The Trader Joe's Reserve Santa Lucia Highlands Chardonnay 2020 is a $9.99 Trader Joe's exclusive. The Santa Lucia Highlands is situated in the foothills of the Santa Lucia Mountains, a coastal range located near Big Sur and the Monterey Bay inside the Monterey AVA of California's Central Coast AVA. The Santa Lucia Highlands is a premier location for Chardonnay grapes and … [Read more...]
Rebuttel Chardonnay 2021
The Rebuttel Chardonnay 2021 is a $6.99 Trader Joe's exclusive made for them by a winery from Lodi, California, though this wine is a California wine and not AVA designated. You may notice that Rebuttel is misspelled (Rebuttal). The name is a sort of a pun, a butt is an old measurement for wine and spirits and is approximately two Bordeaux-style barrels in size. The … [Read more...]
Kendall Jackson Vintners Reserve Chardonnay 2020
The Kendall Jackson Vintners Reserve Chardonnay 2020 is 100% Chardonnay and has been the best-selling Chardonnay in the US for 29 years in a row. Kendall Jackson is a family-owned winery founded in 1982 and was instrumental in popularizing Chardonnay in America. The Kendall Jackson Vintners Reserve Chardonnay 2020 is sourced from several California AVAs, 54% from Monterey, … [Read more...]
High Guard Chardonnay 2019
The High Guard Chardonnay 2019 is a $6.99 Trader Joe's exclusive sourced from vineyards located in several California AVA's. This is a wine produced for Trader Joe's by a custom wine company making wine for TJ's for several years. I read that half of the wineries in California are faux-wineries, meaning that they do not own their own vineyards and may not have their own … [Read more...]
Exquisite Collection Chardonnay 2019
The Exquisite Collection Chardonnay 2019 is a $7.99 ALDI exclusive sourced from vineyards in California and that is the extent of what I know about this wine. The Exquisite Collection line of wine is basically the ALDI equivalent to Trader Joe's Reserve wines. Special wine deals happened upon that year, and they pass the savings on to us. They do not seem to be $20 wine … [Read more...]
