This bottle is an absolute steal at Costco. Not only is it a delicious wine, but Costco’s price is unbeatable. Online this one runs as high as $25, and at best around $17-$18. Costco’s price is $12.99. Run don’t walk to pick these up. It’s also the perfect winter red, just pleasant throughout, great fruit, …
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Here’s a wine that a reader alerted me to, and on my next Costco visit…bam, there it was. This is a Tuscan blend that Costco is offering for $19.99. That compares to a retail that appears to be $30+ and an online price of around $25. While poking around the Web about this wine, I …
Here’s a very nice bottle of white wine that people might not naturally gravitate too, but they should. Gavi originates from Italy’s famed Piedmont area in the northwestern part of the country, and the wine is made from the Cortese grape, which is kind of an old school variety that’s been grown in the area …
Here’s one of the most anticipated Kirkland wines of the year, that generally comes out in the November time frame every year. We’ve followed this one for every vintage since it’s incredible 2010 vintage debut, and each year since, we haven’t found the wine to be as good as that first vintage. Here’s how we’ve …
I completely picked this wine out of the blue, figuring that a little something different from the Italian landscape would be fun. And not that I read too much into it, but it was hard not to notice the 93 point rating from James Suckling, for a bottle that was $11.79 at my Costco (online …
It’s amazing how wines can hit you differently. We found the 2017 vintage of this Kirkland Pinot Grigio to be rather bland; drinkable sure, but not a lot going on. We scored it 85 points. Either the producer stepped it up a notch, or we got the last one wrong, because this 2018 vintage was …
We always love seeing some different white wine varietals hit Costco as it’s a pleasant change from the sea of Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blancs that tend to dominate most store shelves. We recently found some tasty Albarino that we recommend, and this Vermentino is another winner for only $12.99. The retail price seems to be between …
I worked at a restaurant in New York that had an excellent Italian Sauvignon Blanc by the glass. I remember people’s reactions when they would try it, a mixture of surprise and delight, and for this reason I would often recommend it. A lot of people tend to associate Sauvignon Blanc with either grapefruit, freshly-cut …
I love the shape of this bottle. It’s short and fat and looks like the top-half of a magnum. Perhaps not the best fit to store on a wine rack, but this type of wine can be stored upright for years without compromise. I don’t personally recommend storing this wine for years, however. I usually …
We reviewed the previous vintage of this wine, so I was interested to try the 2016 release. Once again, the empty bottle could double as a weapon, easily twice as large and four times as heavy as your standard 750ml. This is a DOC wine, meaning that production follows the rules required in order to …
This is always an exciting one to see in the clubs, and this year it features a bold label change that I think is nice. In previous years, the label has been beige with red print and an illustration of the Chianti countryside. Now, the label is royal blue with a gold foil print and …
Finding any bottle of Barolo for $20 is almost impossible and it’s even harder to find a good one, but that’s exactly what we have here. Originating from Italy’s premier Piedmont region, this wine is made with the Nebbiolo grape (which is also featured in Barbaresco) and while it’s deceivingly light on the pour, as …
Here’s another inexpensive Italian white wine you might want to consider as the weather warms up. It’s hard to go wrong with Gavi, and Costco’s price of $11.99 is pretty solid for this wine. It retails around $18, and online it’s a few bucks cheaper than that. Gavi comes from Italy’s Piedmont region, where many …
Someone online posted a photo of a Costco wine bin that was labeled for this Barbera D’Asti but it contained bottles of Brunello. When I saw it I remember thinking how much I’d like to try the Barbera if it did exist. Well, that’s exactly what happened as I found it at my Costco …
How ironic is this? Just a few days ago I posted a Cellar Series review of the 2012 Monsanto Chianti, a bottle I’d been cellaring for couple of years to see how it would taste later. It was delicious and confirmed my feelings that the Monsanto Chianti is just a solid buy year to year, …