This is the type of wine we are all on the look out for at Costco. A solid red, from an underappreciated region, produced from organic grapes, with high ratings, at a great Costco price. That underappreciated region is Italy’s Abruzzo, which doesn’t get mainstream love like a Chianti or Super Tuscan, but it should […]
2019 La Gioiosa Prosecco Rose DOC
Here’s an interesting wine that came our way, a Prosecco Rosé, which is something I’ve never tasted before and after poking around online, I learned this is a pretty recent addition to the wine world. As many of you know, Prosecco is made from the Glera grape, and what they did with the Prosecco Rosé […]
2014 Valdelacierva Rioja Reserva
Fresh off the cusp of reviewing a great Costco Rioja find, the 2015 La Gitana Gold Rioja, we decided to also try this one, and see how it compared. There’s a lot of similarities and in the end, we discovered two amazing wines that we can’t recommend enough. Both wines are priced under $15 at […]
2014 Kirkland Signature Ribera del Duero Gran Reserva
It's nice walking down the aisle and catching a glimpse of those signature blue and silver rings that grace the neck of the Kirkland Ribera del Duero. This is still a young addition in the Kirkland wine family, and it can prove to be fairly elusive too, as demonstrated by the fact that we either […]
2019 Kirkland Signature Cotes du Rhone Villages
Well, I finally found it. I heard from readers all over the country that the new 2019 Kirkland Cotes du Rhone Villages was out there, but it didn't show up in Atlanta area stores until recently. My first question for readers who found it: did the price stay the same at $6.99? The answer thankfully […]
2015 La Gitana Gold Rioja
This is the best $12 bottle of wine I’ve had in some time. I almost didn’t buy this because the label just looked a little suspect. I’m not sure why (and it looks better in the picture below), it just came off to me visually as a cheap bottle. But this initial perception was way […]
2016 Fiuza Silent Oak Reserva Red Blend Portugal
Portugal is one of the wine areas that I’d like to see stocked more at Costco, so finding this bottle was a welcome sight. The price was right too at $8.99. The wine has a retail price of $19 and online it gets as low as $10. So $8.99 at Costco seems like a fair […]
2015 Kirkland Signature Series Brunello di Montalcino
The Kirkland Brunello is a welcome find when it hits Costco shelves, and it’s always nice to see the price stay consistent from the prior vintage at $26.99. Like the Kirkland Chateauneuf-du-pape and Kirkland Barolo (both priced just a little lower), this bottle offers access to one of the top wine regions in the world […]
2017 Beringer The Waymaker Red Blend Paso Robles
We’ve had a great string of Costco wines that we have tasted and reviewed from Paso Robles (Austin Hope, Dauo, Justin). Here’s the latest entry in that club, and what a gift on the price. This wine elsewhere, online and at Total Wine seems to be around $20-$25. Costco’s standard price is $15.99 and that’s […]
2020 Costco Wine Thanksgiving Picks
It’s time for our annual round up of Costco wines to consider putting on your table for the Thanksgiving meal. This is always tough because of availability so we will try to focus on wines that we believe are widely available (we are 100% independent of Costco so can’t say for sure), as well as […]
2017 Little Big Town 4 Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon
I had to snap this one up at what ends up being a ridiculously low price for some Columbia Valley juice. Costco’s normal price is $11.99, but through 11/22 you can get $4.50 off which brings it down to $7.49. I found the same bottle for $10.97 at my Total Wine and online it’s hovering […]
2017 Smith & Hook Proprietary Red Blend
Smith & Hook is one of those dependable names you love to see on a bottle of wine. Kind of like Seghesio, Ridge or Mayacamas (first three that came to mind), I just can't think of the last time I tasted a wine from Smith & Hook that I didn't enjoy. So finding the latest […]
2017 Kirkland Signature Chianti Classico Riserva
And...we have another popular Kirkland bottle hitting store shelves in a brand vintage: the dependable, but not unbelievable, Kirkland Chianti Riserva. The Kirkland Chianti is one of those mid-pack Kirkland wines that are priced right, they're ok for an average meal or pizza night, but they just leave a little to be desired. Similar to […]
2019 Kirkland Signature Malbec Mendoza
It was only about 8 months ago when we reviewed the 2018 vintage of this Kirkland wine, and we noted that we enjoyed that vintage more than in years past. We scored it 87 points. So things were trending in the right direction. And that seems to be confirmed by this new 2019 vintage, which […]
2018 Kirkland Signature Napa Valley Red Blend
The Kirkland Napa Valley Red Blend is back, and the price has stayed the same at $10.99, which is pretty hard to beat for Napa juice. The last vintage we reviewed was the 2016 about a year ago, so not sure if the '17 snuck past us, or was skipped. The wine this year is […]
2017 Laura Hartwig Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
In the world of good value priced wine, Chile is a great place to look right now, especially for Cabernet. This wine was only $12.89 and it drinks like it cost way more. It's a single vineyard wine too so offers a nice expression of the land. The wine achieved a 91 point rating from […]
Our Highest Rated Costco Wines of 2020
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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, […]
Reflections on Washington State Wines And Why Everyone Should Be Drinking Them Now
As long-time readers may know, my wine journey began in the Pacific Northwest when I lived in Seattle, WA and Oregon prior to that. It was the late 90’s and early 2000’s and the wine landscape in the Northwest looked a lot different compared to today. There were plenty of small wineries and more popping […]
2016 OZV Zinfandel Lodi
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
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
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
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 Balletto Pinot Noir Russian River Valley
There was really no reason to choose this Pinot Noir. I've never heard of this winery, and primarily bought it so I could report back to you about how it turned out. Just a fun experiment, but man, once I tasted it I'm really glad I picked this one. It's not inexpensive at $24, but […]
2017 Canoe Ridge Expedition Merlot Horse Heaven Hills
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
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
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
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
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
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. […]
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