Tag: white wines
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Costco’s Wine Advent Calendar Comes but Once a Year, Get on It!
Fast Facts: 2021 Edition Costco Wine Advent Calendar ($99.99@Costco in California – Item #1357643) I know, we have to get past Halloween – and Thanksgiving, for that matter – before we get to the year-end holidays. But we are on CST (Costco Standard Time) here at Vinopointer.com and they have their year-end holiday…
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Costco has a great 90 point Chardonnay – for under $10
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in best costco wine deals, California Wines, Chardonnay, Costco, costco wine blog, Costco Wines, Kirkland Signature Series, Laguna, reverse wine snob, russian river valley, Sonoma County, Sonoma County, Trader Joe’s & Costco wines, Trader Joe’s vs. Costco wines, White Wine, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, wines under $10, Wines Under $15, Wines Under $20Fast Facts: 2017 Laguna Chardonnay, Russian River Valley, Sonoma County, CA ($9.99* @Costco in California – Item #575261) * net price after $10 discount at store. Almost exactly a year ago we…
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Trader Joe’s Gets it GrooVee On – After Applying Sunscreen
Fast facts: 2019 Floriana Grüner Veltliner, Pannon, Hungary ($4.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) Trader Joe’s SPF 30 Zinc Oxide Sunscreen ($9.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) We’re on the cusp of Memorial Day weekend, which means we are already being subjected to some of the strongest rays of sun all year. At least here in the Northern Hemisphere.…
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The Two Most Popular Wine Varieties in the US – via Costco
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in best costco wine deals, best wines under $20, Cabernet Sauvignon, California Wines, Chardonnay, Columbia Valley, Costco, costco wine blog, Costco Wines, food and wine, Kirkland Signature, Kirkland Signature Series, reverse wine snob, Russian River Valley, russian river valley, Sonoma County, Trader Joe’s & Costco wines, Trader Joe’s vs. Costco wines, Uncategorized, Washington State Wines, White Wine, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, wines under $10, Wines Under $15Fast Facts: 2019 Kirkland Signature Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley, Washington ($8.99 @Costco in California – Item #1226845) 2019 Kirkland Signature Chardonnay, Russian River Valley, Sonoma County, California ($12.99 @Costco in California – Item #789895) What were the two most popular wine varieties sold in the US in 2020? That’s easy. Cabernet Sauvignon and – not far…
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Picnic building blocks from Trader Joe’s include wines – in a can!
Fast facts: NV Underwood Pinot Gris, Oregon ($4.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) NV Underwood Rosé Bubbles, Oregon ($5.49 @Trader Joe’s, California NV Sea Salted Saddle Potato Crisps ($1.49 @Trader Joe’s, California) I was first introduced to the idea that “form follows function” as a college student encountering the the work of the modern architects and Bauhaus. Simply…
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Spring Into Stocking Up on Great SauvBlanc – With Help from TJs and Costco
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in Costco, costco wine blog, Costco Wines, French Wine, Kirkland Signature, Napa Valley, reverse wine snob, Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc, Trader Joe’s & Costco wines, Trader Joe’s vs. Costco wines, Trader Joe’s wine, Trader Joe’s Wine, White Wine, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, Wines of France, wines under $10, Wines Under $20Fast Facts: 2019 Kirkland Signature Sancerre, Loire Valley, France ($15.79 @Costco in California – Item #1476058) 2019 Fleur de Napa Sauvignon Blanc, Napa Valley, CA ($6.99 @Trader Joe’s in California) Move over red-breasted robins, daffodils and crocuses. From here on out, the harbinger of Spring for lovers of Sauvignon Blanc may well be the…
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Celebrate the Arrival of DST with Two Springy Wines from Costco – both under $10!
Fast Facts: 2019 Sacrata Alvarinho, Minho, Portugal ($8.99 @Costco in California – Item #1535819) 2020 Villa Maria Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, New Zealand ($6.99* @Costco in California – Item #343916) *net price after $2 discount After months of days that were literally and figuratively dark, we have arrived on the doorstep of Daylight Saving Time (DST) and…
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Wow. A Whole Lotta Vino Bang for $4.99 at Trader Joe’s
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in best trader joes wine deals, best wines at Trader Joes, California Wines, Chardonnay, French Wine, Grenache Syrah Mourvedre, GSM, Languedoc-Rousillon, Red Blends, Red Wine, Russian River Valley, Trader Joe’s wine, Trader Joe’s Wine, White Wine, wines under $10, Wines Under $15, Wines Under $20, wines under $5Fast facts: 2019 Tenebres GSM, Languedoc, France ($4.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) 2019 Taymor Chardonnay, Russian River Valley, Sonoma County, California ($4.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) You long time readers of this blog (thank you!) know how much we love to find great wines that limbo in under the $10 price point. There are a surprising number…
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TJs Delivers Spring in a Wine Bottle
Fast facts: 2020 Pine Ridge Chenin Blanc + Viognier (California) $11.99 (@Trader Joe’s; California) I have to admit that the first time I encountered this wine in the wilds of the Trader Joe’s wine section, I was puzzled. I knew Pine Ridge well, but exclusively as a producer of fine and expensive ($65 to…
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A NZ SB from TJs that Checks all the Boxes – at $5.99 no less!
Fast facts: 2020 Nikau Point Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, New Zealand ($5.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) Tasting Notes: The wine pours a nice straw-yellow color. It is wonderfully crisp and balanced. The flavors set a tropical tone with notes of gooseberry and passion fruit, alongside citrus flavors of grapefruit. It is ready for almost any kind of seafood…