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Send us Fan Mail Substance Sb Sauvignon Blanc 2021- Heads Up Sauvignon Blanc Lovers!! The Substance Sb has had a change in style. The Black label was a Bordeaux-Style Sauv Blanc fermented and aged in French oak barrels. This is the Yellow Label Sauvignon Blanc which is 90% stainless steel with 10% neutral oak barrel. The black label seems to be Bordeaux-Style Sauv Blanc, The Yellow Label seems to...

Send us Fan Mail Laurent Dublanc Cotes du Rhone 2020-TJ's $6.99 Rhone Valley GSM I like Rhône Valley wine. Way back when it was the first Red wine that I understood. This wine is $12 in New York. Read www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the podcast to find out why!! Check us out at www.cheapwinefinder.com or email us at podcast@cheapwinefinder.com

Send us Fan Mail Rebuttel Chardonnay 2021- TJ's $6.99 Tasty Food Wine There is a pun in the name, you will have to read the review and listen to the PODCAST  to get the information. All California Chardonnay wines are different, sometimes a little different, sometimes a lot This is a $6.99 food wine, something worthy of your culinary efforts. Check out www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to th...

Send us Fan Mail Hampton Water Rosé 2021-Does Bon Jovi Give Rosé A Bad Name Bad Name This may well be the best-reviewed Rosé this century! It is a wine collaboration between Jon Bon Jovi, his son Jesse Bon Jovi, and Gerard Bertrand, a major French wine producer. What is so special about this Rosé? Check out www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the PODCAST to find out!!! Check us out at www.cheapw...

Send us Fan Mail Kendall Jackson Vintners Reserve Chardonnay 2020-The #1 Selling Chardonnay For The Last 29 Years They must be doing something right. KJ is a family-owned winery in business since 1982 and one of the folks who popularized Chardonnay in America. #1 in sales for almost 30 years and Wine Enthusiast magazine gave the 2020 vintage 91 points. For all the details check out www.cheapwinefi...

Send us Fan Mail Maison No. 9 Rosé 2020-BARGAIN ALERT- $20 Rosé @ TJ's Selling For $5.99 Ok, I am not going to be long-winded here. Maison No. 9 2020, Post Malone's Rosé initially sold for $22. Trader Joe's has it for $5.99!!! It is the world's best 6-buck Rosé. For all the details check out www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the podcast! Check us out at www.cheapwinefinder....

Send us Fan Mail Outlander Meritage Red 2019- A $9.99 Aldi Bargain From Paso Robles I don't think this wine has anything to do with the time travel Scottish series on Starz. It is a Bordeaux blend from Paso Robles made for Aldi by Coppola and sold for $7.99. Is it good? Oh Yeah! The website and the podcast explain everything. So, check out www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the PODCAST for...

Send us Fan Mail Daou Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon 2020-Not Cheap, But Really Bang For The Buck I found this wine on sale for $17.99, it lists for $30. Daou is a high-end Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon producer and this is their "entry-level" Cab. It received 93 and 92 points from the top Wine magazines. There is nothing entry-level about this wine!!!! Check out www.cheapwinefinder.com...

Send us Fan Mail Velvet Moon Cabernet Sauvignon 2020-TJ's Really Good Really Cheap Cab Sauv Velvet Moon Cabernet Sauvignon from Trader Joe's for $5.99. Does it look like a $5.99 wine? No. Does it smell like a $5.99 wine? No. Does it taste like a $5.99 wine? No. Check out www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the PODCAST for all the details!!! Check us out at www.cheapwinefinder.com or em...

Send us Fan Mail Barefoot Bubbly Brut Rosé 2020-This Is The Vintage-Dated Pride Edition This is a special Barefoot Bubbly but Barefoot does not say why it is special. They should since this is Bubbly made in the Prosecco -style that maybe tastes better than Prosecco. The typical Barefoot Bubbly wine is non-vintage, while the Barefoot Bubbly Brut Rosé is vintage-dated. That is a big deal! Check out...

Send us Fan Mail Sunshine Bay Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2021-$7.95 Of Estate NZ Goodness $7.95 from Aldi. 12.5% Alcohol. Estate grown, produced, and bottled from the Wairau Valley in Marlborough, NZ.  It is a bargain! 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 podcast@cheapwinefinder.com

Send us Fan Mail Segura Vidas Brut Cava-Bubbly Barcelona Style I like Sparkling Wine. I really like Sparkling WIne. I like all Sparkling wine. Spanish Cava is good. For all the details check out www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the most excellent podcast!!! Check us out at www.cheapwinefinder.com or email us at podcast@cheapwinefinder.com

Send us Fan Mail Scarlet Path Lodi Old Vine Zinfandel 2020-A $8.99 Aldi Bargain Nine bucks of goodness! This is a dry, balanced, kind of classy Zinfandel, which ain't what you expect from a nine-buck supermarket wine. Why old vines and why Lodi? Well, that is in the review and podcast. So check out www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the PODCAST for all the details!!! Check us out at www.ch...

Send us Fan Mail Angeline California Pinot Noir 2020-A 91 Point $10 Pinot Noir! Angeline is the second label from Martin Ray Winery, a top-notch winery located in the Russian River AVA. The 2020 vintage was a horrible year for wine, fires, and hot and cold temps, this was not an ideal year. James Suckling the top wine critic gave the Angeline California Pinot Noir 91 points! Somehow Martin Ray mad...

Send us Fan Mail Beauty In Chaos Pinot Grigio 2019-A Beauty Of A Target Exclusive Wine This is a wine that Target had Chateau Ste Michelle of Columbia Valley make exclusively for them. It sells for $12.99. It is not exactly like the Italian Pinot Grigio, with different temperatures, and different soil climates. But with all the flavor you expect from Pinot Grigio. Check out the whole story at www....

Send us Fan Mail La Burgondie Cremant de Bourgogne Brut Rosé-Trader Joe's Excellent French Bubbly This is a quality Bubbly from Burgundy, France. It is from a producer that has been making Cremant (Sparkling wine/Bubbly) in Burgundy since 1972. They make a similar wine under their own wine that sells for between $16 and $20 on the internet. I know wine people who would happily drink the $20 v...

Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's Reserve Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 Lot 225-Are TJ's Reserve Wines The Best Values In Wine ? This is a $9.99 Cabernet Sauvignon from the same growing region as Ridge, Simi, Coppola, and Ferrari-Carano. It is a tasty, enjoyable, reasonably complex, and balanced Cab Sauv, all for a penny less than ten bucks. For all the info check out www.cheapwin...

Send us Fan Mail The Pale Rosé 2021-A Great Rosé For A Hot Summer's Day (Or Night) This is an IGP Rosé from the maker of Whispering Angel, Rock Angel, and the Beach, all popular and excellent Provence Rosé wines. The Pale is an IGP wine, meaning it is cheaper to produce, but not a lesser Rosé. It is delicious! Check our www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the PODCAST for all you need to kno...

Send us Fan Mail Josh Cellars Sauvignon Blanc 2020-Everything You Need To Know About Value Sauv Blanc Yup, We cover the basics. Sauvignon Blanc tastes like where the grapes were grown. That is because the typical value-price Sauv Blanc is produced the same way. Yes, there are variations, but these are young wines, simply made, with only a little aging.  So for all the information check out www.che...

Send us Fan Mail Coppola Diamond Collection Chardonnay- A Tasty Classic California Chardonnay Every California winery and Washington too for that matter, have their own take on the classic New World Chardonnay. No 2 are the same. The Coppola Diamond Collection Chard is a crowd-pleasing Chardonnay with ripe tasty fruit flavors and a well-balanced French oak influence. Great tasting. well-priced, re...

Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's Reserve Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir 2020 Lot 229-Try It You'll Like It I like Trader Joe's Reserve wines from the Petit Reserve to the Platinum Reserve. They source grapes from elite-growing regions where wine can sell for hundreds of dollars and sell them to us for as much as $19.99 and as little as $7.99. Are the wines the same as the super-expensive w...

Send us Fan Mail Pleiades White Blend 2019-Most Interesting & Unique Wine You Never Had Ancient texts and lost knowledge. Well not so lost. Sean Thackery read books from 2,400 years ago and books from Renaissance France and Italy on how to make wine. He never learned the standard modern methods. His wines were never the same old, same old! Read www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the PODCAST...

Send us Fan Mail Bear Bros Rosé 2021-An Enjoyable-Cheap Rosé From Aldi This could very well be the cheap Rosé of the summer. An Aldi wine selling for  $7.99. It reminds me of a Provence Rosé. It is good, cheap and very tasty!!! For more information 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 Josephine Pays D'Oc Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 A $6.99 Red wine from the Languedoc region in France. How can it be any good? A $6.99 California wine just needs a truck ride to get to your local TJs. A French wine needs a French wine needs a truck ride to the docks, an Atlantic boat ride, and another American truck ride. There can't be any money left after the transportation...

Send us Fan Mail Trader Joe's French Brut Rosé-It Sure Doesn't Taste Like $6.99 Bubbly Where were the grapes grown? They didn't say. What is the grape blend? They punted on that one. Is it a Blanc de Blanc or a Blanc de Noir? They were kind of hazy on that one. So what is it? A $6.99 Bubbly from Trader Joe's. Is it any good? Read www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the podcas...