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2009 Panilonco Carmenere Reserve $5

dave — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:36:23 +0000

Trader Joe’s imported the Panilonco Carmenere Reserve from the Colchagua Valley in Chile. As with almost all of Trader Joe’s wines there is no information available about this Carmenere. The wine was aged a few months in oak barrels, but since this is a 2009 vintage it could not have been in oak for too long. [...]

WE JUST ADDED OUR 400th POST!!!!!!

dave — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:05:58 +0000

We have been busy little wine drinking beavers here at Cheapwinefinder.com and in a little over a year we have posted 400 wine reviews and wine news. The Doctor says our livers are not nearly as bad as they should be, so we should be good for at least 400 more. There are so many [...]

2007 Urban Ribera Del Duero Tinta Del Pais

dave — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:47:53 +0000

Tinta Del Pais is what Tempranillo is called when it is grown in the Ribera Del Duero region of Spain, same grape, just different place and different name. Ribera Del Duero has been growing grapes for over 2,000 years and Tinta Del Pais/Tempranillo from Ribera tends to be more lush and fruit forward than the [...]

2005 Villa Mt Eden Grand Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon $12

dave — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:27:05 +0000

Here’s a $12 Cabernet Sauvignon with all the bells and whistles, most of the grapes are from the Tall Trees Vineyard in Yountville, Napa, the wine is aged for 24 months in 60% French and 40% American oak. In California, a wine has to be at least 75% Cabernet Sauvignon to be labeled as a [...]

2009 Trader Joe’s Vintjs Oregon Pinot Gris

dave — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:54:12 +0000

This is about the pendulum swinging back the other way. In recent years Pinot Gris producers have been making their wines in a very light style and by very light, I mean VERY light. They made it for wine drinkers that really didn’t like wine, Pinot Gris was more of a grape beverage than a [...]