jasons wine blog

Being a wine lover and a native son it is somewhat surprising that tasting the wines of my birthplace has yet to occur. On the other hand we are known for our beer and cheese and I personally didn’t even realize that this chasm existed. But like a good parent my mother was [...]

Price: $5.99 @ Trader Joe’s
What They Said:
Per Chateau Ste. Michelle “We craft our Columbia Valley Riesling to be an inviting, refreshing, off-dry Riesling vintage after vintage. This Riesling consistently delivers classic Washington state Riesling characters of juicy peach, ripe pear, melon, with subtle mineral notes. This is our everyday Riesling that is versatile and easy [...]

Price: $3.99 @ Trader Joe’s
What They Said:
Per the winery “The aromatics of this wine are tropical with mango, passion fruit and apricot fruit notes. The palate is concentrated with stone fruit, ripe Fuji apple and Bartlett pear notes intermingled with honeycomb, petrol, wet stone and mineral flavors. These old vine Rieslings have great capacity [...]

Price: $4.99 @ Trader Joe’s imported by International Import-Export
What They Said:
Per snooth.com “Good acidity balances perfectly the touch of off-dry that this wine presents. Some floral notes, good minerality. Good long finish. Paired well with curry, would work with any spicy foods.”
What I Think:
To give you an idea straight off the bat, the snooth [...]

Price: $5.99 @ Trader Joe’s imported by Plume Ridge Wine Negotiants
What They Said:
Per Wine-O-Rama “Found this today at Trader Joe’s for $8.29. We thought it must be horrid, but turned out to be quite nice. As is typical for rieslings from the Mosel, lots of apple and pear. Hardly anything from the citrus posse (which [...]

Price: $5.99 @ Trader Joe’s
What They Said:
Per the winery “We craft our Columbia Valley Riesling to be an inviting, refreshing, off-dry Riesling vintage after vintage. This Riesling consistently delivers classic Washington state Riesling character of juicy peach, apricot, ripe pear, melon, with subtle mineral notes. This is our “every day Riesling” that is a pleasure [...]

Price: $14.25 direct from the winery
What They Said:
Per the winery “Navarro’s Riesling style has evolved over the last thirty years thanks to the increasing availability of better clones in California. When we started growing Riesling in the 70’s there wasn’t much choice of what to plant. Historically many California clones of this variety had been [...]

Price: $4.99 @ Trader Joe’s imported by International Import-Export
What They Said:
Per Wine-O-Rama “We found this cheapie for $6 at Trader Joe’s yesterday, and after two days of Easter celebrations, decided to give it a go. This is a blend of riesling and Müller-Thurgau grapes picked late in the harvest (spatlese) and are of the [...]