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 …
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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 …
This is an absolute steal at Costco right now; another killer Rioja buy right on the heels of the amazing 2012 Hidalgo Tradicion H Rioja we just reviewed. That wine was only $15 and I went 92 points, and this one is slightly more at $21.49 but I might have to move beyond 92 points as …
As I write this right now, I have no idea how much I paid for this wine. It was part of a mass buy made sometime during the holiday season because as we all know Costco is a great place to stock up on wine, especially in large quantities. The story here is that I …
We were excited to learn that this brand has become available in select Costco stores. You may have noticed this particular wine, in a heavy Burgundy bottle with a large white “E” on the front label, and wondered what it was. A wine’s label often gives this biggest clues as to what the juice inside …
Here’s the next wine in our Cellar Series, where we revisit favorite Costco wines from the past that we’ve put away in the cellar to (hopefully) capture the benefit of a few more years of age; or at least to get an idea of how these wines will evolve, just for the curious. Like our …
Long time readers will know that we are huge fans of Gran Reserva Riojas, particularly the La Rioja Alta 904, which has its 2007 vintage landing in Costco stores right now. But when we found this one for $25.99, it landed in the cart immediately with hopes of a wine on the same caliber as …
Every once in a while in these reviews, I’ll mention that I want to buy a few extra bottles of a wine we enjoyed to lay down in the cellar for a bit to revisit later. Well, it’s starting to come to a period of time where these bottles have had some time to rest, …
We reviewed this wine a couple of years ago, but since 1.5 liter bottles recently arrived in select Costco stores, I thought that I would revisit it with fresh eyes as we approach the holidays. 1.5L bottles, otherwise known as “magnums” are good to serve in a group setting since each bottle yields around eight …
I’m always skeptical when wineries proudly place stickers on their bottles to promote the high scores the wines have received by the mainstream wine ratings companies. Just the other week we tasted a bottle rated 93 points by one of these outlets, and it fell way below expectations for us. This one, however, proudly stamped …
I always love seeing an inexpensive ($12.99) white pop up at Costco that’s outside the standard Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio and Sauv Blanc realms. In this case, I was even more pumped to find a white Rioja, which turned out to be a delicious wine and an excellent value buy. If only this had shown up …
Long time readers will know that we love these sub $20 Ribera del Duero bottles when they hit Costco stores. Almost as much as we like some of the off shoot Bordeaux bottles that occasionally grace the “cheap seats” (wine stacked in aisles, not in wood bins). And we’ve had plenty of Ribera winners over …
I was first alerted to this exciting new arrival by a reader in Maryland last week, but a subsequent trip to Costcos near me turned up dry. This is the first Gran Reserva Ribera del Duero wine we’ve seen from Kirkland so I was the hunt, and finally found it last night. On top of …
Seems like yesterday we were buying 2007 vintages in the stores, and long behold we’re now at 2016. I think this bottle marks the first 2016 I’ve tried, and an Albarino is a good way to do it because they drink nice young. (Side note: they also drink ok after a few years of bottle …