Costco has been getting some pretty solid Spanish wines lately. We recently reviewed the 2012 Condado de Haza Ribera del Duero and 2011 Orben Rioja, both of which received high ratings from Wine Spectator as well as our editor(s). I should also mention the 2012 Cune Rioja Reserva, which recently sold out at many Costco […]
2012 Castello Di Monsanto Chianti Classico Riserva
This is a bottle Costco carries regularly and one that we've recommended for some time. I went 92-93 points even on the '10 vintage finding it to be "perfect in so many ways." The 2013 vintage, which I'm on the look out for, was named to Wine Spectator's list of the top 100 wines of […]
2013 “Freakshow” Lodi Cabernet Sauvignon
It's easy to recognize a Michael David wine. The labels are bright, eye-catching, and often feature some sort of circus scene. The wines have unique names as well, such as “Seven Deadly Zins,” named after the seven different vineyards that the grapes in this wine are grown. “Petite Petite” is a Petite Syrah & Petite […]
2011 Vetus Toro Tempranillo
What a beauty here for $20 at Costco. As regular readers know, I'm a huge fan of Spanish wines, and am working on a book right now about the region and what awesome values you can score. Toro is a big part of that story, and a region that just delivers ridiculous value right now […]
NV Francois Montand “Méthode Traditionnelle” Brut Sparkling Wine
We cannot technically call this wine “champagne.” Since it’s from Jura, France, we are not allowed to confuse this wine with its cousin in Champagne. That’s the rule. This being said, if I were to bring this to a New Year’s Eve party, I would certainly announce to everyone in the room that I’ve brought […]
2014 Kirkland Signature Series Columbia Valley Red Wine
The Kirkland Signature wines are, at the very worst, great values. The really good Kirkland wines are impressive expressions of whatever they are supposed to be. This Columbia Valley blend does not disappoint. The back of the bottle mentions a unique combination of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, syrah, and sangiovese. The front label prominently displays “ALC […]
2012 Condado de Haza Ribera del Duero
Here's another wine that was listed on Wine Spectator's list of the Top 100 wines of 2016. It was #18 on the list and is priced at only $17.99 at Costco, which is a steal for this wine. This same bottle is $32 at Total Wine right now. Expect it to move fast at Costco. And […]
2014 Intrinsic Cabernet Sauvignon
This wine seemed to be everywhere over the past few months. It was first featured as the wine of the month at my local wine shop, then later appeared at Costco for $19.99, and just a few weeks ago this wine was featured as one of Wine Spectator's Top 100 wines of 2016 (#32). I […]
Our Highest Rated Costco Wines of 2016
As I do every year, I want to present a list of the wines we bought at Costco and rated the highest throughout 2016. It's always a little tricky because many of these wines will be long gone from your local warehouse, but you never know what you'll find if you're on the lookout. Sometimes […]
Meet Your Local Costco Wine Advisor
“If you take a box then you have to fill it up, that’s the rule,” he will often quip at an unsuspecting member rifling through the stack of empty wine boxes he’s set aside for them. Although Tony Pellegrini spends the majority of his mornings moving pallets of wine around the Costco warehouse (while most of […]
Which of Wine Spectator's Top 100 Wines Are Carried at Costco
Every year, Wine Spectator magazine releases their top 100 wines of the year, and when they do these wines generally fly off shelves. So the big question: which of these wines does Costco carry? Here's a list we started, and we will add to it as we see more. Feel free to add any others […]
2014 Kirkland Signature Pauillac Bordeaux
You can always tell the premium Kirkland wines by the slight tint of gray in the label, so I spotted this one from a distance. I also have been on the look out for it since several readers have posted pictures on Facebook asking for a review. And I am big a fan of Pauillac Bordeaux […]
2015 Pewsey Vale Eden Valley Dry Riesling
This time of the year, red wine gets most of the attention. When it doesn’t, Chardonnay is usually the go-to white alternative. The Costco wine department is saturated with Chardonnays. I counted once, and there were twenty-nine different California Chardonnays available in one club. This is why the Pewsey Vale ‘Eden Valley’ Dry Riesling is […]
2011 Orben Rioja
What a wine this is, Wow. The nose really starts things off. Wait until you get a load of this nose. The aromas jump out of the glass in a very unique combination of Wrigley mint gum and an herbal garden. I don't think I've ever smelled a wine quite like this before, and I […]
Secret Wine Shopper: A Price Comparison of Total Wine vs Costco
I've been wanting to publish this story for quite a while now, but I finally got around to spending some time inside Total Wine to track down their prices on the same bottles being offered by Costco (which in my case is directly across the street). Each place has their pros and cons but I […]
2013 Firestone Vineyard Chardonnay Santa Ynez Valley
Great price on this bottle right now, and the wine was pretty good too. Normally $11.99, this wine has $6 off at my Costco now until Nov 27th, so at $5.99, this becomes a better buy, and really a decent everyday white to stock up on. Online, this wine sells for closer to $20, so $5.99 […]
2014 Montes “Classic Series” Cabernet Sauvignon
If you’ve been to a Costco in the last two weeks then you’re probably already aware of the latest explosion of sale wines. “Cheap Seats,” as I call them. I love all wine- let’s be honest, but cabernet sauvignon has a special place in my heart, and South American ones are usually great values. I […]
2016 Costco Thanksgiving Wine Picks
Thanksgiving is always an interesting holiday to me when it comes to wine picks. A typical Thanksgiving meal has many different flavors going on and it's really hard to zero in on one style of wine that can handle them all. As I think about this more now, having done a few yearly Thanksgiving picks, […]
2013 Ferrari-Carano Merlot
I found a great buy on this wine at Costco. The normal Costco price of $18.99 beats almost anything I found online, but this week in the store I found it with a $6 discount, putting the final price at $12.99, or about half of what you will find it for online. The big question […]
2012 Metz Road Monterey Pinot Noir
[Some quick tasting notes on this one from contributor Josh L as this is a great price on a good wine] Very soft cork (well stored). Seems like one of their "fire sale" buys (expiring vintage like Far Niente chard. Color has slight tinge of brown (probably due to age). Nose on bottle open is […]
2014 Stags Leap Wine Cellars Karia Napa Chardonnay
Balance is the key here to this excellent Chardonnay I found at a Costco in Reno, NV with a $5 off special, taking the already fair price of $24.99 (retail is closer to $35), down to $19.99. I should have bought a few more. This wine starts with huge aromas of vanilla, butter and cream, […]
2014 The Reinert Project Monterey Pinot Noir
Here's an interesting bottle that arrived at Costco stores around the Atlanta area this week after selling out a first run rather quickly. I've heard it's available right now at Perimeter, Kennesaw (where I purchased a few) and Cumming stores, but Mr Reinert is continuing to create more wines under this label so hopefully distribution will continue […]
2015 Nobilo Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc
Here's just a quick mid-week review on a wine that is a summer staple in our household. It's only $7.99 and when the Atlanta heat kicks into gear, it's time to go to Marlborough to cool down. I know this isn't the highest quality wine in the world, but for a "time and place wine," […]
2014 Rio Madre Rioja
I was ready to score this one pretty low because it's really basic and I thought I paid a lot more for it. But as it turns out, after I checked the receipt (because the bottle was written with a lot of beginner terms), I realized this wine is only $6.99 at Costco, which is […]
2013 Textbook Napa Chardonnay
I found this to be an excellent Chardonnay, balanced perfectly between fruit, oak, acidity and body. Just lovely really from start to finish. Costco's price of $18.99 is well below the retail price of $25, and this drinks like a wine that cost even more than that. Vibrant nose, loads of fruit; apple, lemon, orange […]
2013 Kirkland Signature Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
I wasn't a huge fan of the 2012 or 2007 vintages of the Kirkland Alexander Valley Cab, but I'm actually not finding this new one from '13 that's in stores now to be that bad, almost beginning to enjoy it a bit after a good decant. Costco raised the price a dollar to $9.99 which […]
2014 Kirkland Signature Sonoma Chardonnay
It's hard to really ding some of these Kirkland bottles too much because the price is so low. For a Sonoma Chardonnay, this wine is fine, just ok, about what you would expect at a $10-$12 price point from this area, so kudos to Costco for bringing it in much lower than that. I looked back […]
2013 Stags Leap Winery Napa Valley Merlot
GUEST POST By: Paul Hodgins of I LIKE THIS GRAPE The giants of the wine media have been raving about Napa’s Stags Leap district for years. This “valley within a valley” about four miles north of the town of Napa is small – only about 2,700 acres, roughly half of it under vine – but […]
7 Ways To Look Like A Pro In A Wine Tasting Room
A recent contribution to Huffington Post: “When most people hear the words “wine tasting” they immediately cringe and picture a stuffy room with snooty people sniffing glasses and spewing out all kinds of ridiculous adjectives to describe the wine, but to you it just tastes like “wine.” And that’s fine. Maybe you didn’t pick up […]
2011 Castelli del Grevepesa Castelgreve Chianti Classico Riserva
Here's a great value buy at Costco. The label has everything you want to see: Chianti Classico, Riserva, DOCG, and a price tag at Costco of only $12.99. I dropped this one in the cart almost automatically when walking by and you should too because this is a perfect food wine for almost anything, amazing […]
2011 Kirkland Signature Series Brunello di Montalcino
The Kirkland Brunello is back with the 2011 vintage, right on the heels of the excellent 2010 vintage that was released earlier this year. As expected, readers have been writing in about this new arrival, and I'm thrilled to have finally found it near me. But I'm even more excited because I stocked up on […]
2015 Kirkland Signature Cotes du Rhone Villages
I was kind of surprised to see the '15 vintage of this arrive at my Costco stores, since it was about a year ago that we reviewed the 2013, so looks like we missed a vintage in there (coincidentally we jumped from '11 to '13 so maybe this one does skip vintages). Regardless, I thought […]
2014 Seghesio Zinfandel
It's been a while since I reviewed the Seghesio Zinfandel, and it's too bad because it is such a solid and dependable choice for jammy summer reds. The 2014 vintage, which is out now at Costco and available for $19.59, continues this tradition, and is a fun go to bottle when you're looking for something […]
2014 Kirkland Signature Chateauneuf du Pape
Finally, I found it, and not at any of my Atlanta area Costcos. Nope, instead I found it during a trip to Reno, NV at a Costco with a surprisingly strong selection of wine. I was impressed, and out of everything they had, this was the bottle I was looking for. But, as I'll explain […]
2014 Kirkland Signature Stags Leap District Napa Cabernet Sauvignon
So there are a bunch of new Kirkland wines that hit the Costco stores near me lately, and I bought most of them and will try to get all the reviews up soon. I'll start with this Stags Leap bottle, which I was really excited about since it is one of my favorite places in […]
2013 Decoy by Duckhorn Sonoma Red Wine
I usually enjoy most of Duckhorn's Decoy wines, particularly the whites, and I find them to be solid values, especially with the competitive prices you can find them for at Costco. This Sonoma red Bordeaux style blend was $17.89, which is well below anywhere else I've seen it, and a good 25% below retail. The […]
2007 Bodega Los Aljibes Selectus
This is a really interesting wine that was recommended by a reader and I got lucky and found it on my next visit to Costco. The label is very distinct, so super easy to find when you know what you're looking for. I had to do some digging around online to learn more this one, as […]
NV Chandon California Sparkling Rose
This was a little bit of an impulse purchase, as I was leaving the wine aisle, and I just thought this looked like a fun summer treat. So we cracked it outside tonight on a hot night, leaving the bottle in a jug of cold water, and it was just what I was hoping for […]
2014 Cave du Roi Dagobert Riesling Racines et Terroirs
I was making a spicy stir fry dish and wanted to test the common wisdom that spicy Asian dishes are complemented well by dry or semi-dry Rieslings, and I've had a few experiences in the past to back that claim. So it was between this bottle and another Riesling from Washington State (Dunham) that I […]
2014 Groth Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc
I was recently in Napa and enjoyed an amazing tasting with food pairings at B Cellars, in a prime semi-new Oakville location, that I highly recommend, as much for the food as for the B Cellars wines, especially their '12 Dr. Crane. But across the street from B Cellars, in this prime of all prime spots […]
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