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2011 Caves Du Fournalet Cotes du Rhone Red

The 2011 Caves du Fournalet Cotes du Rhone Red is a $5.99 Trader Joe’s import exclusive. Caves du Fournalet is a Negociant-Eleveur with cellars in the Chateauneuf-du-Pape area of the Southern Rhone Valley in France. A Negociant is someone who buys wine from various producers and then sells it under their own label, a Negociant-Eleveur…

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2010 Cameron Hughes Lot 313 California Field Blend

The Cameron Hughes Lot 313 California Field Blend is composed of 71% Zinfandel, 10% Petite Sirah, 10% Syrah and 9% Carignane, along with very small amounts of indigenous Italian grape varietals grown the Lodi AVA inside the Central Coast AVA in California. The label shows California as the origin of the grapes, which means the grapes…

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Pepperwood Grove Pinot Noir

The Pepperwood Grove Pinot Noir is a non-vintage (grapes grown in two or more different years blended together) wine sourced from vineyards in the Central Valley of Chile. Pepperwood Grove is one of the labels owned by Don Sebastiani and Sons who operate as negociants, they buy grapes from all over the world and have their…

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2010 Révélation Chardonnay

The 2010 Révélation Chardonnay is a $4.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive sourced from grapes grown in the Languedoc region in the south of France. This wine comes from the Negociant side of Badet, Clement & Cie,  who also grow and produce their own wines in Burgundy and the Languedoc. The bottle is labeled “dans nos chais”…

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2010 Benefactor Cellars South Eastern Australia Chardonnay

The 2010 Benefactor Cellars South Eastern Australia Chardonnay is a Trader Joe’s exclusive selling for $4.99. This is a Negociant wine, which means this is an unnamed Wineries excess wine is purchased and re-labeled by a 3rd party. That is a very common practice through out the wine world and if the Negociant has ties with…

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2009 Les Trois Couronnes Cotes-du-Rhone

The Les Trois Couronnes (the 3 Crowns) Cotes-du-Rhone is 80% Grenache and 20% Syrah sourced from sustainably grown grapes in the south of the Rhone Valley, France. This is a negociant wine (the negociant is Cellier  des Dauphins), they purchase excess wine from different producers and make their own less expensive bottling out of the…

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