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French Wine Book Volume 2 Now Available
I've been working diligently on the latest version of my French Wine Book, "Decoding French Wine: A Beginner's Guide to Enjoying the Fruits of the French Terroir," and I'm happy to say that this new...
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2011 La Quercia Montepulciano d’Abruzzo
I always like a nice Montepulciano, so I was really looking forward to sampling the 2011 La Quercia Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, which hails from the eastern-central part of Italy. A quick sniff revealed...
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CostcoWineBlog.com’s Highest Rated Wines of 2013
It’s hard to believe we’re at the end of 2013 already. This was a fun year for this website and I hope all of our readers really enjoyed the content and were able to find some great bottles of wine at...
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2008 Piccini Chianti Classico
This bottle isn't a bad buy since it's only $10.99 at Costco but I was hoping for a bit more from the wine. It has all the right markings for a great wine - Chianti Classico, DOCG, good vintage. And...
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2008 Vecchia Cantinia Leone D’Oro Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
(This review is a guest post from Ryan at VivaItalianMovies.com) I decided to go old school and sample a glass of this wine while viewing Roberto Rosselini’s 1959 drama Il Generale della Rovere,...
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2008 Orestiadi Ludovico Rosso Sicilia
I was really excited to find this bottle at Costco. What an interesting wine and perfect for me as I continue to work on my book about Italian wine. Price at Costco was $19.99. This is a Sicilian...
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2010 Basilica Cafaggio Chianti Classico
Here's a $10 winner at Costco. What a beautiful Chianti for the money. It's a Chianti Classico, DOCG, single vineyard...everything you want to see on the label. Why it's only $10 is beyond me. I...
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2007 Attilio Ghisolfi Bussia Barolo
This is what Barolo is all about. It doesn’t come cheap but then few things of this quality do. This bottle was $59.99 at Costco and it truly overdelivered in terms of what I expected from a nice...
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2010 Castello di Monsanto Chianti Classico Riserva
If you walk into Costco and have $20 to spend on wine you’d be served quite nicely buying a bottle of this Chianti. This is a splendid Italian offering that was $18 at my Costco. It’s just an elegant...
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90 Point Rated Costco Wines from 2014 So Far
Since it’s right around mid-year, I wanted to take a minute to outline the wines that we’ve really enjoyed so far in 2014. Below is a list of wines that we scored 90 points or above, and that we...
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New Wine Book Published: Decoding Italian Wine
Today we finally published the Italian wine book we’ve been working on for the past year. It is called “Decoding Italian Wine: A Beginner’s Guide to Enjoying the Grapes, Regions, Practices and Culture...
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2014 Costco Wine Thanksgiving Picks
It’s always difficult to find the perfect Thanksgiving wine that everyone will unanimously agree pairs perfect with the hodge podge of food and flavors that are typically served on Thanksgiving tables...
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2008 Villa di Capezzana Carmignano
To commemorate the publishing on our new book, Decoding Italian Wine: A Beginner’s Guide to Enjoying the Grapes, Regions, Practices and Culture of the “Land of Wine,” I will be reviewing a string of...
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CostcoWineBlog.com’s Highest Rated Wines of 2014
At the end of every year we look back at the previous 12 months of reviews and assemble a list of the highest rated wines we enjoyed from Costco.But first let’s take a quick look back at 2014, which...
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2012 Le Volte dell’Ornellaia
To commemorate the publishing on our new book, Decoding Italian Wine: A Beginner’s Guide to Enjoying the Grapes, Regions, Practices and Culture of the “Land of Wine,” I will be reviewing a string of...
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2010 Allegrini Veronese Palazzo Della Torre
To commemorate the publishing on our new book, Decoding Italian Wine: A Beginner’s Guide to Enjoying the Grapes, Regions, Practices and Culture of the “Land of Wine,” I will be reviewing a string of...
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2012 Luiano Chianti Classico
To commemorate the publishing on our new book, Decoding Italian Wine: A Beginner’s Guide to Enjoying the Grapes, Regions, Practices and Culture of the “Land of Wine,” I will be reviewing a string of...
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2010 Frescobaldi Nipozzano Chianti Rufina Riserva
The Frescobaldi Nipozzano is one of my go-to bottles, versatile for almost any occasion, and a real treat for only $18.99 at Costco. I’ve enjoyed many of Frescobaldi’s wines over the years. They make...
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10 Italian Wines We Enjoyed While Researching Our Italian Wine Book
10 Italian Wines We LoveLooking for some Italian wines to try this Valentine’s Day (and beyond)? Well, it just so happens that we drank a whole lot of vino while researching our recently published...
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NV Pizzolato Fields Prosecco Brut Organic
I knew this would be a fun buy – Organic Prosecco at Costco for $8.99; it’s hard to go wrong. And this bottle is exactly what you’d expect. I don’t see much of a reason to go further upstream from...
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