The Trader Joe's Reserve Oak Knoll Napa Merlot 2020 is a $9.99 Trader Joe's exclusive. The Oak Knoll AVA in Napa is located at the southern end of Napa on the Valley floor. It is just above the Napa side of the Carneros AVA which borders to the south on the San Pablo Bay. Most of the AVAs inside Napa are on hillsides or sides of valleys so Oak Knoll's orientation is … [Read more...]
Trader Joe’s Diamond Reserve Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
The Trader Joe's Diamond Reserve Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 is a $19.99 Trader Joe's exclusive. The Diamond Reserve wines are their double-secret super rare wines; if you are interested, do not wait to try one because when they are gone, they are gone forever. Twenty bucks are beyond the usual price range for Trader Joe's wine still wines; TJ's Champagne … [Read more...]
Trader Joe’s Platinum Reserve Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
The Trader Joe's Platinum Reserve Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 is a $14.99 Trader Joe's exclusive. This is a blend of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Petit Verdot sourced somewhere in Napa Valley. Trader Joe's says, "This is a very, very, very (very) special wine that comes from one of the most prestigious wineries in Napa." They also say, "wines like this can sell elsewhere for … [Read more...]
Trader Joe’s Platinum Reserve Diamond Mountain District Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
The Trader Joe's Platinum Reserve Diamond Mountain District Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 is a $14.99 Trader Joe's exclusive; this is also Lot #92, which may be important in this series of wine. For the last six months, TraderJoe's has offered a line of small-batch wines featuring grapes from premier Napa Valley sub-AVA's. Are these wines $50 wines selling for $15? The … [Read more...]
Blackbird Vineyards Dissonance Napa Sauvignon Blanc 2019
The Blackbird Vineyards Dissonance Napa Sauvignon Blanc 2019 is 87% Sauvignon Blanc and 13% Semillon. The Sauv Blanc sourced from the Hudson Vineyard, located on the Napa side of the Carneros AVA. The Semillion was taken from the Bavarian Lion Vineyard in the Knights Valley AVA of northeast Sonoma County. The Sauvignon Blanc/Semillon blend is inspired by the Bordeaux … [Read more...]
