Tip of the Day: Kirkland Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon

Everyone loves a good Costco wine recommendation (Costco wine tips are the genesis of John Dvorak’s tip giving segments). This is a good one for only $6.99 a Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon. Make sure to get the Sonoma County version with the maroon label, not the Napa County one with the Blue label.

John Dvorak: People always want a Costco wine recommendation, so I’m going to do one. This is a cheapie, the idea being a cheap wine for people who want to have something that’s drinkable. It’s quite good, surprisingly good, for $6.99!

Adam Curry: Whoa! That is a deal and a steal all in one!

John: It’s super cheap, and there are two versions. There’s a $14.99 version and a $6.99 version. The $6.99 is better because you can buy two bottles of that for the same price. This is a new wine that just showed up. It’s a 2023 Kirkland Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma County, California. It’s got a maroon label,

Adam: Which means it’s military.

John: It’s got a maroon label, and the Cabernet Sauvignon is what’s highlighted on the label’s writing. It just says Cabernet Sauvignon real big. It’s $6.99. There’s one that also says Napa Valley. Same thing, only it’s got a navy blue label. It’s $14.99. It’s not as good as this for the price, that’s for sure. It’s a very good wine. If you give it an hour to breathe, so it breathes a little bit, neither one of these wines tastes like Cabernet Sauvignon by the way.

Adam: What do they taste like then?

John: They taste like a really good quality wine, a good table wine, a general blend, a Bordeaux blend. Cabernet has a very distinctive flavor, and I always expect to find, hope to find it in California wines. I find it less and less because nobody’s blending for it anymore. They’ve gotten to this idea, well let’s just blend all these grapes together so it tastes like a Bordeaux. If it tastes like a Bordeaux, I’ll go buy a Bordeaux. It’ll cost a buck more, and those little wooden crates are better. But besides that, this is a very drinkable, perfect turkey wine that is cheap. And so this is your Costco tip of the day.

Adam: Okay, so I think I will buy some of this Costco cheap wine because the kids were telling me, I call them the kids, they’re in their thirties, that the hip drink these days is a mixed drink of red wine and Coca-Cola. Have you ever heard of this?

John: I have actually.

Adam: What is it called?

John: It’s called a disgrace.

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