Clearly the first thing that stands out here is the massive limited time discount that might be about as hefty as we’ve ever seen in the wine aisle at Costco. And what makes it even better is that it’s applied to a delicious wine. Costco’s standard price on this bottle is $21.99, which is below …
Every year Wine Spectator lists their Top 100 wines of the year, and we love to comb through it and call out the bottles we’ve found at Costco. Here’s last year’s post. We also rely on readers to point out ones they’ve found in their local warehouse too so we can all be on the …
Here’s a wine that I didn’t know much about when I bought it, or when I tasted it, but a little Internet sleuthing later turned up some pretty cool information that I’ll get to a minute. There are usually quite a few Rioja choices at Costco, including their own Kirkland bottling that is a good …
Costco Notes: The bouquet of cocoa powder, caramel, and anise works in harmony with the black cherry fruit signature of this wine. Bright and focused on the palate with a firm and appetizing finish. SP Left Coast Tasting Notes: Color: Very nice inky dark ruby wine. Nose (aromas): Upon opening this wine, there was …
I’ve almost pulled the trigger on this bottle a few times before. Rarely do you find an Amarone priced this low so I’m always a little skeptical. But Costco usually delivers, like they did on the Covalli Barolo that also seemed to good to be true for $14.99. This Amarone came in at $22.99 and …
It’s already that time of the year again. It seems like just yesterday when we posted our 2020 Thanksgiving picks. So here we are for another go around, and I tried to freshen these up this year, sprinkling in some oldies but goodies. I know not everyone will be able to find these wines, so …
Costco Notes: Inky dark fruit, dark chocolate, menthol, licorice and spice blast out of the glass, Unctuous and spectacularly rich, the 2018 is a gorgeous wine in its style. Plush, silky tannins round out the long finish. Left Coast Tasting Notes: Color: Dark Inky Purple Nose (aromas): Pulling the cork, it didn’t have the character …
Here’s another deeply discounted Costco wine that we had to try right when we found it. Retail price is around $24.99 which is the same as Costco’s standard price. But the limited time discount of $11 brings it down to only $13.99 until 11/21. So we love the discount on a Napa Valley reserve wine …
Here’s a solid Costco wine find for all you Champagne fans out there. The discounted price until 11/21 is only $20.99, which is $6 off a regular price of $26.99. That puts this right in the same territory as the $20 Kirkland Champagne that we love so much. Online the retail price of this Sophie …
Winery: Chateau Montelena Wine: Calistoga Zinfandel Costco Notes: The woodsy, briary character of old vine Zinfandel is quite prominent but with time unmasks beautiful notes of lavender, cassis, and fresh mint. Supple tannins are present throughout the amble between earthiness and minerality. Left Coast Tasting Notes: Color: Medium to light ruby color, a little lighter …
Spain is such a good place to look for value in the wine world nowadays so this bottle from Toro piqued our interest when we came across it at Costco for $19.99. We figured it would drink like it cost a bit more, and that’s exactly what we found. The retail price on this bottle …
Here’s a nice find for all you bubbly fans out there. As long-time readers know, we are huge fans of French Cremants, and they pop up on occasion at Costco. Cremants are an affordable alternative to French Champagne and, in our opinion at least, they are more interesting than Prosecco or Cava. These Cremants can …
Wait, what? There’s another Costco wine advent calendar? That’s right. Add one more boozy way to ride into the holidays with this new gift box. This box is unique in that it features all red wines, all Cabernet in fact. Just 12 bottles in this box, still 375ml in size. I know a lot of …
All right Costco wine fans, here we go with our annual look back at the wines we tasted throughout the year that we rated the highest. This generally means they hit 91 points or above. It’s always fun to revisit this list from year’s past, so here’s last year’s list, and here’s 2019. Reviewing those …
I know quite a few of you have found this boxed set already and I’ve been intrigued by what I’ve heard. It finally showed up at my Costco so now I’m able to check out the wines. This one is similar to the European four bottle set we saw about a year ago. That set …
This bottle is always a welcome site in the Costco wine aisles. If you’ve never read our reviews, you might be skeptical (as were at first), asking yourself how can a real Barolo be priced at only $14.99? Even the Kirkland Barolo, which we really like too, is $20. But I’m happy to say, and …