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William Wright Monterey Pinot Noir 2018
April 15, 2021 03:53 - 6 minutes - 4.64 MBSend us a Text Message. The William Wright Monterey Pinot Noir 2018 is a $9.99 Aldi exclusive. It is exclusive to Aldi in the United States but a quick check of the internet saw this wine selling for $34 (Canadian) and for the equivalent of $25 in Denmark. I am not sure as to what to make of the price differences.Aldi typically holds the trademark on the wine labels they sell, but the William Wright Monterey Pinot Noir 2018 is one of Scheid Family Vineyards' family of wines. They offer photo...
Apothic Red 2018
April 13, 2021 03:40 - 6 minutes - 4.19 MBSend us a Text Message. The Apothic Red 2018 is one of E & J Gallo's multitude of wine and spirits brands. Gallo was founded in 1933 and is the largest winery in the United States, and is still family-owned. They offer around 80 different wine brands, from Andre's Sparkling wines to single-vineyards high-end wines. Gallo also owns some of the best vineyards in California and routinely wins awards for vineyard management advances.I couldn't find tech notes for the Apothic Red 2018, but notes...
Blackbird Vineyards Dissonance Napa Sauvignon Blanc 2019
April 11, 2021 03:43 - 5 minutes - 3.94 MBSend us a Text Message. The Blackbird Vineyards Dissonance Napa Sauvignon Blanc 2019 is 87% Sauvignon Blanc and 13% Semillon. The Sauv Blanc sourced from the Hudson Vineyard, located on the Napa side of the Carneros AVA. The Semillion was taken from the Bavarian Lion Vineyard in the Knights Valley AVA of northeast Sonoma County.The Sauvignon Blanc/Semillon blend is inspired by the Bordeaux Blanc wines of France. Most modern Sauvignon Blanc wines, especially in the under $20 category, are mo...
Elevation 1250 Paso Robles Red 2018
April 08, 2021 03:19 - 6 minutes - 4.17 MBSend us a Text Message. The Elevation 1250 Paso Robles Red 2018 is a $7.99 Trader Joe's wine made for them by Riboli Family Wines, who have been producing wine since 1917 and have been in Paso Robles since the early 2000s. The typical Trader Joe's wine conceals the producer, but the winery name and the winemakers' name are on the label. Riboli Family Wines has a pretty good webpage, but the Elevation 1250 Paso Robles Red 2018 is not among the wines listed. This is the 2018 vintage, and this ...
Riddle Edna Valley Chardonnay 2018
April 06, 2021 03:15 - 6 minutes - 4.19 MBSend us a Text Message. Riddle Edna Valley Chardonnay 2018 is a $6.99 Trader Joe's wine sourced from vineyards in the Edna Valley AVA inside San Luis Obispo County, inside the Central Coast AVA of California. Edna Valley is to the east of the Santa Lucia Mountains, and the Pacific Ocean provides a cool climate ideal for Chardonnay vines.As a Trader Joe's wine, there is no technical information available for the Riddle Edna Valley Chardonnay 2018. I can guess which winery facilities were used...
Dueling Pistols Paso Robles Red 2016
April 02, 2021 03:26 - 5 minutes - 3.94 MBSend us a Text Message. The Dueling Pistols Paso Robles Red 2016 is a 50/50 blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Petite Sirah sourced from a single vineyard near the Templeton Gap and on the westside of Paso Robles city. The vineyard has the classic vineyard climate, warm days, cool nights, morning fog, and low rainfall.This is not the usual CheapWineFinder value-priced wine; it sells for somewhere between $40 and $50; it is a splurge wine. We are going outside our usual comfort zone because some...
Los Vascos Cromas Carménère Gran Reserva 2019
March 30, 2021 04:18 - 7 minutes - 5.36 MBSend us a Text Message. The Los Vascos Cromas Carménère Gran Reserva 2019 is sourced from Domaines Baron de Rothschild (Lafite) vineyards located in the foothills of the Coastal Mountains in the Colchagua Valley of Chile, twenty-five miles from the Pacific Ocean. The Rothschild (Lafite) vineyards and winery were founded in Chile in 1988.Carménère was once one of the main grapes in the classic Bordeaux blend Red wines. In the middle 1800s, vine diseases and pests plagued French vineyards. Ent...
Lomasi Bee Well Rosé 2020
March 27, 2021 03:32 - 6 minutes - 4.42 MBSend us a Text Message. The Lomasi Bee Well Rosé 2020 is a $6.99 ALDI wine sourced from vineyards in the Monterey County AVA inside California's Central Coast AVA. ALDI does not offer any information on the making of this Rosé, so which grapes are used, and the production methods are a mystery.Lomasi WInes is a trademark owned by a large Monterey winery that often produces wine for ALDI and Trader Joe's. If you Google Lomasi, you will find them. I'm not particularly eager to name the produci...
Los Vascos Rosé 2020
March 24, 2021 03:36 - 5 minutes - 3.64 MBSend us a Text Message. The Los Vascos Rose 2020 is a blend of 60% Syrah, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 10% Mourvedre sourced from Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite)'s Los Vascos estate vineyards in the Colchagua Valley in Chile, located about 25 miles from the Pacific Ocean. Rothschild (Lafite) found this 5,000-acre wine estate in 1988.The Colchagua Valley is in the Coastal Mountain range's foothills; the Andes are to the east. This region is in a high enough elevation to be free from po...
Grower’s Guild Oregon Pinot Noir 2019
March 18, 2021 03:42 - 6 minutes - 4.71 MBSend us a Text Message. The Grower's Guild Oregon Pinot Noir 2019 is sourced from select vineyards throughout Oregon. Grower's Guild is the affordable line of wines from Owen Roe Winery, which David O'Reilly owned. And that is why the Grower's Guild Oregon Pinot Noir 2019 is chosen as CheapWineFinders St Patrick's Day wine.Owen Roe was an Irish Rebel commander from the 1500s and 1600s, and David O'Reilly has an Irish name. I am sure there are other affordable Irish-related wines available, b...
Fior di Vino Chianti Classico Reserva 2016
March 16, 2021 03:35 - 6 minutes - 4.74 MBSend us a Text Message. The Fior di Vino Chianti Classico Reserva 2016 is a $6.99 Trader Joe's import wine sourced from the DOCG Chianti Classico district in Tuscany. The name Fior di Vino translates to Fine Wine. While this wine sells for $6.99 at TJ's, I found it selling at a wine shop in New York State for $13.99.Fior di Vino Chianti Classico Reserva 2016The Chianti wine region is a little complicated. There is the regular DOCG Chianti area where the wines must have a minimum of 70% Sangi...
McBride Sisters Hawke’s Bay Brut Rosé
March 13, 2021 05:07 - 6 minutes - 4.16 MBSend us a Text Message. The McBride Sisters Hawke's Bay Brut Rose is a non-vintage blend of 64% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay, and 6% Merlot vineyards located in Hawke's Bay growing region on the North Island in New Zealand. The Pinot Noir and the Chardonnay are iconic grapes used in Champagne wines, so the uncommon addition of Merlot is an interesting choice.The South Island of New Zealand, especially Marlborough, is a high-volume wine region. The North Island and Hawke's Bay is a more boutiq...
Weed Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
March 10, 2021 04:53 - 7 minutes - 5.05 MBSend us a Text Message. The Weed Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 is sourced from vineyards in the Central Coast AVA of California. The Weed Cellars website only mentions Paso Robles as the contributing region, but the label says Central Coast (Paso Robles AVA is inside the Central Coast AVA. I would imagine most of the grapes came from Paso, but not enough of a percentage to show it on the label.Weed Cellars is a new wine, beer, and spirits company, and no, there is no cannabis or hemp in an...
Angeline Sonoma Sauvignon Blanc 2019
March 07, 2021 04:27 - 6 minutes - 4.19 MBSend us a Text Message. The Angeline Sonoma Sauvignon Blanc 2019 is sourced from vineyards in Sonoma County, primarily the Russian River Valley AVA and the Dry Creek AVA. The Angeline brand is one of the Martin Ray Vineyards and Winery family of wines.Martin Ray Vineyards was one of the pioneers of the single varietal Burgundian style of wine in California. Martin Ray was founded in the early 1940s and last until the 1970s. In 1990 Courtney Benham restarted the winery, and it is going strong...
Ashokawna Russian River Chardonnay 2018
March 03, 2021 04:33 - 6 minutes - 4.71 MBSend us a Text Message. The Ashokawna Russian River Chardonnay 2018 is an $8.99 Aldi exclusive. The Russian River Valley AVA is in western Coastal Sonoma County. The Sonoma Coast AVA is west of the Russian River Valley AVA.The Russian River Valley runs north/south parallel to the coast. The river originally flowed east/ west until a cataclysmic event thousands of years ago changed its source forever.The name Ashokawna meant water to the east and was the indigenous people's name for the Russi...
Legende Bordeaux Rouge 2017
February 28, 2021 04:23 - 6 minutes - 4.18 MBSend us a Text Message. The Legende Bordeaux Rouge 2017 is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot sourced from AOC designated vineyards in the Bordeaux region of France. The Legende brand is Domaines Barons de Rothschild's (Lafite) line of export wines.Legende line includes wines from the major Bordeaux region and the top-of-the-line wine from Rothschild's own vineyards. The Legende Bordeaux Rouge 2017 is sourced from contracted vineyards in multiple areas.High of the wine produced...
Tenebres GSM 2019
February 25, 2021 04:54 - 6 minutes - 4.22 MBSend us a Text Message. The Tenebres GSM 2019 is a $5.99 Trader Joe's exclusive sourced from vineyards in France's Languedoc region. The name Tenebres translates to "Darkness." A GSM Red blend is a wine that originated in the Southern Rhone Valley in France and is a blend of Syrah, Grenache, and Mourvedre.The Languedoc is the largest wine region in France and is where much of the everyday wine is produced. High-end villages and sub-districts can get pricey, but most of the wine produced is a...
VINTJS Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2019
February 22, 2021 04:12 - 4 minutes - 2.95 MBSend us a Text Message. The VINTJS Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2019 is a $6.99 Trader Joe's exclusive. The Sonoma Coast AVA runs along the California coast from the San Pablo Bay to Mendocino County to the north. The Sonoma Coast AVA is located in mountainous terrain, with most of the vineyards located high up in the foothills, well above the fog line. The area is prised for its Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.The Pacific Ocean cooling winds keep temperatures down, especially at night, though daytime ...
Exquisite Collection Chardonnay 2019
February 19, 2021 03:50 - 4 minutes - 3.22 MBSend us a Text Message. The Exquisite Collection Chardonnay 2019 is a $7.99 ALDI exclusive sourced from vineyards in California and that is the extent of what I know about this wine.The Exquisite Collection line of wine is basically the ALDI equivalent to Trader Joe's Reserve wines. Special wine deals happened upon that year, and they pass the savings on to us. They do not seem to be $20 wine selling for 8 bucks, just good, solid wine at a good price.The description on the back label of the ...
Troublemaker by Austin Hope 13
February 16, 2021 04:50 - 5 minutes - 4.13 MBSend us a Text Message. The Troublemaker by Austin Hope 13 is not your ordinary Red blend. For one, the 13 stands for the thirteenth edition; this is a non-vintage wine. It is a blend of grapes from three different vintages.Hope Family Wines has been in Paso Robles inside the Central Coast AVA of California, making wine for more than 30 years. They have five labels, including Liberty School and Treana. And for what is the norm for Paso Robles winemakers, they like to do things their own way....
Painted Wolf The Den Chenin Blanc 2019
February 13, 2021 04:25 - 6 minutes - 4.4 MBSend us a Text Message. The Painted Wolf The Den Chenin Blanc 2019 is part of The Den line of wines from the family-owned Painted Wolf Winery of Swartland, South Africa. The Den is their line of every day easy to drink wines.The name Painted Wolf is a reference to the endangered indigenous wild dogs that once roamed freely. A major part of the winery's mission is to raise money to help these animals survive. These wines are also vegan-friendly and certified sustainably farmed and produced.Ch...
Bortolomiol Bandarossa Prosecco 2019
February 11, 2021 04:27 - 5 minutes - 4.09 MBSend us a Text Message. The Bortolomiol Bandarossa Prosecco 2019 is an extra dry, DOCG designated, vintage-dated Prosecco from a family-owns winery with roots dating back to the mid-1800s.The central Prosecco region in Veneto is rated a DOC, but a section in the middle of Prosecco called Valdobbiadene is where the DOCG wines are located.The Italian wine authority ranks the various wine regions and issues designations. There are rules and regulations concerning the grapes' farming and the win...
Trader Joe’s Reserve Oak Knoll Zinfandel 2019
February 08, 2021 04:45 - 5 minutes - 3.56 MBSend us a Text Message. The Trader Joe's Reserve Oak Knoll Zinfandel 2019 is a $9.99 Trader Joe's exclusive sourced from grapes farmed in the Oak Knoll AVA inside Napa Valley. This is a one-off wine; when it sells out, it is gone for good, so if you like it, buy all you need.Oak Knoll is located in the southern part of Napa Valley, just north of Carneros. Carneros, located in both Sonoma and Napa, is situated on the northern shore of San Pablo Bay.The San Pablo Bay is inland; both San Fransi...
Lakeville Napa Valley Brut Rosé 2019
February 06, 2021 05:08 - 5 minutes - 3.75 MBSend us a Text Message. Lakeville Napa Valley Brut Róse 2019 is a $9.99 Trader Joe's exclusive, a Sparkling wine made from the Pinot Noir grape sourced from vineyards in Napa Valley.There are a couple of odd details concerning the Lakeville Napa Valley Brut Róse. First, if you look at the title, the "o" in Rose has the punctuation, not the "e." I checked Google to see if that is actually a thing and came up empty.This is a Sparkling wine that is supposed to have been made by a big name Napa...
Tribunal North Coast Red 2018
February 03, 2021 05:03 - 6 minutes - 4.17 MBSend us a Text Message. The Tribunal North Coast Red 2018 is a $9.99 Trader Joe's exclusive. A blend of Zinfandel, Syrah, Merlot, Petite Sirah, Barbera, and Grenache. The North Coast AVA includes Napa, Sonoma, Lake County, Mendocino, and Marin Counties, and Solano County.The Tribunal North Coast Red 2018 has been a Trader Joe's wine for at least a decade; CWF wrote a review of the 2008 vintage, and here is a link to the 2010 vintage.Unlike many Trader Joe's exclusive wines, we know who made ...
Vintjs Napa Sauvignon Blanc 2019
January 31, 2021 04:45 - 5 minutes - 3.93 MBSend us a Text Message. The Vintjs Napa Sauvignon Blanc 2019 is a $6.99 Trader Joe's exclusive sourced from grapes farmed in Napa County in Northern California. The Vintjs brand and the Vintjs Napa Sauvignon Blanc have been around for over a decade, which is good staying power for a store brand.This Sauvignon Blanc is not actually blue, the bottle was photographed against a blue backgroundIt seems the same Napa winery has been making this wine for Trader Joe's the entire time. Here is a link...
Evanta Malbec 2019
January 28, 2021 04:55 - 5 minutes - 3.82 MBSend us a Text Message. The Evanta Malbec 2019 is a $4.49 Aldi exclusive sourced from vineyards in Argentina's Mendoza region. Considering that Aldi had to pay an importer and ship the wine from Argentina, this Malbec falls well within Charles Shaw/Two Buck Chuck range.The Evanta Malbec 2019 is a store brand (Aldi), and store brands have price advantages over standard retail wines. No marketing and advertising, along with paying for the wine upfront, all contribute to lower costs. I sometime...
Love Noir Pinot Noir 2018
January 26, 2021 04:28 - 4 minutes - 2.95 MBSend us a Text Message. The Love Noir Pinot Noir 2018 is one of the new, bolder styles of Pinot Noir sourced from grapes farmed in several regions of California. This Pinot Noir is one of The Wine Group's families of wines.Love Noir Pinot Noir 2018, as a brand wine, is not tied to a single winery. Brand wines are typically aimed at a certain niche of wine drinkers in terms of style and price. If you are the focus group, they are looking to reach, and you may well have an enjoyable wine at a ...
Burgans Albariño 2019
January 23, 2021 05:04 - 6 minutes - 4.49 MBSend us a Text Message. The Burgans Albariño 2019 is sourced from vineyards in the Rias-Baixas DO in northwest Spain's upper corner. This White wine is made by Bodegas Martín Códax, a wine collective formed in 1986.Collectives or communes are common in Spain. Bodegas Martín Códax has 600 members, all small farmers with relatively small vineyards. One of the odd things about vineyards in the poorest soils and rocky, hilly land is often the prized location for grapevines.The farmers typically ...
Peachy Canyon Lodi Zinfandel 2017
January 20, 2021 04:31 - 5 minutes - 3.8 MBSend us a Text Message. The Peachy Canyon Lodi Zinfandel 2017 can be found at Trader Joe's for $7.99. This is a mystery wine since it does not show up on Peachy Canyon's website or have much of a web presence.Peachy Canyon Winery, founded in 1988, is located in the Paso Robles AVA inside California's Central Coast AVA. It is owned and operated by the Beckett family and features wines made from Paso Robles grapes, and often using single vineyards.All this makes the Peachy Canyon Lodi Zinfande...
Beurré Chardonnay 2019
January 16, 2021 04:41 - 4 minutes - 2.95 MBSend us a Text Message. The Beurré Chardonnay 2019 is a $6.99 Trader Joe's import wine a Pays D'Oc designated wine from the Languedoc in southeastern France. The Languedoc is the largest wine-producing area in France, and this is where French every day, drink-it-now wines are produced.Beurré is French for butter, and most of the writing on the front label is singing the praises of buttered bread. That is something that would be goofy if written in English but looks just fine in French.So, it...
Aviary Birds of Prey Red Blend 2018
January 13, 2021 04:36 - 6 minutes - 4.16 MBSend us a Text Message. The Aviary Birds of Prey Red Blend 2018 is a blend of 51% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Malbec sourced from vineyards in Napa and Sonoma Counties.The Aviary line of wines is one of the Folktale Wine Group brands of wine; here is a link to their website for more information. I am familiar with their Alias brand, and as I recall, those wines were a good "bang-for-the-Buck."The blend of grapes used for the Aviary Birds of Prey Red Blend 2018 ...
Allan Scott Sauvignon Blanc 2020
January 10, 2021 04:46 - 5 minutes - 4.11 MBSend us a Text Message. The Allan Scott Sauvignon Blanc 2020 is sourced from estate vineyards planted in the flat land of the Wairau River Valley in the Marlborough district in the Northeast of the South Island in New Zealand.Allan Scott founded his winery in 1990 but has been part of the New Zealand wine industry since the early 1970s. The company name is actually Allen Scott Family Winemakers, so the family knows their way around New Zealand vineyards and how to produce Sauvignon Blanc.The...
Castor and Pollux Pinot Noir 2019
January 07, 2021 04:28 - 5 minutes - 3.93 MBSend us a Text Message. The Castor and Pollux Pinot Noir 2019 is a $6.99 Aldi import wine from the Languedoc growing region of Southeastern France. The Languedoc is the largest wine region in France and this is the area that supplies a great deal of the every-day wines that the French drink every-day.I know that many Americans think that a $6.99 wine is too inexpensive to be any good. But in countries with a wine tradition where they have wine with lunch and dinner on a daily basis, this is ...
Aiolas Red Blend 2019
January 05, 2021 04:37 - 5 minutes - 3.72 MBSend us a Text Message. The Aiolas Red Blend 2019 is a $5.99 Trader Joe's import wine, a DOC designated wine from the Dão region of Portugal. TJ's does not offer any information concerning this Red blend.This is somewhat unfortunate since the wines of Portugal tend to be unique. they often use indigenous grapes such as Touriga Franca or Tinta Barroca. While new grapes are exciting for someone on a wine journey, it can be intimidating for newer wine drinkers.The Aiolas Red Blend 2019, while ...
Légende Pauillac Bordeaux 2016
January 02, 2021 04:57 - 5 minutes - 4.09 MBSend us a Text Message. The Légende Pauillac Bordeaux 2016 is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot sourced from Rothschild (Lafite) vineyards in the Pauillac AOC inside the Haut-Medoc AOC on the Left Bank or westside of the river in the Bordeaux region of France.The Légende line of Rothschild (Lafite) is their drink-it-now export brand. It features wines from the premier Bordeaux growing areas but sourced from contract vineyards, not Estate vineyards. It gives you real, quality B...
Bartolomiol Ius Naturae DOCG Prosecco 2018
December 29, 2020 04:43 - 6 minutes - 4.15 MBSend us a Text Message. The Bartolomiol Ius Naturae DOCG Prosecco 2018, Ius Naturae translaties to Natural Law, is farmed in certified organic Estate vineyards in the DOCG Valdobbiadene district of the Prosecco region of Veneto in northern Italy.This is a vintage Prosecco, from the 2018 vintage, which is a bit different from the usual seemingly available everywhere non-vintage Prosecco. While a non-vintage Sparkling wine is blended from several vintages, that allows the winemaker to maintain...
La Granja 360 Cava Brut NV 2020
December 27, 2020 04:57 - 5 minutes - 3.81 MBSend us a Text Message. The La Granja 360 Cava Brut NV 2020 is a $6.99 Trader Joe's import Bubbly using two of the three traditional Cava grapes, Xarel-lo and Parellada farmed in the Cava DO of northwest Spain, near Barcelona.La Granja 360 translates to the Farm 360 and is a brand owned by Axial Vino, a Ditch company producing Spanish wine. La Granja 360 wines use grapes from a group of small local farmers or commune. The individual farms are too small to produce their own wines by themselve...
Raventos I Blanc Textures de Pedra 2014
December 23, 2020 05:18 - 6 minutes - 4.65 MBSend us a Text Message. The Raventos I Blanc Textures de Pedra 2014 is a vintage, bio-dynamic, Estate grown Sparkling wine from the Penedes district of the Catalonia region of Spain (think Barcelona). While this is a Sparkling wine produced with the traditional method (like Champagne) it is not Cava.Raventos I Blanc is part of a wine family that has been producing wine at this estate since 1497. Another member of the Raventos family produced the first Cava in 1872. The current Raventos I Bla...
Domaine Ste Michelle NV Brut 2020
December 21, 2020 04:25 - 5 minutes - 3.93 MBSend us a Text Message. The Domaine Ste Michelle NV Brut 2020 is a non-vintage Champagne-style Sparkling wine from Chateau Ste Michelle in the Columbia Valley of Washington. This is a value-priced Bubbly, it lists for $13 and I found it for $8.99 on-sale.Even though it is a reasonably priced Sparkling wine it is produced in the same production style as Champagne (Cava too) which is a rather involved winemaking technique.Sparkling wine in the ten dollar price range is often made in the Prosec...
Bread and Butter Pinot Noir 2019
December 19, 2020 05:02 - 5 minutes - 4.02 MBSend us a Text Message. The Bread and Butter Pinot Noir 2019 is sourced from vineyards in California. Their motto is" Good. Honest. Simple. Do not overthink it." In keeping it simple they do not go into a great deal of detail about the production of this Pinot Noir.Bread and Butter are one of the WX Brand's families of wines. They are one of the top 20 largest wine companies in the U.S. They have a full line of wines and the Bread and Butter Pinot Noir 2019 was the largest selling (in its pr...
Veuve Monsigny Champagne Rosé
December 17, 2020 03:55 - 6 minutes - 4.4 MBSend us a Text Message. The Veuve Monsigny Champagne Rosé is a $19.99 Aldi exclusive, 65% Pinot Noir, 25% Pinot Meunier, and 10% Chardonnay sourced from vineyards across the Champagne region in France. I imagine when a lot of folks see a store brand twenty buck Champagne they figure that there is no way it can be very good. Most Champagne starts at $35 and goes up and up. And while I have not tasted the Veuve Monsigny Champagne Rosé yet, we will get to that in a few paragraphs, the Veuve Mon...
Wolf Point Distilling With Eric McMillan
December 15, 2020 21:59 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBSend us a Text Message. In this episode, we switch things up & talk spirits! Local spirits! Specifically we chat with Eric McMillan, Brand Ambassador for Wolf Point Distilling in Chicago.We talk about what Wolf Point is & taste through their Jackscrew Vodka, Florence Field Gin, Captain Santa Vapor Infused Moonshine & an extra tasty treat or two as well.So what is "Wolf Point"? What is a "Craft" moonshine? Listen in to find out now ... Check us out at www.cheapwinefinder.com or email us at p...
Trader Joe’s Platinum Reserve Sonoma Brut NV (2020)
December 13, 2020 04:33 - 6 minutes - 4.17 MBSend us a Text Message. The Trader Joe's Platinum Reserve Sonoma Brut NV (2020) is a Trader Joe's $14.99 non-vintage blend of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Pinot Meunier sourced from vineyards in Sonoma County AVA in Northern California.The back label says this Bubbly was "produced and bottled by" Rack and Riddle, Healdsburg, California. They are an independent wine company that specializes in Traditional Method (same as Champagne) Sparkling wine.There are some California Sparkling wine produ...
Mantenere Russian River Chardonnay 2019
December 10, 2020 04:10 - 5 minutes - 3.92 MBSend us a Text Message. The Mantenere Russian River Chardonnay 2019 is a $6.99 Trader Joe's wine sourced from vineyards inside the Russian River Valley AVA which is in turn inside the Sonoma County AVA of Northern California.The trademark for Mantenere is own by Francis Coppola Wines and Mantenere Cellars is located in Geyserville, California. Which also happens to be the home of Coppola Winery. I do not know if the Mantenere Russian River Chardonnay 2019 is simply a private store brand or i...
Farmhouse California Red 2019
December 08, 2020 04:37 - 5 minutes - 3.53 MBSend us a Text Message. The Farmhouse California Red 2019 is a blend of Zinfandel, Mourvèdre, Carignane, Syrah, Petite Sirah, and Grenache sourced from vineyards in California. Farmhouse California is one of Cline Family Cellars' line of wine.Cline is a family-owned winery founded in 1981 that specializes in sustainably farmed vineyards and wine. One of the things I admire about Cline Family Cellars is that they produce single-vineyard wines that sell for fifty, sixty, or seventy dollars but...
Gerard Bertrand Crémant de Limoux Thomas Jefferson Rosé 2017
December 06, 2020 04:52 - 5 minutes - 4.01 MBSend us a Text Message. The Gerard Bertrand Crémant de Limoux Thomas Jefferson Rosé 2017 is a blend of 65% Chardonnay, 20% Chenin Blanc, and 15% Pinot Noir sourced from the Cremant de Limoux AOC section of the Languedoc in southeast France.Limoux is the birthplace of Bubbly/Sparkling wine the monks from the local Abby started making wine with bubbles in the early 1500s. They were making Bubbly a hundred years before Champagne. I read a story that may or may not be true, Dom Perignon, a monk ...
Dueling Pistols Dry Creek Red 2016
December 03, 2020 05:26 - 6 minutes - 4.57 MBSend us a Text Message. The Dueling Pistols Dry Creek Red 2016 is not your usual CheapWineFinder wine. It is not cheap, this is a splurge, special occasion wine for most folks who follow CWF. It is a Red Blend, 50% Zinfandel, and 50% Syrah and the list price is $49.99.A quick check of the web showed online prices between $30 and $60 which is a wide range, so look for sales. The Dueling Pistols Dry Creek Red 2016 is a drink-it-now wine like almost all of the wines we feature, but it is made i...
Burlwood Cellars Brut Rosé
November 30, 2020 04:53 - 5 minutes - 3.88 MBSend us a Text Message. The Burlwood Cellars Brut Rose is a $4.99 ALDI exclusive, a Sparkling wine made with the Charmat Method. The Charmat Method is the same process used in the making of Prosecco and is often referred to as the Italian Method though it is used all over the wine world.The back label says this Bubbly was produced and bottled by Burlwood Cellars, Modesto, California. The Burlwood portion is just a brand name that Aldi uses. The Modesto, California part indicates that there ...
Macon Verze Chardonnay 2019
November 25, 2020 04:32 - 5 minutes - 3.88 MBSend us a Text Message. The Macon Verze Chardonnay 2019 is actually named Esprit des Lieux Macon Verze Chardonnay 2019, but the label shows the grape origin in bold letters on top of the label and the name in small print on the bottom.The Macon Verze Chardonnay 2019 is a $10.99 Trader Joe's import wine. I found this wine online selling at a couple of online wine shops from New York State for between $14 and $17.Esprit des Lieux translates to Spirit of Place. Macon is a district in Burgundy t...