August172008
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Wildberry Estate Chardonnay $12.65 Costco - Yummy!
Recommend you look for this wine. We bought it as a special white to serve with company, and very much enjoyed it. Stacey’s notes:
Crisp, but with a nice body. Perhaps a hint of Apple with a nice lingering finish - no oak or butter styling to it.
Tags: /10to15 /Chardonnay /2006 /Costco
August132008
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2006 Evil Cabernet Sauvignon $8.99 | 90pts Parker
We have tried this wine and went back and bought more. Liked it much better than it’s partner in name, Bitch. If you can find it - Try Evil out!
2006 Evil (R Wines) Cabernet Sauvignon South Australia 90 points Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate: “The 2006 Evil Cabernet Sauvignon saw 25% of the wine aged in French oak. It reveals a fragrant bouquet of cedar and black currants. Fruit-driven, full-bodied, with tons of flavor, this Cabernet is an exceptional value. It will provide pleasure over the next 6-8 years. R Wines is a new company founded by importer and marketing genius, Dan Philips, along with co-owner, renowned winemaker, Chris Ringland.”
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Columbia Crest - Best Value Chardonnay $7.99
Columbia Crest Chardonnay Gr Estates ‘06 Columbia Crest Chardonnay Gr Estates ‘06
90 PTS, BEST VALUES, WINE SPECTATOR. The ‘06 Columbia Crest Grand Estates Chardonnay is light, silky and polished to show off its creamy, spicy pear flavors, lingering on the deftly balanced finish
See if Beverages and More can ship this to you
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August122008
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A great malbec rose for 9.99 at K&L Wines.com. Going fast, order today. Very rich, strong finish, and even better the second day after air.
Tags: /<10 /malbec /rose /2007 /klwines
August102008
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Solid everyday sangiovese for 7.99. We bought it at K&L Wines - They also have it on thier website.
Nice dry taste but with a strong finish - medium body but very yummy!!
Tags: /<10 /sangiovese /2007 /klwines
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Acacia Chardonnay - Favorite at Trader Joes
This is Todd and Cindy’s favorite Chardonnay at Trader Joes’. Here is more information about this wine.
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Todd and Cindy’s Favorite Trader Joes Chardonnay for 11.99
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Costco best Cabernet for less than 10 dollars
2006 Pascual Toso for $7.99
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"Fearless Critic announces release of The Wine Trials
The Wine Trials NEW YORK, NY (May 14, 2008)
The wine world is buzzing with controversy over food and wine critic Robin Goldstein’s evidence that everyday wine drinkers actually prefer cheaper wines to more expensive wines in blind tastings.
Today, Fearless Critic Media is proud to announce the release of The Wine Trials, the book that reveals his surprising results, distributed by Workman Publishing. In recent weeks, debate over The Wine Trials—and over its accompanying academic paper, “Do More Expensive Wines Taste Better?”—has exploded, reaching the front page of the New York Times dining section and the editorial page of the Boston Globe, and spawning articles in publications from Newsweek to USA Today to BusinessWeek, from the International Herald Tribune to the UK’s Guardian.
The Wine Trials tells the remarkable story of Goldstein’s brown-bag blind tastings: when more than 500 blind tasters around the country sampled 6,000 glasses of wine ranging in price from $1.50 to $150, their preferences were inversely correlated with price. For example, Domaine Ste. Michelle, a $12 sparkling wine from Washington State, outscored Dom Pérignon, a $150 Champagne, while a six-dollar Vinho Verde from Portugal beat out a $40 California Chardonnay and a $50 1er Cru white Burgundy.
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— Fearless Critic
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"Best of Trader Joe’s Wine - Top 10 Wines of May 2008"
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Is it already June! Time for another list…The ground rules; wines listed all have to have been either purchased or available during the month to which the post refers. The rankings from the previous month will be provided in parenthesis and I will provide some details on those that have fallen out of the rankings. With a new #1 this month let’s get to it. Without further adieu…
1. 2006 Geyser Peak California Sauvignon Blanc - $8 (Apr Rank: 5) – This is the best Sauvignon Blanc I have ever had including that stuff from the Kiwi’s…
2. 2005 Epicuro Aglianico - $5 (Apr Rank: 1) Off the pedestal, half itching to make a change, half getting used to it. It didn’t stop me from buying another case this month…
3. 2005 XS Red California Cabernet Sauvignon - $4 - From the Hess Family at this price hard to go wrong. Varietal characteristics included. A perfect quaffer. Just don’t buy it at Cost Plus where it cost 50% more.
4. 2003 Red Flyer California Red - $3 – Another low budget winner from Trader Joe’s. With the unique blend here thought about rating this higher than the XS based on uniqueness alone. Do yourself a favor and grab three bottles of each for a case ($60), sit back and enjoy!
5. 2005 Kono Sauvignon Blanc - $8 (Apr Rank: 7) – With the move to a warmer client look for the whites to climb the ranking. This isn’t the Geyser Peak but it is sure a nice change of pace.
6. 2006 Concha y Toro Casillero del Diablo Carmenere - $7 (Apr Rank: 3) – I feel guilty seeing this one all the way down here. Still loving it and sure it will climb back up soon enough.
7. 2004 Columbia Crest Two Vines Cabernet Sauvignon - $6 (Apr Rank: 6) – I had the Grand Estates and still prefer this one.
8. 2005 Gravity Hills Base Camp Syrah - $5 – A winner amongst the Syrah. Most of the offerings here leave me wanting for more. This one has me buying more.
9. 2006 Michel Leon Gewurztraminer - $7 (Apr Rank: 2) – Sweet wines don’t work well with warm weather. That said this is again widely available and great with spicy food.
10. 2006 Callaway California Chardonnay - $5 (Apr Rank:9) – Still the only California Chard I have enjoyed from Trader Joe’s
Best of Trader Joe’s Wine - Top 10 Wines of May 2008 | Jason’s Wine Blog
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