jasons wine blog

Last Sunday was gorgeous, 75 degrees at 5pm. Given the weather I was ready for a wine that reminded me of summer. Fortunately I had a rose chilled but quickly realized the cupboards were otherwise rather barren. Now I know summer is still a bit premature but, as you can likely guess, I don’t need [...]

Oops! That is what I told my wife. I ran down to Trader Joe’s to grab my latest haul of the Gypsy and meant to stock up on some white. Turns out I accidentally came home with 5 cases. Thought I would take the time to share with you what was in my haul and [...]

I recently grabbed the Trader Joe’s Holiday Guide and took a peek to see what wines were covered inside. What did I find? The latest version of the Rabbit Ridge Allures de Robles ($4.99) was first. I grabbed a half case on sight and intend to publish my review shortly, feel free to grab some [...]

I got home today and low and behold who wanted to recommend my Thanksgiving Wines (and my meal too!) but Trader Joe’s. Their

Over the weekend I received the latest Trader Joe’s Fearless Flyer (October 2009) and noticed that there were a fair share of wines covered.  For something new, I decided to share them here.  Keep in mind these are from the Northern California version of the flyer, check what is in your local version here. Your [...]

On Monday I received an email from Trader Joe’s promoting their Trader Joe’s Ten For The Tasting (pdf). When it first arrived I was worried that they had finally decided to produce a

As mentioned, in my twitter feed I pulled in a nice 26 bottle haul, the details are below. Just another example of me backing up my talk with my wallet. The two I noticed as missing were the Chariot Gypsy and the Gravity Hills Syrah. Hoping the Chariot at least offers me one more buying [...]

Hit the stores trying to scrounge up more of the Franc Merlot. I scored 6 more bottles. Unfortunately I cleaned out the Trader Joe’s on 9th and Brannan so if you want some head elsewhere. I also grabbed 2 bottles of the Gravity Hills Syrah which has been marked down from $6 to $3. Get [...]

I wanted to see if I could track down any of this Red Flyer but again struck out. Little did I care as I found the 2006 version of this Santa Ynez Cabernet Franc which I ranked as my #2 wine of 2007. I bought three bottles on sight. You all should probably wait to [...]

Went to Trader Joe’s this weekend and true to my Top 10 was looking to stock up. I grabbed ½ a case each of the XS Red Cab and the Geyser Peak Sauvignon Blanc. I am still well stocked on the Epicuro Aglianico and alas the Red Flyer was nowhere to be found. I picked [...]