Trader Joe's Grand Reserve Russian River Pinot Noir 2020 is an exclusive wine of $12.99 Trader Joe's. This Pinot was produced for Trader Joe's by MWK Wine Consulting, a private label winemaker. This wine is 100% Pinot Noir, which is nice to see when Petite Sirah and Syrah are added to give Pinot Noir some muscle. Trader Joe's used to specify what Grand Reserve, Platinum … [Read more...]
Estancia Monterey Pinot Noir 2018
The Estancia Monterey Pinot Noir 2018 is another wine brand that was a part of the Constellation Brands sale of its value-priced wines to E and J Gallo. The sale was finalized in early 2021, so these brands will not be fully Gallo wines until the 2021 vintage. These are brands that are currently caught in between. The 2018 vintage was produced under Constellation Brands … [Read more...]
Tailslide Pinot Noir 2019
The Tailslide Pinot Noir 2019 is a $6.99 ALDI wine, and that is all I know about this wine. If you go to this link and search by Tailslide, you will find out which winery produced the wine. Since the winery name is not on the bottle, I do not like to say that this is that wineries product. They made the wine for ALDI, not for themselves. Finding out which winery was used for … [Read more...]
Prophecy Pinot Noir 2019
The Prophecy Pinot Noir 2019 is an $11 or $12 wine available at supermarkets and wine shops. The Prophecy brand is one of E and J Gallo's large family of wines. The first thing of interest you notice about these wines is the labels designed by Victo Ngai, a talented illustrator from Hong Kong. She has created a different label for each type of wine. I choose this bottle … [Read more...]
Mark West Pinot Noir 2018
The Mark West Pinot Noir 2018 is sourced from several California grape-growing AVAs. It is a brand that has been around since the 1990s and had been the top-selling Pinot Noir in the US. Mark West is a brand that specializes in value-priced Pinot Noir. This is their taste of California blend, but they have one from Carneros, Russian River, and the Santa Lucia … [Read more...]