I’m liking this WA State Cab for $14.99. Over the last hour it’s developed into an expressive and rather interesting wine in this price range. I typically do enjoy Northwest reds, and went into this one with fair expectations, but have to say it certainly met, if not exceeded those. Costco’s price on this wine …
Cabernet Sauvignon
Good California Cabs are hard to come by for under $15 (although at Costco you can do ok), but when you make that jump to the next price bracket ($20-$30) you really get a big jump up in quality. I’ve always found the Beringer Knights Valley Cabs to be a strong buy in this range and at …
Upon opening. this wine was a bit on the spicy side with a heavy alcohol laden finish (the wine is 14.2% which some might say is too high but it’s really not that outrageous for a Napa red). As the wine matured with some air, it really developed into a pretty decent drink for only $10.99. Peppery …
I haven’t reviewed one of The Sum red blends in quite a while but I was looking forward to this 2012 vintage, which was a stellar season for California. Plus, this wine is made by Tuck Beckstoffer, a legend of the area, and The Sum marks the lowest entry point I’ve seen into his wines. The …
I’m writing this from the 62nd floor of the Cosmopolitan hotel in Las Vegas where I am staying for work, but I never forget my duties to this site. A few readers have asked my opinion of the Coppola wines at Costco and as I went out to the nearby Walgreens (bottom of Planet Hollywood), …
First off, thanks so much for visiting and supporting this site. It’s been seven years since we started this site, and it began completely on a whim as I posted random stories online about buying wine at Costco. At that point I never thought it would have the readership and following that it does now. So …
I found this to be a decent buy for an $8 Chilean Cab. The wine is certainly not without its faults but overall in this price range you can’t really complain. The wine is dark, inky purple on the pour. Campfire, toasted wood on the nose with some spice notes. Initial flavors of black currant and …
I usually find the Kirkland Signature wines to offer at the very least a good wine for the money, but I’m going to have to recommend steering clear of this one. I haven’t reviewed one of the Kirkland Alexander Valley Cabs since the 2007 vintage and I reread my notes on that one which I noted as being …
I didn’t hesitate for long dropping this one in my cart. I’m a big fan of Stags Leap wines and you rarely see a Stags Cabernet for the price I found this bottle at ($19.99). And the wine was exactly what I hoped it would be – a big, rich, nicely structured red. It has …
I’ve opened my fair share of wine bottles over the years, some new, some really old, some opened in haste, others opened with extreme care. Finding a good corkscrew is not easy, and there’s a ton of debate over which ones are best. I’m not going to tell you this one is the best, but …
There are quite a few really enjoyable Kirkland wines available right now in Costco stores at very good prices. Keep in mind every store and area is different. You might not be able to find all of these, but what follows are some of our favorites from the past few months, ranked by our ratings from high …
Of all the Kirkland Signature wines I’ve had in the past year or so, this is among the ones I looked most forward to digging into (some of the KS Chateauneufs too, and the Signature Series Malbec was outstanding). 2012 was such a banner growing year for Napa and I figured the Kirkland Napa Cab for …
It’s nice to see more 2012 Napa Cabs starting to roll in as the rather unimpressive 2011s are hopefully beginning to cycle through. 2012 was a banner year, and when you see the Mondavi Cab available for only $19.99 at Costco, it’s certainly worth exploring. This wine is predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon obviously, but also contains …
At the end of every year we look back at the previous 12 months of reviews and assemble a list of the highest rated wines we enjoyed from Costco. But first let’s take a quick look back at 2014, which was another big year for the site. We moved to a new hosting platform and responsive design …
It’s always difficult to find the perfect Thanksgiving wine that everyone will unanimously agree pairs perfect with the hodge podge of food and flavors that are typically served on Thanksgiving tables around the country. I tend to opt for a variety of different wines, and enjoy tasting them all at the same time with the …