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) You have heard us say many times that Sonoma’s cool Russian River Valley excels at producing world class Pinot…
Fast facts: 2021 Kirkland Signature Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, Oregon $12.99 (@Costco, California, Item# 975274) Why yes, we are riffing on the Jimmy Buffet album title in our subject line. But we are not here to conjure up Margaritaville. …
Fast facts: 2021 Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Lot #109 Shiraz, Barossa Valley, Australia ($12.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) Let’s clear one thing up to start. Shiraz is the Australian name for the Syrah grape. Even though they are genetically the…
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Fast facts: 2021 Kirkland Signature Cabernet Sauvignon, Rutherford, Napa Valley, California ($18.99@Costco, California, Item# 1265184) The term “Rutherford dust” routinely gets applied to tasting notes of wines from this part of the Napa Valley. But what theories explain why grapes…
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Fast facts: 2021 Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Lot #122 Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley, Sonoma County, California ($12.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) Let’s start by unpacking the alphabet soup in our subject line, shall we? The Russian River Valley (RRV)…
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Fast facts: 2019 Kirkland Signature Chianti Classico Gran Selezione, Chianti, Italy ($17.99@Costco, California, Item# 1714095) We were excited to find this new addition to the Kirkland Signature wine portfolio, and hoped that it would live up to our expectations.…
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Fast facts: 2020 Domaine des Quatre Vents, Fleurie, France ($14.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) A wine from Fleurie? This is is a first. Perhaps it’s because old world wines are not espeically well known or stocked here on the Left…
Fast facts: 2018 Kirkland Signature Brunello di Montalcino, Italy $19.99 (@Costco, California, Item# 1472194) From the picturesque hilltop town of Montalcino in Tuscany, Brunello is one of Italy’s best red wines. Brunello is made from Sangiovese, Tuscany’s flagship grape…
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Fast 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…
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Fast facts: 2021 Kirkland Signature Premier Cru Chablis, Burgundy, France $18.99 (@Costco, California, Item# 1043144) Happy new year vino peeps! This perennial favorite has arrived in California a bit earlier than last year, when we reviewed it in March.…
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