Synopsis, Our Opinion: An OUTSTANDING Chardonnay with old
world tastes that were beautifully tanned by the California sunshine.

Producer/Winery: Au Bon Climat; Santa Maria, California.

Grape Variety: Chardonnay.

Geographic Appellation, Region, Country: Santa Ynez Valley; Central Coast, California.

Vintage: 2016

Price: $48.00 (with a club discount) [click to continue…]

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Gilles Vin de France Les Peyrouses 2016


Synopsis, Our Opinion: An impressive Syrah from start to finish

Producer/Winery: Guillaume Gilles; Ardeche, France.

Grape Variety: Syrah.

Geographic Appellation, Region, Country: Vin de France, France.

Vintage: 2016

Price: $61.00 [click to continue…]

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Synopsis, Our Opinion: A good predictable grocery store Chardonnay at this price point.

Producer/Winery: Columbia Crest, Patterson, Washington.

Grape Variety: Chardonnay.

Geographic Appellation, Region, Country: Columbia Valley, Washington.

Vintage: 2019

Price: $6.83 (with a 25% mixed case discount) [click to continue…]

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Best value wine 2021

Most memorable wine

The Best Value wine

Last Saturday TastedOnline.com celebrated it’s ninth anniversary and again during the past year we posted more than 160 new wine reviews. This was a unique year with Covid-19 and we were in North Carolina the entire year. As a result our wine drinking did change. We found we were drinking many of the wines we liked best instead of having a different wine every night. Also, our purchasing routine began to changing too. We began buying wine from a wide variety of wine shops around the country and in response to comments received we also purchased wine from grocery stores when it was on sale. [click to continue…]

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Turley Zinfandel Dupratt Vineyard 2019


Synopsis, Our Opinion: Another NOTEWORTHY Turley Zinfandel.

Producer/Winery: Turley Wine Cellars; St. Helena, California.

Grape Variety: Zinfandel.

Geographic Appellation, Region, Country: Mendocino Ridge; North Coast, California.

Vintage: 2019

Price: $38.00 (with a club discount) [click to continue…]

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Synopsis, Our Opinion: A captivating Syrah.

Producer/Winery: Piedrasassi; Lompoc, California.

Grape Variety: Syrah.

Geographic Appellation, Region, Country: Santa Maria Valley; Central Coast, California.

Vintage: 2015

Price: $83.00 (with a club discount) [click to continue…]

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Tablas Creek Viognier 2020


Synopsis, Our Opinion: We called it OUTSTANDING Viognier and have already ordered more!!!

Producer/Winery: Tablas Creek Vineyard; Paso Robles, California.

Grape Variety: Viognier.

Geographic Appellation, Region, Country: Paso Robles Adelaida District; Central Coast, California.

Vintage: 2020

Price: $28.00 (with a club discount) [click to continue…]

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Synopsis, Our Opinion: Unusual California Pinot Noir.

Producer/Winery: Jim Clendenen; Santa Maria, California.

Grape Variety: Pinot Noir.

Geographic Appellation, Region, Country: Russian River Valley; Sonoma County, California.

Vintage: 2015

Price: $36.00 (with a Au Bon Climat club discount) [click to continue…]

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Nobilo Sauvignon Blanc 2020


Synopsis, Our Opinion: An “Okay” grocery store New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc.

Producer/Winery: Nebilo Wines, Healdsburg, California.

Grape Variety: Sauvignon Blanc.

Geographic Appellation, Region, Country: Marlborough; South Island, New Zealand.

Vintage: 2020

Price: $8.35 (with a 25% mixed case discount) [click to continue…]

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Synopsis, Our Opinion: Simply stellar Albariño.

Producer/Winery: Raul Pérez; León, Spain.

Grape Variety: Albariño.

Geographic Appellation, Region, Country: Rías Baixas; Galicia, Spain.

Vintage: 2019

Price: $29.00 [click to continue…]

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