This one is my bargain of the year in wine so far in 2011 – a gem that really makes you wonder how Perrin & Fils is able to release a wine of this quality for this price. I paid $8.99 at Bevmo – which was a price match from […] Read more

This one is something of a Trader Joe’s legend – eagerly awaited every year as a potential value blockbuster. This year the price point is $4.99 – is it worth it? For starters, what is it? This year Jim Neal Wines brings us an interesting blend of 34% Zin, 30% […] Read more

Here’s another one of those interesting finds at TJ’s. You can find this wine directly from the producer – for a mere $30 bucks. Meanwhile, Trader Joe’s is selling the very same wine for $8.99. That’s all well and good and enough to whet the appetite, but some $30 wines […] Read more

Trader Joe’s bypasses the usual subterfuge on this one – you don’t even have to read the fine print on the back of the bottle to know this is actually a product of well-respected Sonoma bio-dynamic winery Quivira Vineyards. TJ’s is selling this second label offering for $6.99. A couple […] Read more

We continue our tour of the cheapie aisle at TJ’s with the Blocks 2008 Sauvignon Blanc. This one hails from New Zealand’s Marlborough region, one of the world’s hot spots for Sauvignon Blancs that typically cost a lot more than this one, which tips the till at $4.99. As one […] Read more

One of the things I wanted to do when I started this blog was add a few wine (and maybe beer and scotch) reviews to the site. I love wine – have since I was a teenager, though I’ve never been financially able to partake of the upper echelon of […] Read more