The La Burgondie Cremant de Bourgogne Brut Rosé is a $11.99 Trader Joe's import exclusive, maybe. I say maybe because this Bubbly is made by Bailly Lapierre and they have a Bubbly that is very similar under their label that can be found in the $16 to $20 range. Bailly is the village in Burgundy, France where they make their wines and sourced the grapes from 430 different … [Read more...]
Trader Joe’s Reserve Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir 2020 Lot 229
The Trader Joe's Reserve Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir 2020 Lot 229 is a $9.99 Trader Joe's exclusive. The Sta. Rita Hills AVA (pronounced Santa Rita Hills) is located inside the Santa Ynez Valley AVA which is inside the Santa Barbara County AVA which is part of the Central Coast AVA. It is called the Sta. Rita Hills because a large Chilean winery is already called Santa Rita … [Read more...]
La Ferme Julien 2020
The La Ferme Julien 2020 is a $5.99 Trader Joe's Rosé wine made for them by Famille Perrin a large wine company based in the Southern Rhone Valley of France. Perrin has a similar Rosé named La Vielle Ferme Ventoux Rosé. The TJs and the Perrin wine are sourced from the Ventoux appellation. The Trader Joe's wine blend is Syrah, Grenache, and Cinsault. The Famille Perrin … [Read more...]
Trader Joe’s Reserve Oak Knoll Napa Merlot 2020
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 Petit Reserve Barossa Shiraz 2020
The Trader Joe's Petit Reserve Barossa Shiraz 2020 is a $7.99 Trader Joe's exclusive sourced from grapes grown in the Barossa Valley of South Australia. There is a chart at Trader Joe's that says Petit Reserve wine equals retail wines selling in the $12 to $15 range. A quick check of the web showed several Barossa Shiraz wines in that category, so it looks like TJ's is … [Read more...]
