John This is Mother’s Day. So I decided to go one more day with a wine tip from Costco.
Adam Oh, great.
John So now this is interesting because I’ve talked about this grape, this Pinot Grigio. So I looked into it a little bit. Pinot Grigio, I say 10 years ago, they were making it a lot in the United States, junk. Junk wine, it was terrible. But something changed.
Adam Junk wine?
John So something changed, so they’re starting to make it, it’s really good. And I mean, I first turned on by one of our producers who has a product from Zavala Vineyards in the Alhambra Valley, which is out of sight of Martinez. And he dropped off some bottles and I bought a half a case or a case from him.
Adam Wow.
John Because it’s just a really tasty, you know, ratio, but the one that I’m…
Adam Sending donations the wrong way.
John So he’s dropped off a lot of wine. So, but the tip of the day here is some stuff from Costco including a Friuli. It’s got the labels of Kirkland Signature. This is ridiculous, by the way. Kirkland Signature Friuli Grave Pinot Grigio, prodigy Italy. The Italians are making a killer Pinot Grigios. It’s Grigio, Italian for gray, 2024. This wine is sold at some Costco’s for $4.99 a bottle.
Adam Now, I’m gonna ask you for a recommendation here. So if I’m going to serve this $4.99 a bottle and it has the Kirkland label on it, which I mean, people who listen to the show, they know how valuable these tips are.
John Decant it into a carafe.
Adam There it is. Decant it into a carafe, ditch the hooch looking bottle and you’ll be dynamite.
John Wait, wait, this tip’s not over.
Adam Oh!
John Now at Costco for 12 bucks…
Adam It’s a double tip!
John …another Pinot Grigio, which is not a Kirkland one. It might be more to your liking. It’s called Italo Cescon Pinot Grigio 2024, another 2024, which I guess is a great year for Pinot Grigio. And it’s 12 bucks and it’s in a fancier bottle. It is not a Costco bottle. And it’s got, actually at the top of the bottle, there’s a piece of the grapevine. Kind of fancy.
And this, this is one that is absolutely a stunner.
Adam So here’s what you do. You can take the grapevine off of the bottle that’s tied to the bottle?
John Yeah, you could. You just cut it right off.
Adam And then you just say to your guests, I got this. Still, you want to decant it, you say this is the actual vine this grape came from. You are going to love this…
John Yeah, you could do that if you wanted to be full of shit.
Adam Yes, that’s exactly what I am. When it comes to wine, I’m full of it, exactly. I love that.
John So these are a couple of good wines, but the $4.99 one is gonna be kind of hard to top in terms of price comparison.
Adam Well, for those of you who are listening at this point in the show, you are just so lucky. You get the best price, you get the best wine.
