Tag: wines under $20
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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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TJ’s Has a Napa Cab for People that Don’t Like Napa Cab – for Under $20!
Fast facts: 2022 Trader Joe’s Diamond Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville, Napa Valley, California ($19.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) Oakville is what you could think of as the heart of Napa Valley. It is arguably the most prestigiou$ wine region in America. It includes famous vineyards like ToKalon and Martha’s as well as “cult” and…
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Love Seafood? Here is a wine you need to know.
Fast Facts: 2023 Bodegas Viña Cartín Ruta 49, Albariño, Rias Baixas, Spain ($9.99 @ Trader Joe’s in California) I’ll be honest. The first thing that drew me to this wine was its uber cool label design. But once it “had me at hello” I noticed that the juice behind this label was Albariño…
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We’re Taking you On a Washington State Road Trip
Fast Facts: 2021 DeLille Cellars Métier Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley, Washington ($19.99 @Costco in California – Item #1699463) When you think of the Pacific Northwest (PNW) do you think of cool, moist, and overcast? Well, much of it is. But not all of it… Fact is, the Columbia Valley is a sun-soaked part of…
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A Trader Joe’s Red Wine Trifecta!
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in 2022, best trader joes wine deals, best trader joes wines, best wines at Trader Joes, best wines under $20, California Wines, costco wine blog, food and wine, Grenache Syrah Mourvedre, GSM, Lot #132, Red Wine, reverse wine snob, Santa Barbara County, Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve, Trader Joe’s wine, Wine, wine reviews, Wines Under $15, Wines Under $20, wines under $25Fast facts: 2022 Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve Lot #132, GSM, Santa Barbara County, California ($12.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) What a nice, summer weight red wine this one is. But why are we calling this Wine of the Week a trifecta? Well, because it checks our three main boxes: The right grapes, Grown in the…
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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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Wine’s Dirty Little Secrets – Revealed!
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Fast Facts: 2021 Torbreck “Woodcutter’s” Shiraz, Barossa Valley, Australia ($19.99 @ Costco, California – Item # 693544) It’s pretty well-documented that when it comes to critically assessing all things taste and smell, that women tend to have an advantage over us men. Here is a scenario that sometimes plays out in my home when…
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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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The Perfect Pizza and Pasta Porch Pounder
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in 2017, best trader joes wine deals, best trader joes wines, best wines at Trader Joes, best wines under $20, Casone, Chianti Wine, costco wine blog, food and wine, Italian Wines, Poggio al Casone, Red Wine, reverse wine snob, Sangiovese, Sangiovese, syrah, Toscana, Toscana, Trader Joe’s wine, wine blog, wine reviews, Wines of Italy, Wines Under $15, Wines Under $20, wines under $25Fast Facts: 2017 Poggio al Casone, Toscana, Italy ($10.99 @Trader Joe’s in California) How is that subject line for a mouthful of alliteration? BTW, “porch pounder” is a technical term used by those of us in the wine trade to describe a wine that goes down easy and doesn’t require too much critical thought.…
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A TJ’s Chard to Toast the Arrival of Spring
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in 2022, best trader joes wine deals, best trader joes wines, best wines at Trader Joes, best wines under $20, California Wines, Chardonnay, costco wine blog, food and wine, reverse wine snob, Russian River Valley, russian river valley, Sonoma County, Sonoma County, Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve, Trader Joe’s wine, Trader Joe’s Wine, White Wine, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, Wines Under $15, Wines Under $20, wines under $25Fast 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 Noir and the same goes for Chardonnay. Chardonnay remains its most planted wine grape, although…