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Our Highest Rated Costco Wines of 2020

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I think we will all agree that 2020 is a year like no other. Thankfully, wine has been a bright part of it for me as I imagine it was for many of you. This is the time of the year when we look back at the Costco wines we reviewed throughout the year, and […]

2018 Austin Hope Cabernet Sauvignon

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I think if you had to identify regions in the U.S. that were delivering high quality wines at great prices, Washington State and Paso Robles would have to be towards the top of the list, at least in my opinion, and in correlation with my tastes. I wrote a feature on why you should be […]

FAQ About Costco’s 2020 Wine Advent Calendars

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We’ve posted detailed reviews of each of the two Wine Advent Calendars available at select Costco stores (Calendar #1, Calendar #2), and it’s created a flurry of emails and comments from readers.  So I thought I’d take a second and address some of the most popular questions and share all the information we have. Will […]

2019 Nautilus Sauvignon Blanc

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I'm not sure if it's my palate changing or whether the wines from New Zealand's Marlborough region are just getting more elegant, but I've really liked the last few that we tried. The 2019 Whitehaven Sauvignon Blanc we just reviewed was a treat, very clean, crisp and complex at Costco for only $13.99. This Nautilus […]

Costco 4 Bottle European Wine Tour Boxed Set

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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 […]

2018 N46 North Forty Six Cabernet Sauvignon Red Mountain

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There’s no reason to beat around the bush here.  This wine is an absolute steal at Costco for only $8.99. Hailing from Washington State’s premier Red Mountain region, finding a bottle like this under $10 is almost unheard of.  Most of the wines are $30-$40 and up.  At the same time, they are just now […]

Costco Wine Advent Calendar #2 for 2020

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We’re fresh off the heels of reviewing the first Costco wine advent calendar for the 2020 season, known as the Advent-ure calendar, and then bam, there’s another one and it looks super promising as well.  What a great early holiday gift for Costco wine fans. The Costco wine advent calendars sold out super fast last […]

2020 Costco Wine Advent-ure Calendar

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The Wine Advent Calendar is back for 2020.  Actually, it’s back in two versions.  That’s right, there are two of them this year, and I have the other one I’m working on writing up right now too.  This is one of the most popular Costco items we review every year, so we couldn’t wait to […]

2018 Kirkland Signature Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon

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Year in and year out, the Kirkland Stags Leap Cabernet is a reader favorite, and one of mine as well. The first thing to note as the new vintage hits stores is the price which has stayed the same from the 2017 vintage. It was starting to creep up a couple bucks every year, so […]

2018 Blank Stare Sauvignon Blanc

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This bottle will go down as one of the most interesting Sauvignon Blancs I've tasted in years. It comes to us from Orin Swift Cellars and from the Russian River Valley. As anyone who's tasted Orin Swift wines can attest, they can be big and bold, unrestrained; and that's exactly how this Sauvignon Blanc hit […]

2015 Marques del Atrio Rioja Reserva

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We are always on the lookout for bottles that have the special limited time Costco discount, taking even more off the already low price. In this case though, the discount was just the icing on the cake. This wine is so good, it's a steal at the regular price of $14.99, which is still below […]

2019 Whitehaven Sauvignon Blanc

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New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs are almost built for the hottest of the hot summer months.  We love them poolside, on the beach, pretty much near any body of water on a sunny day.  And many of these wines hover around the same price and quality, in our opinion. As we’re entering the fall months now, […]

2016 OZV Zinfandel Lodi

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I like to throw in the occasional Zinfandel when I come across them at Costco. The price was right on this bottle at $9.79 and I've seen it at Total Wine for just a bit more at $10.99. Zinfandel can be all over the map so I figured it be helpful to readers to report […]

NV Santo Rosé

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This is an interesting Costco wine pick, and I'm glad that I was able to go out there, buy this, taste it and report back to you because it might really appeal to some of you, while not being favored by others. There's little description to be had on the Costco placards, but the price […]

2015 Quarisa Mrs Q Cabernet Sauvignon Coonawarra

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We realized a nice upside surprise on this bottle. While I think Australian wines overall seem to be trending in the right direction in terms of price and quality, I'm still never quite certain what I'm going to get when I pour that first glass. I'll admit the 93 points from Wine Enthusiast listed on […]

2017 Banfi Centine Toscana

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I had a couple readers write in to recommend trying this Tuscan red blend that just showed up in Costco stores near me. The price was right at only $8.99 and Banfi is a huge name in Tuscan wine, especially Brunello, so I was interested to see how this affordable red would stack up. The […]

2017 Canoe Ridge Expedition Merlot Horse Heaven Hills

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It's been a little while since we've reviewed a Merlot so when I ran into this one, I figured I'd give it a try. Without knowing much about the wine, I like that it's from Washington State's Horse Heaven Hills (usually solid), and Costco's price was $10.99, which I just assumed was good at the […]

2018 Louis Latour Pouilly-Fuisse

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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 […]

2018 Finca Bacara 3015 Jumilla Monastrell

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This is a big time value buy at Costco right now for only $8.99. Online it looks like it sells closer to $15, but either way, it's an excellent wine. Scoring it for $9 is a real treat for Costco shoppers. The wine hails from Jumilla which is a wine region on the Mediterranean coast […]

2017 Trimbach Riesling

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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 […]

2018 La Crema Chardonnay Sonoma Coast

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We just tasted and really enjoyed the 2017 La Crema Pinot Noir, and I knew their Chardonnay was also available, so I went to back to Costco for another run to see if it was still there as I was curious to taste it. The price tag was $16.39, which is a couple bucks less […]

2018 Hanna Sauvignon Blanc Russian River Valley

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Here's a fun find, a Russian River Valley Sauvignon Blanc at a great Costco price of only $12.69. I do love Sauvignon Blanc on hot summer days so figured we'd give this a shot and see how it turned out. The short answer: this is a delicious, super crisp, summer wine at a fantastic price. […]

2016 Jax Vineyards Y3 Chardonnay

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I found another interesting Chardonnay to try on my last visit to Costco. Interesting in that it's highly rated, highly discounted in price, and also a 2016 vintage which I'm surprised is still lingering around. It's similar to the 2016 Sterling Chardonnay we reviewed last week. I guess the distributors need to move these wines. […]

2016 Seghesio Defiant Red Blend

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Here's a fun find that I wanted to get up quick due to what could be a huge limited discount. Although you will see in the photos that follow, that Costco may adopt the sales price as the regular price as they sometimes too (and I think we caught them showing their hand this time, […]

2018 Alamos Malbec Mendoza

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Just like we tried to find an alternative to the Kirkland Rose, today we're going to taste what could be a good alternative to the always enjoyable, ridiculously low priced, and reader favorite Kirkland Malbec. Costco's price of $7 on the Kirkland Malbec makes it almost untouchable, but this Alamos Malbec comes close at a […]

2016 Sterling Vineyards Napa Valley Chardonnay

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I'm always a sucker when I see a good limited time discount on Costco's wine. You figure generally the bottles are already priced 10-20% lower than most other outlets, so when you take a bit more off the price, the deals just get that much sweeter. An almost $5 discount (price valid until 8/2 at […]

2019 Ame du Vin Cotes de Provence Rose

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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 […]

2015 Kirkland Signature Rioja Reserva

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The Kirkland Rioja is always a favorite, and this year the new vintage is arriving a little late, at least around the Atlanta area. Last year, we saw it hit stores in April, so we've been on the look out, and finally it's here. Costco wine fans might notice a little change this year to […]

2018 Ferrari-Carano Chardonnay Sonoma

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I hold a special place in my wine drinking history for Ferrari-Carano wines. Early on, when I was just starting out, it seemed like I would gravitate towards their wines when I wanted something that was "a little step up." Plus the name is cool and easy to say; the wines are generally pretty solid […]

2018 Precision Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

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I just found this one last night at an Atlanta area Costco, and given the big limited time discount, I wanted to get it up on the site right away. Online this bottle seems to go for around $22-$23, so in line with Costco's standard price, but when you add the hefty $9.50 discount, it […]

2016 Pellegrini Chardonnay Russian River Valley

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It's starting to feel like summer around the Atlanta area, and that's when white wine hits the spot for me. I haven't found many interesting whites though at the Costcos around us yet. I'm hoping for some Albarino, German Riesling, Vinho Verde, Vermentino, Arneis, or even whites from anywhere in France besides the obvious spots. […]

2018 Daou Chardonnay Paso Robles

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We've tasted quite a few good, affordably priced wines from Paso Robles lately. The Justin Cabernet is always a favorite. And we really enjoyed the latest vintage of the Daou Cabernet, which made it even more fun to find the Daou Chardonnay show up at Costco for $14.99. I've heard from quite a few readers […]

2017 Gerard Bertrand Cremant de Limoux Brut Rose

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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 […]

2018 Kirkland Signature Russian River Chardonnay Sonoma

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Here comes the latest version of the Kirkland Signature Russian River Chardonnay, just in time for summer. This wine has been hit or miss for us over the years, but one thing that remains consistent is the price, which is again only $12.99. For Chardonnay from this premier region of Sonoma, $13 a bottle is […]

2018 Kirkland Signature Chateauneuf du Pape

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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 […]

2018 Lapostolle Sauvignon Blanc

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It's officially Sauvignon Blanc season, and it's a varietal that can really vary in style depending on where it originates in the world. Some love the grassy New Zealand SBs; others like more of the finesse of a Sancerre. Still others love them from Napa. Today we're going to go South to explore a Chilean […]

2019 Kirkland Signature Pinot Grigio Friuli

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This is always a hard wine for me to peg down. Some years I like it a lot more than others, and I'm starting to think that it might be situational. It is a wine with an intended purpose - hot summer weather - and when it is consumed in that environment, it's a treat. […]

2019 Kirkland Signature Cotes De Provence Rose

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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 […]

2017 Ferrari-Carano Siena Red Blend

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This is an interesting wine and a good choice when you want something a little different. It's "kind of" an Italian style red because the blend is led by Sangiovese, but it's also very new world in how the wine tastes. And I would say it will be more satisfying to the new world drinker, […]