Tag: wines under $20
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Costco has the Wine to Kick Off Rosé Season – Now 1/3rd Off!
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in 2020, best costco wine deals, best costco wines, best wines at Costco, best wines under $20, Costco, costco wine blog, Costco Wines, cotes de provence, cotes du provence, food and wine, french rose, French Wine, Le Charmel, low alcohol wines, provence rose, reverse wine snob, Rose´, Trader Joe’s & Costco wines, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, Wines of France, Wines Under $15, Wines Under $20, wines under $5Fast facts: 2020 Le Charmel Cotes de Provence Rosé, France ($6.89* @ Costco, California – Item #1401944) *price after $3 discount NEWS FLASH: This has become our favorite pink wine, so it was a nice surprise to find it at Costco discounted by $3 – making a really good value a super, duper high…
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Gee, Gigondas! That’s French for High QPR!
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in 2019, best costco wine deals, best costco wines, best wines at Costco, best wines under $20, Costco, costco wine blog, Costco Wines, French Wine, Gigondas, Grenache Syrah Mourvedre, GSM, Kirkland Signature, Red Blends, Red Wine, reverse wine snob, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, Wines of France, Wines Under $15, Wines Under $20Fast facts: 2019 Kirkland Signature Gigondas, Gigondas, France ($14.99 @ Costco, California – Item # 1134102) I am blaming the warping of time on Covid, but when I recently spied this in my local Costco my first thought was: “didn’t we just review the 2018 vintage?” The answer was no, we reviewed it some…
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Ba Ba Bah Ba Ba Barbaresco – on a Budget!
Fast facts: 2015 Barreri & Rovati Barbaresco Riserva, Barbaresco, Italy ($19.99 @ Trader Joe’s, California) In the region of Piedmont in Northern Italy, the Nebbiolo grape stands high above the rest. The Nebbiolo grape produces powerful wines. has two personalities—the dark, brutish wines of Barolo (which stand up to long aging better) and the…
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Making Mimosas without Champagne?
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in best costco wine deals, best costco wines, best wines at Costco, best wines under $20, Brut, California Wines, Champagne, Costco, costco wine blog, Costco Wines, food and wine, Mimosa, Mumm Napa, Napa Valley, reverse wine snob, Rose´, Sparkling Wine, sparkling wines, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, Wines Under $15, Wines Under $20, wines under $25Fast facts: NV Mumm Napa, Brut Rosé , Napa, California ($14.99 @ Costco, California – Item #438577) Well, here we are. Down to the final seven days of 2021. What a long, strange trip it’s been. Regardless, ’tis the season for celebration, hence the need to keep lots of bubbly on hand. Whether it’s…
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A Delicious Riesling – A Wine for Hard to Pair Foods – from Costco
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in 2020, best costco wine deals, best wines under $20, Blue Slate, Costco, costco wine blog, Costco Wines, Dr Loosen, food and wine, german wines, low alcohol wines, Mosel, reverse wine snob, Riesling, Riesling Kabinett, sweet wines, Trader Joe’s & Costco wines, White Wine, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, wines of Germany, Wines Under $15, Wines Under $20Fast facts: 2020 Dr. Loosen Blue Slate Riesling Kabinett, Mosel, Germany ($14.99 @ Costco, California – Item #249109) Dr. Loosen is one of the most highly acclaimed wine estates in the world, especially in the world of German wines, and specifically the Riesling grape. In the family for over 200 years, Ernst “Erni” Loosen assumed…
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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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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…