Hello amateur winos,
As promised, here’s an episode aimed at protecting your pocketbook – a trip down the aisles of that budget wine juggernaut, Trader Joe’s. Join me for part one of my TJ’s extravaganza, as I review two heralded value wines that have been lauded for their QPR, as well as a few insights about best serving temperatures and food pairing. Click here to see it!
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In this episode, we taste-test a few wines from Trader Joe’s, and pass along tips about optimal serving temperature for wine. See which budget-friendly wines are worth the tariff!
Wines reviewed:
2007 Charles Shaw Chardonnay
2006 Cambria Julia’s Vineyard Pinot Noir (update: this was Wine Enthusiast’s #1 Wine of the Year for 2009 – see our own taste test)
Tune in for a future episode when I review more wines from my TJ’s shopping trip!
The good old days of the Charles Shaw urban legends, heard quite a few of my own back in the day. As for Bronco Wines they have more than a few labels. You might be surprised but they are also in other outlets outside of Trader Joe’s such as Whole Foods (Quail Creek) and and BevMo (Rockbrook). Here is the complete list.
BTW, if you want some more wines to consider here is my recent Trader Joe’s Top 10 Wine List.
Hi Jason, thanks for writing in. Yeah, I bet there are some great urban legends, feel free to share some of the choicer nuggets…. thanks for the list, one of the bottles I bought but couldn’t fit into this episode is the Perrin CdR Reserve on your list, though I think maybe I have a later vintage. Nice blog, by the way – I’m a Navarro fan too – like their zin and pinot, and need to dig in to their whites sometime too.