So it’s a hot Atlanta day and I’m by a pool with friends who are mostly drinking Creature Comforts and other GA- based craft beers, but today, like many days, I’m sipping on white wine, and a good one at that. It is the Long Meadow Ranch Sauvignon Blanc from Rutherford. At $15.99 at my …
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Love seeing the new 2013 vintage of this one arrive at Costco and I’ve had quite a few readers write to us asking if it was around. Yes, it is, and the remarkably low price of $6.99 is carried over once again. For $6.99 there are few bottles of wine that are as drinkable as …
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 …
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 …
Every now and then Costco will get a wine for a mega-good bargain price. This one jumped out at me yesterday. I noticed first that the price was significantly less than normal retail and second that the wine has been immediately deleted (marked with an asterisk). Robert Mondavi originally coined the marketing term “Fume Blanc” …
Here’s another Spanish wine gem that I scored at my Costco for $21.99. I say ‘another’ because there seems to be a stream of awesome bottles from Ribera, Toro and Rioja in that sweet spot of $15-$25 that I have found to generally be super strong buys. Our latest reviews of this Toro wine and …
Looks like we missed the 2014 vintage of this one which really bums me out because these Kirkland Oakville wines are always tremendous values, this current one included. We went 90 points on the 2013 vintage and highlighted many of the same characteristics that I’m finding now in the 2015 vintage. The price has stayed …
France’s famed Burgundy region is a challenging wine region to navigate. It’s best properly explored with a lot of tasting and a map to mark the geographic coordinates of all the wines. But to assist my exploration of the area I keep a mental list of certain cues, be it micro regions or producers, so …
We reviewed the 2015 Paul Dolan Cabernet last April, and earlier this year the winery’s Zinfandel from the same line appeared in my local Georgia warehouse. I used my Coravin Wine Preserver to open and taste this wine. If you don’t have one, I would recommend making this small investment. I’ve written a detailed description …
Whenever someone asks me what the best buy in Costco wine is I typically recommend for that person to try all the Kirkland branded wines as they offer a fair value for the varietal and region represented. From there, decide what you like best. If pressed for a specific Kirkland wine to buy, this Kirkland …
Almost instinctively, I will purchase new wines that I find from Spain’s Toro region because they are some of the best buys in the wine world today. So obviously, I love when they pop up at Costco. This bottle was of particular interest, initially due to its massive weight in the hand but also for …
What makes a good wine an even more unbelievable buy? When Costco works their magic, and knocks a whopping $7 off a bottle that was already fairly priced. This is that wine. Here it is at Wine.com on sale for $28, marked down from $35. I picked it up at Costco for only $15.99 with …
Pretty awesome buy here on the Dry Creek Zinfandel at Costco for $14.99. Not only is this wine around $20 everywhere else I’ve seen it (including online), the wine itself is outstanding. This isn’t your typical run of the mill Zin. Rather, it’s a Zin-dominated red blend, that is absolutely masterfully segmented in my opinion; would …
I was really excited to try this wine. First off, I’d never heard of it and as you can see below, the Costco bin was full minus the one bottle I bought. After I brought it home, I started Googling about it, but didn’t find much. So the intrigue was building right up until the …
I’m a huge fan of Chateauneuf-du-pape wines and year to year the Beaucastel is one of my favorite splurges. It tastes great now, plus has potential to age incredibly well. Just last year I was visiting one of my favorite restaurants that not surprisingly also has a ridiculous (and reasonably priced) wine selection. After browsing …