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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

  Bought this at Grocery Outlet for $2.99 each with a second one for 1 cent, maximum 4. I could not pass this buy up. This is the companion to the Flybird Mint Lime Mojito Agave Wine Cocktail. Made with 100% Agave wine and natural flavors. This also tastes like a slightly odd margarita, in a different way, but still quite good. Alcohol 15%. Produced by Destiladora del Valle de Tequila, S.A., Jalisco, Mexico C.F.46403. https://flybirdcocktails.com/

  Bought this at Grocery Outlet for $2.99 each with a second one for 1 cent, maximum 4. I could not pass this buy up.  Made with 100% Agave wine and natural flavors. Tastes like a slightly odd margarita, but quite good. Alcohol 15%. Produced by Destiladora del Valle de Tequila, S.A., Jalisco, Mexico C.F.46403. https://flybirdcocktails.com/

  Another delicious red, mouth-filling and tasty. 62% Peiite Sarah, 24% Zinfandel and 14% Syrah.  Aged 21 months in French and American Oak barrels. Produced and bottled by Avensole Winery, Temecula, CA. 350 cases produced. Alcohol 15.5%. This wine was listed by the winery for around $60 per bottle. And, another Grocery Outlet bargain from a bankrupt winery.  Avensole Winery closed its doors permanently in October 2024 following a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing . The property was subsequently sold in early 2025 to new owners who transformed it into a new venue, Truffle Pig Winery. In 2024  Avensole Winery and Tasting Room was listed for sale for $14.9 million in July and was in escrow until Oct. 18, when the Lytton family-led ownership group abruptly filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection due to “ the high cost of labor and other operational efficiencies. ” 

  Produced and bottled by Antolin Cellars, Yakima, Washington, 509-833-5765. Their website, AntoLinCellars.com, is down but apparently their tasting room is still going. Alcohol 12.7%. This was a delicious red. I Even went back and bought more.

  By the time we got to this the cork had failed, it crumbled when we tried to remove it, so no taste other than a type of vinegar. The wine came in an expensive blue bottle. Produced and bottled by Wilson Creek Winery & vineyards, Inc., Temecula, California, CA BW #6406. Alcohol 13%.

  Bottled by Bodegas Faustino, S.L. Oyon, Spain. R.E. 3231-VI-ES. However he cork reads "Familia Martinez Zabala, Inspired by Vineyards" https://www.bodegasfaustino.com/en/, which owns Faustino as one of their brands. The center art piece is "One Vision, A New Interpretation of our most universal icon, by the prestigious artist Willy Ramos." https://www.willyramos.com/en/home/. Alcohol 13.5% The was n extremely fragrant wine. You could smell the aroma as you opened the bottle. The wine was quite good, but, to me, not as good as the French Rose;s. However, we are off to buy more.