Posts Tagged ‘wine’

Landshut Riesling – 2013 – Wine Review – ALDI

12/09/2014
Landshut Riesling

Landshut Riesling

Everyone needs one of these if for no other reason than the electric blue bottle.

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Grifone Chianti Riserva – DOCG – 2010 – Trader Joe’s

12/07/2014
Grifone Chianti Riserva 2010

Grifone Chianti Riserva 2010

For $1.50 more and a couple of years more aging I was expecting great things from this wine in comparison to its IGT little brother recently tasted (Grifone Sangiovese IGT 2013).  What I got was at least $1.50 better wine.  But that’s not a bad thing, and just points out how good little brother is.

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Santa Bachelli Chianti DOCG – 2011 – Wine Review – ALDI

02/01/2013

ALDI_SantaBachelliChianti_DOCG2011To be fair, the cork was compromised.
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Galadino Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG – 2009 – Wine Review – ALDI

01/12/2013

ALDI_GalladinoChiantiClassicoDOCG2009FrontThis is another winner on the ALDI wine shelf.

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Gonfalone Chianti DOCG – 2010 – Wine Review – ALDI

12/30/2012

ALDI-GonfaloneChianti2010_DOCGA year later, does the new wine hold up?

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Beneventano Aglianico – 2009 – Epicuro – IGT – Wine Review – Trader Joe’s

02/28/2012

This is a reader recommendation.  It’s a good recommendation.

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Gaetano D’Aquino – Pinot Grigio – Delle Venezie – 2011 – Trader Joe’s – Wine Review

02/02/2012

Gaetano is a good wine picker for whites as well as reds.

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Valpolicella Superiore Ripasso DOC – 2009 – Pasqua – Wine Review

01/07/2012

This one really is different.

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Gonfalone Chianti DOCG – 2009 – Wine Review – ALDI

11/24/2011

Like the sardines, I walked past this for months.  The difference?  This smells a whole lot better.

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Trader Joe’s Petit Reserve Pinot Noir – 2009 – Edna Valley – Wine Review

11/18/2011

I purchased this after reading in a Trader Joe’s flyer it was an AVA wine.  Now I’m a little confused  how to identify a wine as AVA.  And that’s before finishing the bottle.

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