We picked this one up to have on hand for Thanksgiving weekend and figured there’d be a good time to open what we hoped would be a tasty Pinot Noir. A lot of these Pinots can really get good when you start to spend between $30-$45. Costco’s price was $32.99, which is pretty competitive. It’s …
Pinot Noir
There’s quite a bit of new info to share about the latest vintage of the Kirkland Russian River Pinot, and it’s all positive. First off is the new label which surprised us; seems like they’ve tried quite a few different looks to this bottle over the years. We like it, and you can see how …
Here’s a Pinot Noir that’s been lingering around stores in the Atlanta area that we’ve never tasted or reviewed. It’s actually a blend of grapes from three different California counties, netting out to be 45% Sonoma County, 29% Santa Barbara County and 26% Monterey County. We like Pinot from all those areas so thought it’d …
We almost didn’t recognize this one. The Kirkland Carneros Pinot gets an all new lablel that’s super simple and clean. We kind of like it; here’s the old one for comparison. There’s no back label, just additional information on the sides of the main label, so we took a few additional photos. The Kirkland Carneros …
We knew we had tasted this bottle a few times but a subsequent search of the site shows the last time we reviewed it was all the way back in April of 2016 with the 2013 vintage. So I’m glad we’re getting in a fresh review of a new vintage because this wine is once …
Here’s an interesting find, that we decided to pick up from the Pinot aisle. It seems we’ve been drinking a fair amount of Pinot Noir but haven’t reviewed a lot of Costco bottles. We thought this might be fun because it’s from the McMinnville AVA in Willamette Valley, which is just a mecca for good …
Bam, the new Kirkland Willamette Pinot Noir is dropping in stores right on schedule. This is one of our favorites among the Kirkland Pinot Noirs. And there’s some big news right off the bat. How about a price drop? You don’t hear about many of those right now, and what a perfect bottle for this …
We’ve always been fans of Aquinas wines. The Aquinas Cabernet Sauvignon is consistently a winner and an amazing value at under $20 a bottle. There was a double bonus here. First finding the Aquinas Pinot Noir at Costco was a treat; on top of that a huge price discount. Costco’s normal price of $15.89 is …
I bought this bottle while looking for wines we’ve never reviewed in the Pinot Noir section at my Costco. We just reviewed the Wapisa Pinot Noir from Patagonia that we really enjoyed ($15, 89 points). Prior to that we reviewed the Oyster Bay Pinot Noir which was $11.99 and we rated that 89 points as …
We’re always on the lookout to try new wines from different areas and this one fits the bill – a Pinot Noir from Patagonia, Argentina. I had to look up exactly what area is categorized as Patagonia, and it’s essentially the southern tip of the continent, shared by Chile and Argentina. It’s probably not the …
I’m sure many of you white wine fans are familiar with Oyster Bay’s Sauvignon Blanc, which is a nice sub $10 NZ Marlborough find at Costco, right in the same spirit as Matua, or Whitehaven. It’s acidic, fruity, light…perfect on a hot day. At first I thought this was the Sauvignon Blanc in the wrong …
We’ve had some fun tasting through a few of the Pinot Noirs at Costco right now that are priced under $20. We tasted the Cloudline (Willamette) and Rodney Strong (Russian River), enjoyed both and went 88 points on each one. Let’s move to another area known for amazing Pinot Noir, Monterey county and the sustainable …
Summertime drinking always finds a nice fit with white wines, and several readers have been asking for more white wine reviews which I plan to do. But I also enjoy a good Pinot Noir during the warmer months. So on my last trip to Costco I found a few that I wanted to taste and …
We tasted and reviewed the 2018 vintage of the Cloudline Pinot Noir from Costco last year and really enjoyed it. This bottle is especially appealing because it’s produced by the Drouhin Family who have been making wine in France’s Burgundy region since 1880. So they have a little experience with Pinot Noir, and are usually …
This is perhaps the most interesting wine I’ve tasted in a long time, and it is the first time I’ve tasted a “white” Pinot Noir. I felt pretty confident in the hands of Willamette Valley Vineyards because they are experts with Pinot Noir. We’ve highlighted quite a few of their Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs over …