Comments on: Trader Joe’s Wines: Fast and Furious Reviews

By: Angela Carlson

Angela Carlson — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:49:49 +0000

@Bobbie: Where are you located? Vin Koru is currently available in the Order Guide in the SF Bay Area as far as I know. (It did go away for a while in between vintages)

Unfortunately I have little access to availability information outside of my immediate area. Also, each store chooses what they want to stock out of the Order Guide according to what seems to sell in that particular store.

Hope that helps.

By: Bobbie

Bobbie — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:22:17 +0000

My Trader Joe’s had the Vin Koru as a promotional offer at 4.99. I bought two bottles to try it, went back and it was all gone. They said they would not be getting it in again. It sounds like you have it at yours regularly. Please let me know.
Bobbie

By: Rach

Rach — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:03:23 +0000

I actually liked the Espiral Vinho Verde. It was pretty boring at first, but as it warmed up, it became much more enjoyable. I could’ve finished the bottle before dinner was ready if it wasn’t such a quick meal. It was great with my seafood pasta in light tomato sauce. For $5 (in AZ), I would keep some around.

By: jason

jason — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:45:59 +0000

@Sam I still have a bottle or two of the Vinho Verde left so I’ll be trying it again!

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:22:37 +0000

I’m drinking Vinho Verde tonight. This is probably the fourth bottle I’ve had over the last six months.

The first three were really great, some of the best $4 wine I’ve ever had.

Tonight’s bottle is pretty terrible though. It seems way too acidic.

I’m pretty sure I just have a bad bottle tonight, I imagine it’s hard to be consistent with a $4 wine. I’d encourage you to try it again, maybe you’ll get a better bottle.

By: jason

jason — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:46:23 +0000

@rjh My brother-in-law loves the Black Mountain Cab. When visiting a few weeks ago we had a bottle and I thought it was very drinkable. Simple, straight-forward juice.

@Angela We’re having pizza tonight, thinking I’ll open the Rattlesnake Hills to go with it. Is it still in stock? And glad the iPhone tips helped… Any luck on your wine info board?

By: Angela Carlson

Angela Carlson — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:34:35 +0000

The 2004 Rattlesnake Hills Roza Ridge is MUCH better than the 2003 Yakima Valley which is very “loud” for a Merlot.
Working with the Wine Team to swap out the ’03 on the shelf and replace it with the ’04 until we’re out.
Thanks for the other reviews and the new app for the IPhone users. Now I can get even for people aboard your Wine Blog train. : )

By: rjh

rjh — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:01:49 +0000

love how much posting you’re doing lately – keep it up…and i haven’t tried any of these but one, so looks like i have my work cut out for me.

i have had the black mountain cab, but it was 5 years ago, so sounds like it may not be as good as i thought it was at the time.