The Joel Gott California Sauvignon Blanc 2020 has become our hot-weather white wine of choice. Widely available for about $10. We get ours from Total Wine’s Mountain View store. Aromas of honeydew...
Last night we uncorked Sean Minor’s 2018 Sonoma Coast pinot noir ($22), This is another bargain from Sean Minor. At this price, refill your Eurocave™. The wine opens with aromas of...
Siduri and the Loring Wine Company both make superb pinot noirs. And now they are running two post holiday sales worth your time and money. Siduri routinely has a post-holiday warehouse clearance...
We wrote a brief review of Gregory James Wines in Part 2 of our Garagiste Northern Exposure preview. We liked their wine so much we ordered half a case. We’ve now tasted each of the three...
[Editor: Mr. Minor never really left. What went missing was the author’s brain.] We were excited to get an e-mail from this old favorite. And we were even more thrilled to discover that Sean is...
Bargain of the decade. Trader Joe’s is offering Schloss Biebrich Sekt for $5.49 a bottle. This is a sparkler from Germany’s Henkell & Co. Gruppe. Trust us, this will not compete...
I mean, really, how could I resist? A bottle of wine with my name on the label. Appropriately enough, the price was right at $9.97. Like the Joel Gott sauvignon blanc mentioned a few days ago...
Joel Gott 2012 sauvignon blanc ($8.99) is easily our wine bargain of the month. Available at this price at Artisan Wine Depot in Mountain View. The wine has aromas of grapefruit and lime...
Two wine bargains from Fresh and Easy: a chardonnay and a pinot noir. Plus a somewhat new business model. A couple of weeks ago, a Fresh and Easy supermarket opened near us. While checking out the...
There’s an Elk Cove bargain for bay area pinotphiles at Artisan Wine Depot in Mountain View. Elk Cove 2009 Willamette Valley pinot noir is on sale for $19.99 a bottle, about 1/3 off regular...