CheapWineFinder Podcast
Talking about remarkable wines that pair nicely with your wallet! Because we like to keep it cheap but excellent.
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5 Buck Fun-Aldi California Heritage Brut Sparkling
Aldi California Heritage Brut SparklingE & J Gallo have been producing cheap Bubbly for decadesm they know what they are doing,Inexpensive wine has never been of a higher quality. Aldi is offering cheap Bubbles tha...
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A Trader Joe's Home Run-Napa Estates Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
Napa Estates Cabernet Sauvignon 2022This is a Trader Joe's wine from a long-time supplier, DNA Cellars.That stands for Dennis and Andrea, who have been in the California wine industry for decades.The California wine industr...
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TJ's Fun, Cheap, French Bubbly-Opaline Brut Sparkling Wine
Opaline Brut Sparkling WineThere is an Opaline Pinot Noir Rosé Brut from Trader Joe's that, 6 months ago, sold for $7.99.This Chardonnay-based Bubbly from France is now $9.99.It has that cut-glass, prism bottle that is almo...
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Quality Pinot @ Costco Price-Rural Mendocino Pinot Noir 2023
Rural Mendocino Pinot Noir 2023This is a wine from the Fetzer brothers, the Fetzer winery in Mendocino, sold to a South American winery years ago; their name is on the label, but they do not own it.This is a wine from the current ...
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Value Wine From Aldi $7-Flora and Stone Cabernet Sauvignon_
Flora and Stone Cabernet SauvignonA bargain Aldi wine.For my tastes, a $6.99 Cabernet Sauvignon is a bit too cheap.A few bucks more gets me a wine more to my liking.But this is a perfectly drinkable, bargain wine.
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Cheap & Tasty-Cocobon Espresso Roasted Oak Red Blend
Cocobon Espresso Roasted Oak Red BlendThis is the newest wine in the Cocobon Red Blend series.They take a blend of Merlot, Zinfandel, and Petite Sirah and age it in some sort of oak.I don't know what kind of oak aging, sinc...
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A Good Pinot Makes U Happy-Angeline Vineyards California Pinot Noir 2024
Angeline Vineyards California Pinot Noir 2024This is a value-priced Pinot Noir, a brand from Martin Ray Winery, a family-owned wine business since 1990.Angeline Vineyards has also been around since 1990.This is a wine I fou...
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Tattoo A Heart-Tattoo Girl Riesling 2024
Tattoo Girl Riesling 2024This is a wine from a Washington State producer.They have a whole line of Washington State wines, and if they are as good as this one, I will seek them out.The best Riesling is from the Mosel in Ger...
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Hippy Gypsy Wine #2-Roseta Lisboa Vinho Tinto 2024
Roseta Lisboa Vinho Tinto 2024This is a $5.99 Portuguese wine from Trader Joe's.It has a flask bottle and is made from unnamed grapes.It actually drinks well, if not particularly complicated.This is an easy-to-drink ...
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New Vintage-Aldi Scarlet Path Old Vine Lodi Zinfandel 2023
Aldi Scarlet Path Old Vine Lodi Zinfandel 2023This year it sells for $6.79, usually $7.99 to $8.99.This is a bargain Lodi Zin from old vines of undetermined age.Typically, old vines are 40 years+, and those vines are not ha...
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8 Bucks For A Very Sippable-Villa Borghetti OTTO Pinot Grigio 2024
Villa Borghetti OTTO Pinot Grigio 2024This is a Pinot Grigio selling for $7.99 at Trader Joe's.It isn't a fancy Veneto, Italy wine.But it is well made and very sippable.It is subtle and tasty and well worth the price...
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Imagery California Pinot Noir 2023- Tasty value-priced Pinot
Imagery California Pinot Noir 2023This is a Pinot Noir that comes in a round-about way from Benzinger Family Wines and The Wine Group!The Wine Group has 125+ brands.This is a Pinot Noir that is fuller-bodied than the typica...
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Delicious-Whitehaven Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024
Whitehaven Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024I paid $14.99 for this wine, a bit more than the $10 taste of Marlborough wines, but the extra money is for the winemaker's selection of the grapes.The extra five bucks make a difference....
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Let Me Tell You About The Barrels-Harken Barrel Fermented Chardonnay 2024
Harken Barrel Fermented Chardonnay 2024This is one of the rare barrel-fermented value-priced Chardonnays.Most are fermented in stainless steel vats, which can be used over and over again.A barrel has a limited number of use...
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Don't need to be expensive to be good-Korbel California Champagne Brut
Korbel California Champagne BrutThis is a Bubbly from a California winery in business since the 1880s and a family-owned winery since 1954.They are legally allowed to call their Bubbly Champagne.This Brut lists for $14 and ...
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20 Bucks of Luxury-Trader Joe's Diamond Reserve Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon 2023
Trader Joe's Diamond Reserve Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon 2023A $19.99 single (maybe estate) vineyard from an un named winery for less than $20.Sometimes economic downtimes can be good for us, CheapWineFinders.Rutherford i...
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Costco's Holiday Gift-Kirkland Signature Brut Champagne (2025)
Kirkland Signature Brut Champagne (2025)Legit Champagne for $22.99, yes, it's going up in price, but so is everything!Made by a 5th-generation Champagne winemaker, check out www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the Podcast to get...
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A New Label For Aldi's Mark Hill Pinot Noir 2023
Aldi's Mark Hill Pinot Noir 2023This is a $7.89 California Pinot Noir.It is a little spicy for me, but a cheese plate or some munchees will balance it out.A very sippable, very inexpensive Pinot Noir if you prepare properly...
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Who Produced This Wine?-Momentum Legacy Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2023
Momentum Legacy Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2023When the subprime meltdown of 2008 occurred, there were wine bargains galore.In 2025, the wine downturn is slow to produce crazy bargains.This may well be a Cabernet Sauvignon fro...
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The Mimosa Special The $8 Trader Joe's French Blanc de Blanc Brut
Trader Joe's French Blanc de Blanc BrutThis Sparkling wine has been showing up at the Holidays at Trader Joe's for years.It now sells for $7.99 after years of being priced a $6.99.It is very sippable.This is a wine p...
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NYE Never Tasted So Good-Mumm Sparkling Brut Prestige (2025)
Mumm Sparkling Brut Prestige (2025)GH Mumm has been in Champagne for almost 200 years, and Mumm has been in California for over 50 years.That kind of Sparkling wine know-how is hard to find.Mumm's style is a blend of Pinot ...
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Bargain Willamette Pinot is Good-Stringtown Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2023
Stringtown Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2023100% Pinot Noir, no oak, from multiple Willamette Valley AVAs.I found it for $13.99, which is crazy good.Conditions are right for bargains (listen to the Podcast).Quality P...
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NYE $10 Bargain-Trader Joe's Reserve North Coast Brut Rosé (2025)
Trader Joe's Reserve North Coast Brut Rosé (2025) $9.99.This Bubbly was available at Trader Joe's last year, too.TJs recently dropped the Trader Joe's Platinum Reserve Napa Valley Brut Rosé, selling for $14.99.How does this...
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Bargain Italian Bubbly- Cecilia Beretta Treviso DOC Extra Dry Prosecco
Cecilia Beretta Treviso DOC Extra Dry ProseccoA Champagne Cocktail Special!Drinks fine on its own, but add some orange juice, or peach or blueberry, and you've got something going on.Tastes great, a quality sipping Bubbly. ...
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