James Alfred's Wine Blog

  A very nice fruity Chenin Blanc. Vinted and bottled by Naked Wines.com, American Canyon, California. https://www.nakedwines.com/winemakers/richard-bruno. List price $18.99. alcohol 12.5%.

  Our first de-alcoholised wine. Tastes like a cross between grape juice and wine. Would not buy it again. Contains less than 0.5% alcohol by volume. www.drinklautus.com . Imported by Marina Beverage Corp., Belvedere, California 94920

  Another delicious French Rose from Grocery Outlet. I believe I have blogged about this before on Wordpress.com, but this is worth blogging about again. Alcohol 13% Bottled for Provence SeLections at Puyloubier (F13114) by 84E13 at Saugues, France. Imported by the Wine Partners, the Michael Mondavi Family, Napa, California

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  Another Grocery Outlet Buy 1 for $3.99 get second for 1 cent. This wine was well worth two dollars a bottle. Great flavor. Produced & Bottled by Old Soul Vineyards, Lodi, California. The website oldsoulvineyards.com listed on the label is dead but there is a Lost Soul Wine in Lodi. https://oakridgewinery.com/wines/old-soul/. but, it has a different label design. So, this is the old label design which ended up at Grocery Outlet. Gluten Free and Vegan Friendly. Certified Green, Lodi Rules, Sustainable Wine Growing. Alcohol 12.5% Winemaker's Notes: A ruby hue with aromas of cherry cola. Fruit forward flavors of raspberry and black plum framed with toasted vanilla oak. This wine touts sleek tannins with balanced acidity. Blend: 77% Pinot Noir, 8% Malbec, 6% Merlot, 5% Petite Sirah, 4% Petit Verdot. https://www.wine.com/product/old-soul-pinot-noir-2021/1485563

  This started out tasting as an average Pinot Grigio and before the glass was finished it became an excellent Pinot Grigio. As it opened it greatly improved. Alcohol 12.5%. Produced and bottled by Spade & Sparrows, Napa, CA Spade and Sparrow is a brand created by Kaitlyn Bristow  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaitlyn_Bristowe., a  former Bachelor Nation TV star. The wines for her brand were produced by Don Sebastiani & Sons, a long-term vintner in Napa Valley, beginning in 2022.  by July 2025, reports emerged indicating the brand was running a going-out-of-business. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/spade--sparrows-enlists-don-sebastiani--sons-as-producer-and-north-american-sales-representatives-301566124.html. Therefore the wine eventually ended up on sale at Grocery Outlet for $2.99 per bottle