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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87 pts. and median of 87 pts. in 1 note) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by Central Coast Wino on 8/25/2015 & rated 87 points: Quite nice, especially when factoring in the price. An excellent value white wine. (536 views) |
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For all wines labeled 'Trader Joe's' on the front label, Cellartracker has adopted a policy of consistency with Producer = Trader Joe's.
The technical producer is usually listed at the bottom of the back label. Some producers listed are actual wineries with other own-branded wines and others are not. This producer within a particular label designation could change between vintages (and even within.) In order to provide information and make the wines easier to find, that producer name has been made a hidden search term for those wines.
Appellation also matters a lot with differentiating Trader Joe's wines.
Below is a list of the producer attached to particular Trader Joe's wine labels. Feel free to edit and/or amend as needed.
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Coastal - Castoro Cellars (All Trader Joe's Coastal wines appear to be from Castoro Cellars.)
Grand Reserve Meritage Rutherford - JBA Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Grand Reserve Rutherford - JBA Cellars
Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve - Mazzocco Zinfandel Reserve - Mazzocco
Viñas Chilenas - Videma
Syrah Reserve Mendocino - DnA Vineyards Petit Sirah Reserve Mendocino County - DnA Vineyards
Pinot Noir Grand Reserve - Adler Fels Meritage Reserve Napa Valley - Adler Fels
Moscato Late Harvest - Canyon Ridge Vintners
Vintage Ale - Unibroue
Riesling Petit Reserve - ASV Wines Sauvignon Blanc Grower's Reserve - ASV Wines Cabernet Sauvignon Grower's Reserve - ASV Wines
Riesling Petit Reserve Columbia Valley - Vw Wine Group
Grand Reserve Meritage Napa Valley - Maxwell Creek
Brut Reserve NOrth Coast - Rack and Riddle
Mystos - Family Nueva / Familia Nueva Syrah Reserve Paso Robles - Family Nueva / Familia Nueva Cabernet Franc Petit Reserve Paso Robles - Family Nueva / Familia Nueva
Grand Reserve Meritage North Coast - Our Cellars
Pinot Noir Grand Reserve Russian River Valley - Patrick Slater / Truett Hurst Pinot Noir Grand Reserve Sonoma County - Truett Hurst
Albariño Varietal character (Appellation America)
Albariño (Galician pronunciation: [albaˈɾiːɲo]) or Alvarinho (Portuguese: [alvaˈɾiːɲo]) is a variety of white wine grape grown in Galicia (northwest Spain) and Monção (northwest Portugal), where it is used to make varietal white wines.
Albariño is actually the Galician name for the grape, with Albarín Blanco an occasional synonym. In Portugal it is known as Alvarinho, and sometimes as Cainho Branco. [1]
It was presumably brought to Iberia by Cluny monks in the twelfth century. Its name "Alba-Riño" means "the white from Rhine" and it has locally been thought to be a Riesling clone originating from the Alsace region of France, although earliest known records of Riesling as a grape variety date from the 15th, rather than the 12th, century. It is also theorized that the grape is a close relative of the French grape Petit Manseng. [2]
It should not be confused with the Alvarinho Liláz grape of Madeira.USAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Central Coasthttp://www.ccwinegrowers.org/links.html
http://www.discovercaliforniawines.com/regional-wine-organizations/
http://beveragetradenetwork.com/en/btn-academy/list-of-winegrowers-association-in-central-coast-california-274.htm
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