(This information is only really applicable if you have a Costco membership; if you don’t, well, then I don’t know where you’re buying your 20-pound pork loins and cases of wine, but I hope you’re comfortable with wherever that is.)
My grandpa recently clued me in on a (little-known, I guess?) tidbit about Costco wine. He said that oftentimes, the bigger, fancier (my words) wineries have leftover wine that they sell to Costco, who then bottles it under the Kirkland label, and sells it for much cheaper than the bigger, fancier winery would.
Unfortunately there’s no way to know if the bottle of Kirkland you’re buying is in fact Kirkland (they have a winery here in Napa Valley — I know nothing about it) or something bigger/fancier, but perhaps, like me, you’re perusing the booze section of Costco and you see this wine for $6.89…
…So you buy two bottles (because it’s $6.89!!!) and try it with very low expectations. Then you’re all, WHOA! This is good! and you scurry back to Costco and buy a whole case.
I have a feeling like anything else at Costco, these wines go as quickly as they arrive, so check for new ones often and meanwhile: CHEERS!
(Thanks, Poppa!)
Oh I’m so happy to hear this is good, since lately all I want to drink is Pinot Grigio and Rose…which is weird because neither RHONY or Beverly Hills are on. 😉
We tried the Kirk Sig Malbec recently and it was kind of gags-ville. I mean, not like awful-awful but like third bottle awful, ya know? Not that we drink three bottles ever or anything GOD QUIT JUDGING ME.
They do that at Trader Joes too, the wine guy will tell you which ones it is.
In Canada, you can only buy wine (or any alcohol) at a liquor store. Not at Costco, grocery stores, gas stations, etc.
It’s sad, really.
GOOD TO KNOW!
T tends to go for the ginormous bottles of hard liquor, but I’m going to tell him to turn his cart around in the wine section.
Long live Costco!
Between this and the Hanna jammies, I am seriously lusting after a Costco membership. All of our local ones are in seriously inconvenient parts of town though…hmm.
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