Tag: french wine
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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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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 in the context of a hypothetical convo with a troublesome relative at your Turkey Day…
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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 drinkers, the wine (pronounced Vee-Un-YAY) is a bit of a head scratcher. That is because…
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Is our WoW! Your Thanksgiving Secret Wine?
Fast Facts: 2021 Kirkland Signature Saint-Julien, Bordeaux, France ($17.69 @Costco in California – Item #1494198) As a person that has spent the bulk of his career in the wine business, I often get asked to name my favorite wine. It is a bit like being asked to name your favorite child. But if pressed…
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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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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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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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A Harbinger of Spring, and the Perfect Easter Wine from 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, food and wine, French Wine, Kirkland Signature, Kirkland Signature Series, reverse wine snob, Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc, Trader Joe’s & Costco wines, White Wine, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, Wines of France, Wines Under $15Fast Facts: 2022 Kirkland Signature Sancerre, Loire Valley, France ($15.99 @Costco in California – Item #1476058) Ever since word leaked from the east coast that the Kirkland Signature Sancerre had started to arrive, we have been scouring our local Costcos here on the left coast looking for this gem. At last our efforts were…
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Au Revoir, 2023
NV Ernest Rapeneau Champagne Brut Rosé, Epernay, France ($24.99@Trader Joe’s, California) We are in the home stretch of 2023 people, and this bottle would be good to have in your fridge if you are preparing for some New Years’ eve merriment. If you are a long time reader of these posts, you know that…