Reviews

Today we’re featuring a new Barolo arriving in Costco at a very nice price under $25. For fans of the excellent Kirkland Barolo priced at $19.99, this is a nice alternative when that one is between vintages. We had a similar situation on the Brunello side when we found this bottle, priced just a bit […] Source : https://costcowineblog.com/2021-collina-san-ponzio-barolo/

Lambrusco has a pretty well-established reputation, right? Exuberant, refreshing, fun, sometimes boring (truth hurts, people, truth hurts). But what happens when you take those qualities and apply a little more patience and ambition? I got to explore that question in June, when I sat down (virtually) with brothers Riccardo and Andrea Razzaboni of VentiVenti for […] This article was originally …

A few things caught on our eye about this wine that turned out to be a very nice find at Costco. First is Dundee Hills, located in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, which is one of our favorite places for Pinot Noir in the US. You rarely see wines from this area at this price. Second is […] Source : https://costcowineblog.com/2023-patricia-green-cellars-volcanic-pinot-noir-dundee-hills/

Here’s a Malbec at Costco that caught our eye and is a wine we’ve never reviewed. We weren’t sure what to make of the “golden reserve” designation exactly, but as you can see on the back label below, the wine comes from 100 year old vines, and the wine is aged for 12 months in […] Source : https://costcowineblog.com/2023-trivento-golden-reserve-malbec/

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We always seem to drink a lot of Pinot Noir this time of the year. This bottle from Santa Barbara county had been lingering around in stores near us for a bit, and we finally decided to grab one and see what it was all about. Turns out, a pretty good Pinot at a pretty […] Source : https://costcowineblog.com/2023-aurelle-pinot-noir-santa-barbara-county/

Well, it seems that AI is all the rage in the news lately (even my now 99 year old cousin was asking me about it), and wouldn’t ya know it, just a few days after I waxed pseudo-philosophically about wine writing online in the age of agentic browsing traffic comes news that a winner of […] This article was originally …

It’s here, the 2026 Costco Wine Advent Calendar, and we are thrilled to have found it near us this early. This is always one of the most popular posts we do throughout the year, and this years box looks to redeliver a lot of what we’ve come to expect from this item. The design this […] Source : https://costcowineblog.com/2026-costco-wine-advent-calendar/

Here’s a Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc that caught our eye, and it’s a bottle we’ve never seen at Costco before so it needed to be tasted and reviewed. The retail price appears to be around $45 and it is selling online for $24; Costco’s price of $17.99 beats them all, which we always love to […] Source : https://costcowineblog.com/2025-grand-napa-vineyards-sauvignon-blanc/

It’s that time of the year again when Costco starts bringing in the Fall / Winter wines that we’ve come to look forward to. First up that we’ve found around us is the Grands Vins de Bordeaux 4 bottle boxed set. This one is just what you would expect if you’ve been a fan of […] Source : https://costcowineblog.com/just-landed-grands-vins-de-bordeaux-2023-collection/

We’ve seen a few of these Reputation wines in Costco recently and have really enjoyed them finding a nice quality to price ratio. Both the Stags Leap and Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignons were rather delicious and priced right alongside their Kirkland counterparts, which is not common. So while this Sauvignon Blanc from them didn’t carry the same limited time discount as we […] Source : https://costcowineblog.com/2025-reputation-cellars-sauvignon-blanc-rutherford/

There is something deeply weird happening on the Internet. And no, I am not talking about whatever thing your sick-o brain just thought up, though I am certain that whatever it is, is truly, horribly weird. I am talking about how we find and consume content and information, and, naturally, I noticed it because wine. […] This article was originally …

Updating this story and floating to the top as these tips are timeless for buying wine at Costco. Cheers. Most of the time when we’re browsing the wine selection at Costco, we look at the labels, the price, read the description on the Costco placard and check out the point ratings. But each one of […] Source : https://costcowineblog.com/three-tricks-decoding-costcos-wine-tags-nobody-tells/

We get a lot of pitches from wineries and PR folks to review wines from Costco, and accept them when we think it is going to be a wine that our readers will enjoy. This bottle was one of the more interesting ones that came our way. This is a proprietary Napa Valley red blend […] Source : https://costcowineblog.com/2023-priest-ranch-napa-valley-proprietary-red-blend/

Yet another Kirkland wine with the price actually going down. We’ve always said that access to good Napa Cabernet at $15 was a deal. Now it’s $14, and the wine hangs right there with past vintages. This is the base level Cabernet that Kirkland bottles, and as you can see from our scores over the […] Source : https://costcowineblog.com/2024-kirkland-signature-napa-valley-cabernet-sauvignon/

A monster vintage (2022) and one of our favorite areas of Bordeaux (Margaux) come together quite nicely here for $38.99 at Costco. We were a little surprised to see this one, especially in this vintage, and it marks the first time this wine has appeared at Costco that we’ve seen. Costco’s $38.99 price is pretty […] Source : https://costcowineblog.com/2022-chateau-siran-margaux-bordeaux/

“There’s something happenin’ here…” The “here” in this case is Oltrepò Pavese, in Lombardy’s western edge, in northern Italy. It happens to sit right on the 45th parallel, which as a wine nerd you will have at some point heard of (as it is roughly where you can also find Piedmont, Burgundy, Bordeaux, and the […] This article was originally …

It’s been a long time since we’ve reviewed the A to Z Pinot Noir, which is a fairly regular bottle at Costco, at least near us. So it was time to revisit it for a fresh review. The price ten years ago was $15.99 at Costco, and it’s nice to see it only increase $1 […] Source : https://costcowineblog.com/2023-a-to-z-pinot-noir-oregon/

Here’s an interesting find from Browne Family Vineyards who make a range of different, and very delicious wines, including their estate Cabernet Sauvignon which we’ve enjoyed on a number of occasions (Heritage Cab too). This time they’re giving us a Columbia Valley white blend comprised of 60% Sauvignon Blanc and 40% Pinot Gris delivered in […] Source : https://costcowineblog.com/browne-family-vineyards-gigis-garden-sauvignon-blanc-pinot-gris/

Tasting Taittinger (credit drwinkler) Champagne is the ultimate festive drink whether it’s the Holidays or any other special occasion. We’ve recently had the opportunity to taste vintage Champagnes and our Associate Editor Joel Butler MW returned not long ago from a trip to Champagne.  We’ve pulled together our notes on some of the vintage Champagnes that we especially liked.  We’ve …