Well, I finally found it. I heard from readers all over the country that the new 2019 Kirkland Cotes du Rhone Villages was out there, but it didn’t show up in Atlanta area stores until recently. My first question for readers who found it: did the price stay the same at $6.99? The answer thankfully …
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I’ve always been curious about this European wine box that first showed up last year near me, but seemed to sell out fairly fast (and before I had a chance to grab one). It’s back this year, at $29.99 which is the same price I believe as the prior year with a similar sampling of …
This wine is a huge score at Costco. There are so many good things going on right from the get go and the wine is delicious too. First off, Louis Latour is one of the biggest names in Burgundy wine, and this bottle is on the lower end of what they produce. That said, this …
Here’s a bottle I was pumped to see hit my Costco because I just love wines from Trimbach, Most of the time I have to purchase them at Total Wine, which usually has a nice selection of their white wine varietals. So it was awesome to see this one arrive into Costco for $16.99. Retail …
As far as summertime Rosé goes, the Kirkland Cotes de Provence Rosé for $10 remains my top choice and I’ve still seen a few cases of it lingering around in Costco stores around the Atlanta area which is a surprise. It’s typically one of the fastest moving Kirkland bottles of the year. I thought it …
I snapped a couple of these bottles up the instant I saw them. Even though this is a wine I’ve never tasted before, there are a lot of good things going on here. First, the producer, Gerard Bertrand, is one of my favorite French producers. They make a wide variety of wines from many different …
Look what’s back, the Kirkland Chateauneuf du Pape is finally making an appearance after a long hiatus. The last vintage of this to hit Costco stores was the 2016 and it was available almost exactly two years ago. And there are a few important things to note about this new bottle. First, is the change …
I finally found it and there was a whole corner of it still left – the Kirkland Signature Cotes De Provence Rose, which might be the fastest selling Kirkland wine of the bunch. This is going to move fast so if you see it, buy it. The reason being is that this is consistently high …
“Decoding French Wine: A Beginner’s Guide to Enjoying the Fruits of the French Terroir” was the first book that I wrote back in 2012. And it was far from perfect, and maybe distant from good but it was an invaluable learning experience. I gave the book a small refresh a few years after publishing, but …
I love it when we get a nice string of wines that all hit our Top Picks list. It doesn’t happen that often since we really try to reserve this list for the best Costco wines we find, and rate 90+ points. But when it does, it makes this job a lot more fun. We …
I was thrilled to find the latest vintage of this Chablis on my last Costco trip. We reviewed the prior vintage some time ago and really enjoyed it, giving it a solid 88 points. I have similar tasting notes on the current vintage that I was happy to see come in at $14.99, which is …
I love the inexpensive Bordeaux that frequently grace the “cheap seats” and they usually turn out pretty good. This one landed kind of “middle of the road” for me. It’s an ok and drinkable wine that is inexpensive (that ticks quite a few boxes), but left a little to be desired. Costco’s price on this …
I’m always on the look out for new wines arriving at Costco that I’ve never seen carried before, and this one caught my eye, at first because of the $7.99 price tag but then I noticed “single vineyard” and became even more curious what was inside. Obviously, the cute label and branding was noticeable, and …
I found this bottle on the corner of the “cheap seats” (the aisles, not bins of wines), where we seem to have frequently found an abundance of good, inexpensive Bordeaux over the last year. I hope it’s trend that continues in 2020, and maybe this bottle is the first indication that it will. A lot …
The Kirkland Gigondas is always a bottle I look forward to tasting every year. This is now the third year for the wine, and I have found them to be pretty fair buys for the money, scoring in the 87-88 range. So how does the latest 2017 vintage stack up? Let’s first look at the …