What Trader Joe's Wine Are You Drinking?

WINE TALK
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We’ve been drinking a lot of this lately. Nice on a hot day.

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Now this…to add to the Costco thread.

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Picked up a 2009 Marqués de Riscal Rioja Reserva for $15 at TJs. I’ve seen this on the menu at Capital Grill for 4-5x this price so I picked some up. I didn’t love it but from the CT scores apparently a lot of others do.

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Mine has 2014 Grand Puy Lacoste for $61.99

Also, the Perrin family CDR at $7 is good for cooking Coq au Vin

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is this the one in the tall skinny green bottle? if so then yes…a nice summer sipper

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Wait a minute. This thread is completely unfair. I needed to do a blind tasting of Two Buck Chuck against a $10 Cali Cab and Trader Joe’s was an excellent source for both wines. I also once bought a $9 bottle of vintage Port there to make sauce. It is also a perfect location to take photographs of pallet-loads of really cheap wine being purchased by knowledgeable 20-somethings for the “what are you photographing to show the decline of American values” thread.

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Another recommendation for the Espiral Vinho Verde, but I prefer their rose. I’m going back for more

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The Valreas CdRV is serviceable for $6.

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Crane Family Vineyards Douceur. $20/500 mL. Nice QPR for a well balanced port-style wine. Appears to maybe be a TJ’s only second label. Their main line dessert wine is $40.

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If you have to buy for a party of non wine geeks this will work nicely.

  • 2016 VINTJS Pinot Noir Willamette Valley - USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley (11/18/2017)
    Probably the best Pinot Noir you’ll find for under $10. It’s actually decent. Very crystalline Cranberry colored. A hint of candied cherry on the attack but not terribly upsetting. Light bodied and actually opens up nicely after 20 minutes of air. Huh…

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Brut Rosé North Coast Sparkling Wine. I’d do it again at $9.99.

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Made by Rack and Riddle she totally agree. Well worth the $10.

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Gone through 3 bottles and a damn good QPR. The Brut at $15 is not as good, just FYI.

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Close outs in Minneapolis are better than their terrible wines.

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I walked into a Trader Joe’s near LAX and spotted three bottles of Diamond Creek Volcanic Hill.

This was back in 1987 and I can still remember like it was yesterday. [wink.gif]

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I get at least 6 of these every year when they’re released. We’ve already gone through 2 of the new batch, might need more.

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We picked up 6 more yesterday.

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Thanks for the tip. Had last night and finishing it off in a mimosa this morning. A terrific value and will be heading over to clean out my local TJs.

Jason

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Thanks for the heads up fellows. I grabbed a bottle a couple of days ago and opened it at a friends Christmas party. Took a sip and I was pleasantly surprised at how good this was. Actually, you would be hard pressed to find a sparkling wine for $10 that comes anywhere close to being this good. I went back today and bought a case. It is the perfect wine to open as my house champagne for the holidays. I’m not a fan of TJ’s wines, but this is by far the best I have had. BTW, the white version is crap, so stick with the Rose.

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Totally agree about the white version. And it’s $5 more. Stick to the Rose, awesome $10 bubbly.