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Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's Grand Reserve Estate Single Vineyard Uco Valley Malbec 2019-Another Bargain? This is the third of three Trader Joe's Reserve Holiday wines. A single vineyard wine from a small producer from the Uco Valley in Argentina. Is it worth $12.99? Check out  https://www.cheapwinefinder.com/  and listen to the PODCAST to find out!!! Check us out at www.cheapwinefinder...

Send us Fan Mail Dancing Flame Gran Reserva Sauvignon Blanc 2021-$8 Aldi Wine From The Leyda Valley, Chile If you like your Sauvignon Blanc with a little Green and Bell Pepper this Sauv Blanc is for you. It is well made with excellent acidity. And it is eight bucks, there is not much reason not to take a chance. For all the details check out  https://www.cheapwinefinder.com/  and listen to the mos...

Send us Fan Mail Mionetto Treviso Prosecco Brut I like Bubbly. The best wine I ever tasted was Champagne. But I will drink all the Sparkling wines from every country, there are good Sparkling wines everywhere. For the 2022 Holiday season, the Mionetto Treviso Prosecco Brut is classy and affordable! Check out https://www.cheapwinefinder.com/  and listen to the PODCAST for all the details!!! Check u...

Send us Fan Mail Sun California Chardonnay 2021-From The Folks Who Brought You Caymus And Meiomi!! A delicious California Chardonnay by the Folks who know what wine drinkers what. Check out  https://www.cheapwinefinder.com/  for all the details and listen to this excellent PODCAST! Check us out at www.cheapwinefinder.com or email us at podcast@cheapwinefinder.com

Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's Diamond Reserve Oakville Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2020- A $60 Cab Sauv Selling For $20? Well is that true? I don't know, what I do know is that this is an excellent $19.99 Oakville Napa Valley Cab Sauv. Everything else is speculation! Check out  https://www.cheapwinefinder.com/  and listen to the PODCAST for all the info !!! Check us out at www.cheapwinefinde...

Send us Fan Mail Big Churn Chardonnay 2021-TJ's $7 Old School California Chardonnay Old School California Chardonnay, especially from Napa were Butter Bombs. Tastes change and Chardonnay becomes balanced with loads of fruit and citrus flavors. The Big Churn is a throwback wine, not all the way back, but with enough butter to be a change of pace from modern Chardonnay. Check out  https://www.c...

Send us Fan Mail Chateau Ste Michelle Sauvignon Blanc 2021-Always A Good Value This is a ten-dollar Sauv Blanc from the Columbia Valley. Chateau Ste Michelle is the largest (by far) winery in Washington. This affordable Sauvignon Blanc is more Bordeaux than New Zealand. Which if you want a change of pace Sauv Blanc is a very good thing. For all the info check out  https://www.cheapwinefinder.com/...

Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's Platinum Reserve Sonoma County Brut Rosé This is a $14.99 TJ's Sparkling wine. The Trader Joe's Reserve North Coast Brut is $9.99. Is this worth the extra five bucks? Read the review at  https://www.cheapwinefinder.com/  and listen to the PODCAST for all the details!! Check us out at www.cheapwinefinder.com or email us at podcast@cheapwinefinder.com

Send us Fan Mail Intermingle Red Blend 2020- A $6.99 Aldi Inflation Beater An inexpensive Red blend (Zinfandel, Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon) at a good price. It is soft and smooth and drinks well. Read all about it at  https://www.cheapwinefinder.com/  and listen to the PODCAST for all the details!!! Check us out at www.cheapwinefinder.com or email us at podcast@cheapwinefinder.com

Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's Reserve North Coast Brut-Bargain Bubbly $9.99 for a Champagne-style Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier Bubbly for the North Coast AVA (Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, and Lake) This Bubbly delivers value! Check out  https://www.cheapwinefinder.com/  and listen to the PODCAST to get all the details!!! Check us out at www.cheapwinefinder.com or email us at podcast@chea...

Send us Fan Mail Red Cloak Arroyo Seco Pinot Noir 2021- An Aldi $11.99 Pinot This wine confused me, it was not the fruit-forward, but smooth and balanced Pinot Noir I was expecting. The flavors were more earth than fruit, more brewing coffee than cherries. Check out the write-up on  https://www.cheapwinefinder.com/  and listen to the PODCAST for all the info!! Check us out at www.cheapwinefinder.c...

Send us Fan Mail Laurent Perrachon Beaujolais Villages 2020 A Family-owned winery in business since 1877. The 5th and 6th generation work for the company. This is a Villages AOC wine from two Villages. Check out  https://www.cheapwinefinder.com/  and listen to the Podcast for all the details!!! Check us out at www.cheapwinefinder.com or email us at podcast@cheapwinefinder.com

Send us Fan Mail Gruet Blanc de Blanc- Excellent New Mexico Bubbly Is a $40 French Champagne better than a $14 New Mexico Bubbly? That is not an easy question to answer. Check out  https://www.cheapwinefinder.com/  and listen to the Podcast for answers!! Check us out at www.cheapwinefinder.com or email us at podcast@cheapwinefinder.com

Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's Petit Reserve Monterey Pinot Noir 2020 Is a $7.99 wine worthy of the Thanksgiving feast? Check out  https://www.cheapwinefinder.com/ for all the details. Hint, the answer is YES! Check us out at www.cheapwinefinder.com or email us at podcast@cheapwinefinder.com

Send us Fan Mail Emma Reichart Dry Riesling 2021-5 Buck Wine Worthy Of Thanksgiving There was a time when a $4.99 (Trader Joe's) was the kind of rot-gut booze that old Bluesmen sang about. Not anymore, this is a very respectable German Riesling that has a place on your Thanksgiving table. Check out  https://www.cheapwinefinder.com/  and listen to the Podcast for all you need to know!!! Check...

Send us Fan Mail Burlwood Cellars Brut Rosé-Aldi $5 Bubbly-Holiday 2022 Bubbly #2 Five-dollar Bubbly should be atrocious. But this Aldi Sparkling wine isn't. It sells for between $10 to $12 in states that do not have an Aldi. So it is only an inflation-buster wine in states that have Aldi stores. Check out https://www.cheapwinefinder.com/  and listen to the PODCAST for all the important detai...

Send us Fan Mail Los Dos Brut Cava-CWF Holiday Bubbly Selection #1 The 2022 Holidays are rapidly approaching and this is the time of year when quality Bubbly is essential. Champagne is great, if pricey. But excellent Bubbly is readily available and we are here to help. Check out https://www.cheapwinefinder.com/  and listen to the podcast for all you need to know!! Check us out at www.cheapwinefind...

Send us Fan Mail Cycles Gladiator Cabernet Sauvignon 2020-Buy It For The Label, Drink It Because It Is Good Cycles Gladiator wine has received 20 Best Buy awards since 2005. The same winemaker has been in charge since 2005. For more info click here https://www.cheapwinefinder.com/ And check out the world's greatest Podcast (well maybe the 4the best) at www.cheapwinefinder.com !!! Check us out...

Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's Platinum Reserve Carneros Pinot Noir 2020-Your Turkey Will Thank You This is a $14.99 sent Pinot Noir from the Carneros AVA. It is an upscale Pinot/Chardonnay growing region. The Pinots from this AVA typically sell from $15 to $70 and beyond. Check out www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the awesome PODCAST for all the details!! Check us out at www.cheapwinefin...

Send us Fan Mail Zombie Zin-Scary Label But Not Scary to Drink Halloween wine alert! Zombie label and a decent Zinfandel inside. The label is scary and the wine isn't. For more details check out www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the podcast!!! Check us out at www.cheapwinefinder.com or email us at podcast@cheapwinefinder.com

Send us Fan Mail William Wright Monterey Pinot Noir 2020-$10 ALDI Pinot Good Enough For Thanksgiving This is an Estate Pinot Noir from a quality Monterey winery. It is seriously underpriced. Is a ten-dollar Pinot Noir good enough for the Thanksgiving feast? YES!!! Check out www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the PODCAST for all the details. Check us out at www.cheapwinefinder.com or email us at...

Send us Fan Mail Graham Beck Brut Rosé-You Don't Need To Pay Champagne Prices For Champagne Quality This is a South African Bubbly sourced from the Western Cape region. Fun Fact: Champagne has limestone subsoil, and so does the Western Cape. This is a Bubbly intended to compete with Champagne, but at a lower price (check out the Podcast to see what that is all about)! And succeeds! Check out...

Send us Fan Mail La Crema Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2021-An Excellent Estate Chardonnay When the Holidays are near Cheapwinefinder starts to go upscale. Sometimes a more expensive wine is called for, but you still want value. Drinking a wine that is expensive just because it costs more makes no sense. That is where we come in handy!!! Check out www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the podcast for a...

Send us Fan Mail Dearly Beloved I Thee Red 2020-With An Excellent Day of the Day Skull Label It is indoor party season. Halloween is the start of the 2022 Holidays. The Holidays for the last few years needed to be approached with caution this year I hope we can go back to just having fun. This is a $7.99 wine with a cool Day Of the Dead Skull label and it drinks very well for an eight-dollar wine....

Send us Fan Mail Valdo Numero 10 DOCG Prosecco Metodo Classico 2019-Prosecco Made Like Champagne! I like Prosecco. I like Champagne. Both are Bubbly's but made with two very different production methods. I doubt if you will ever find Champagne made in the Charmat Method (Prosecco) But the Valdo #10 is a Prosecco made in the Champagne style. It is delicious!! For all the info check out www.che...