Well, here’s why you shop at Costco, and like to buy wine there. Kirkland Signature wines are typically good values (although we’ve had a few skew the other way), but this Cotes du Rhone Villages, similar to year’s past, is once again a ridiculously good buy for only $6.99. Longtime readers will know this is …
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I’m a big fan of wines from Stags Leap, and have visited a vast majority of the wineries right there along Napa’s Silverado trail. Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars is one you don’t want to miss; it’s a classic Napa property given their role in the Judgement of Paris, which put them and Napa Valley wines …
Long time readers will know that I love my Ribera del Duero wines, so when I see a new one, like the 12 Linajes, arrive in my Costco stores, it’s almost a no brainer. I can’t think of a time in recent years when the Ribera wines at Costco didn’t deliver a lot of bang …
I cannot recall coming across a South African wine in Costco prior to this one from Boschendal. I have definitely been asked if Costco carries South African wine, likely because most wine lovers know that some really excellent juice comes from this country. Needless to say, I was excited when I saw this. Some of …
Love, love, love finding these super inexpensive Bordeaux in the “cheap seats” as Erin likes to call them (the stacks of wine, not in the wooden boxes). While they generally don’t make my taste buds explode in cosmic glory, they usually represent a super value buy, heavily discounted from their retail price, and the juice …
I thought this Two Angles Petite Sirah would be a fun change of pace from the usual selection of reds we’ve been reviewing. This is a big, spicy red from Lake County, CA which is a little ways north of Napa, and slightly inland from the Pacific. The wines I’ve tasted from around Lake County …
It’s been a little while since we got our hands on one of the Kirkland Columbia Valley offerings from Washington State. The last one was this 2015 Cab-Merlot blend that we thought was pretty good, and before that we had to dig into the vaults to find this Columbia Valley Bordeaux blend we really enjoyed …
Cotes du Rhone is an easy choice when you’re looking for good value under $15, and frequently, as is the case here, you can find it for even less. This wine was $7.99 at my Costco, which is pretty crazy for a fairly nice, very drinkable and somewhat interesting red table wine. It pours pretty …
It was quite the surprise running into this bottle, part of a small display tucked into the “cheap seats” (wines stacked in the aisles, not the wooden boxes). I first tried this wine just a a few months ago when it popped up at Cost Plus World Market for a heavy discount (can’t remember what …
I know many of you are looking for good, low priced value buys, so that’s why I chose to sample this “Il Ducale” Super Tuscan from Ruffino that was only $12.99 at my Costco. I too like to find good versatile mid week drinkers to enjoy with dinner that don’t break the bank, and this …
Once in a while I like to swim a little further upstream and explore some higher priced wines like this one that clocked in at $45.99 at my Costco. I wanted something outside of Cabernet from Napa or Bordeaux, and was hoping to find a different varietal from somewhere else in the world of wine. So …
After Spain, Portuguese red wines are one of my top go-to areas and we just don’t see enough of them at Costco, so this was a welcome site, especially at only $7.99. I was also intrigued to learn that this wine was ranked #60 on Wine Spectator’s list of the Top 100 of 2017. That’s a good …
As I’ve said before, I am not the biggest fan of Australian Shiraz, but that’s starting to change when I find bottles like Torbreck Shiraz from Australia’s Barossa Valley priced under $20. This is a unique wine that I couldn’t stop smelling and sipping trying to put it all together, which I’m still not sure …
The interesting label on this wine caught my eye. It’s a large number “2” that appears to have been cut in half in an abstract way. I was also attracted to the words “Napa Valley Red Wine,” but it was the 91 Points from Wine Enthusiast shelf-talker that sold me in the end (as well …
Ok, I know it’s Monday and the next review should technically not come out until Wednesday, but we had to get this one in your hands right away based on how fast this wine sold out last year. We could only be talking about the Kirkland Cotes de Provence Rose that is hitting stores right now …