Costco wine tip

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

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

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

Adam: Oh, that 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—if you give it an hour to breathe, so it breathes a little bit—this is a… 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.