BajaNomad - Great new inexpensive Red wine at Trader Joes

Great new inexpensive Red wine at Trader Joes

Mexicorn - 5-13-2010 at 06:32 PM

Monte Ducay 2005 from Espana- About $5.99 a bottle.
Carinena Denominacion de origen-
It comes in a yellow paper wrapped bottle. trust me it's a winner.

K-rico have you tried it yet? :cool:

Udo - 5-13-2010 at 06:56 PM

I'm on it, Mexicorn!
And let's see how bajabound2005 likes it.

BajaNomad - 5-13-2010 at 08:40 PM

HEY, HEY, HEY....

....and this is in the General BAJA discussion forum, why? Is this something you take with you as a camping item - and thus recommendation - for Baja, OR ???

Thank you for your consideration, understanding and cooperation!!!

Oh... btw... new 2-buck chuck is on the shelves, from Australia... both Cab & Shiraz. I'm just sayin'....

-
Doug

toneart - 5-13-2010 at 09:11 PM

I'll pick up some next time I get to a Trader Joes. Thanks for the recommendation, Mexicorn.

To make this Kosher, I should say that I will take some to Mulege when I return there in the winter. Just sayin'!

Tony

David K - 5-13-2010 at 09:14 PM

The 2 buck Chuck Cab is outstanding!

Mexicorn - 5-13-2010 at 09:22 PM

The Shiraz from Australia for 2 bucks is a good seller and not bad.
I always make a point of asking the people that work there at TJ's whenever I cross into the US every few weeks as to which wine they recomend. They always know which ones are the best since T.J's invites the people who work there to wine tasting. Also they have a red thai sauce that really complements the Corbina and Yellow tail I pick up at the Marketa Negra in Ensenada.

Eat Drink and be merry!
Shalom!

mexicorn - thx!

capt. mike - 5-14-2010 at 05:49 AM

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Originally posted by Mexicorn
The Shiraz from Australia for 2 bucks is a good seller and not bad.
I always make a point of asking the people that work there at TJ's whenever I cross into the US every few weeks as to which wine they recomend. They always know which ones are the best since T.J's invites the people who work there to wine tasting. Also they have a red thai sauce that really complements the Corbina and Yellow tail I pick up at the Marketa Negra in Ensenada.

Eat Drink and be merry!
Shalom!

i picked some up before i read this - and it is good.
i didn't so much like the new italian bargain stuff they are selling at $1.99 here in feenix tho.
the 2 buck shiraz is passable to me if chilled to 55 or so. they buy it on the spot market then house lable it - so it is never consistent as a vintage product can be until it sells out.
but i like TJs for the odd good deal and chances to bulk up on decent vins without bank bustin.
also - the TJ house brand chard at $3.99 i really liked for the $$. mine had peach in it - very rare i think.

bonanza bucko - 5-14-2010 at 07:47 AM

if you ain't got Two Buck Chuck Merlot you ain't had a good cheap wine. Trader Joe gets $25 per case.
BB

Mexicorn - 5-14-2010 at 07:53 AM

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Originally posted by capt. mike

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I knew there was something we'd agree upon. It just goes to show you that when we all put aside our differences were Nomads at the core!

capt. mike - 5-14-2010 at 08:03 AM

right on man.
screw politics - fire them all!!!!!!!!! :fire:

lets drink to that! :light:

tjBill - 5-15-2010 at 01:38 PM

Who much wine can you actually import into Mexico without causing a problem with customs?

I like to grab bottles of two buck chuck before heading south.

[Edited on 5-15-2010 by tjBill]

Cypress - 5-15-2010 at 02:10 PM

Merlot? Is that what you call wine just before it turns into vinegar? :biggrin:

Bajahowodd - 5-15-2010 at 02:15 PM

Fresh and Easy carries a couple of two buck Australian wines, as well. A chardonnay and a cabernet. Both quite drinkable. And, as a bonus, the bottles have screw caps, allowing for faster consumption. :lol:

3 liters per human bean

capt. mike - 5-15-2010 at 05:19 PM

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Originally posted by tjBill
Who much wine can you actually import into Mexico without causing a problem with customs?

I like to grab bottles of two buck chuck before heading south.

[Edited on 5-15-2010 by tjBill]

but why waste it on chuck Shaw and noble wrot?
you can buy really good Chilean and Argentinian vin in mexico/baja cause they have easy trade rules with them.

Mexicorn - again - "human Beans" - not refering to any ONE class - it's all of us. :rolleyes:

TJBill do you think i just called you a mexican in a derogatory way?? :?:

why i don't even know your ethnicity. you might be a ....

HUMAN BEANS...i don't know...it just sounds phunnie... :lol:

Santiago - 5-15-2010 at 07:21 PM

My local TJ is out

mulegejim - 5-15-2010 at 07:26 PM

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I believe wine is six liters and hard liquor is three liters. Jim

BajaBlanca - 5-25-2010 at 06:01 PM

when we came thru TJ a couple months ago, they told us 2 bottles per person. we were aghast .... seems so little

THIS JUST IN!

Howard - 5-25-2010 at 06:32 PM

You can bring as much wine as you want into Baja.

Just don't get caught.

Mexicorn - 5-25-2010 at 06:49 PM

Just picked up 5 bottles in hilcrest today they have plenty on hand also we downed a 2 buck bottle of the international (Aussie) cab. it was an ok table whine.
this human bean loves the Monte Ducay.

Pompano - 5-25-2010 at 07:29 PM

Tonight's vino choice..I like this zinfandel from LA Cetto. Buy them at Saul's Market, Mulege for 95 pesos. Not bad at all.

Mexicorn - 5-25-2010 at 07:38 PM

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Originally posted by Pompano

Tonight's vino choice..I like this zinfandel from LA Cetto. Buy them at Saul's Market, Mulege for 95 pesos. Not bad at all.

Nice choice! Fellow Nomad!

The Gull - 5-25-2010 at 08:36 PM

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Originally posted by Cypress
Merlot? Is that what you call wine just before it turns into vinegar? :biggrin:

No, you call it merlot AFTER it turns. Before, you call it two buck chuck.

Confirming

toneart - 5-26-2010 at 07:46 AM

Pampano's choice of L.A. Cetto Zinfindel :!:

Regarding how many bottles you can bring into Mexico, has anybody ever had to unload everything you have packed away upon crossing?

If you should be so unfortunate, at $2.00 per (Chuck), you could just say "oops" and know some official may be having an enjoyable meal that evening. Your forfeiture will have been built in and paid for in the many previous trips that you had gotten away with it.

One favorite wine that I buy regularly is Meridian; Chardonnay, Cabernet or Merlot. They are always on sale in many places. Safeway has them on sale for $5.99/bottle or $5.45 if you buy it by the case. It is as good as just about any $20.00 bottle of wine. Of course, we all may differ in opinions about wine. Whatever floats your boat (or sinks it

) is the best determinant.

capt. mike - 5-26-2010 at 08:11 AM

luv the Cetto :bounce:

....and the nebiolo (sp?) along with their zins.

the best "you're busted" story of all time was when a well known owner of a boutique winery in NORCAL, bottles typ in the $75 and up range, got caught with a large stock while clearing in at Mexicali in his turbo twin.
It was said he had been stocking his very nice baja digs with impunity for years - this time they confiscated all of it - several CASES! worth a few thousand easily.
he was so peeed still after a 90 minute flight to Mulege he would not even engage in friendly banter on the ramp. I recognized him from an article Flying Mag did a few years prior about winery owners who were also aviation nuts and he was one of the 5 or so vintner/pilots profiled.
i won't say who he is here but a few concepcion regulars know whom i'm talking about. i never have engaged him much while i am around, guess he doesn't frequent the same dives as me!! but wow his plane is sweet!!
ought to be, they cost $3 MM :lol:

Iflyfish - 5-26-2010 at 08:22 AM

Columbia Crest, wine of the year, very reasonable and very good. Excellent, dependable van ordinaire. I once purchased two bottles of 2buck chuck, laid them down, picked one out of the cellar six months later and it was stunning, easily a $25 bottle of Cab. Went back to TJ and purchased a case. First drink spit out as soon as it hit my lips, swill of the rankest order. In a huff I took it back, including the bottle I had just opened. I was then told how it is made, dregs of vintages, some great and some horrible, you throw the dice vintage to vintage. Life is too short to drink bad wine.

Iflyfishwithbottlesofcolumbiacrestsyrahandchardinbothhandsanddroppedmyrod.

capt. mike - 5-26-2010 at 08:29 AM

yeah - you can't even call it "vintage" because it is made of grouped batched leftovers sold on the spot market. i won't wager on any of it anymore - way too risky even at $3 when even the best is just ok.

we landed at Columbia Crest's private airport on our 1st northwest winery tours trip of WA and OR states. treated like kings and given an escorted tour - all because we had the courtesy to all 1st and request permission to come in on our way up the Columbia river enroute to walla walla then Yakima valley before Seattle. 4 great days of wine country touring tasting and a lot of buying.

Pompano - 5-26-2010 at 08:38 AM

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Originally posted by capt. mike
luv the Cetto :bounce:

....and the nebiolo (sp?) along with their zins.....

"Nebbiolo", Mike...and one of my favorites, too.

p.s. we also drink the other wine per the airplane anecdote, a neighbor, and it is simply 'finest kind' as my Maine buddy would say.

Iflyfish - 5-26-2010 at 08:46 AM

I have stayed away from Mexican wines, never had one I really liked, prefer Chilean and Argentinean, but will now try the L.A. Cetto, Baja Norte ought to be good climate and soil for these very big wines. What is the alcohol content? Alcohol content often portends the amount of fruit. Wine have lots of fruit sugar to go above 12%, I like mine in the 13.5-14.5 range because I can predict a big mouth full of concentrated fruit at those levels of alcohol.

Love your wine boy! One day I will talk with him and tell him stories of outragious wines, big fish and Baja tales to be told around a good vintage.

Iflyfish

durrelllrobert - 5-26-2010 at 08:51 AM

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Originally posted by Udo
I'm on it, Mexicorn!
And let's see how bajabound2005 likes it.

bajabound2005 does not drink anything made from thr grapes of wrafth :lol:

toneart - 5-26-2010 at 10:23 AM

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Originally posted by Iflyfish
Columbia Crest, wine of the year, very reasonable and very good. Excellent, dependable van ordinaire. I once purchased two bottles of 2buck chuck, laid them down, picked one out of the cellar six months later and it was stunning, easily a $25 bottle of Cab. Went back to TJ and purchased a case. First drink spit out as soon as it hit my lips, swill of the rankest order. In a huff I took it back, including the bottle I had just opened. I was then told how it is made, dregs of vintages, some great and some horrible, you throw the dice vintage to vintage. Life is too short to drink bad wine.

Iflyfishwithbottlesofcolumbiacrestsyrahandchardinbothhandsanddroppedmyrod.

I have never been a fan of Columbia Crest, but then it had never occurred to me to age it in a cellar. I will try it. Is the Cab vintage you put away still on the market?

"Iflyfishwithbottlesofcolumbiacrestsyrahandchardinbothhandsanddroppedmyrod." Women have complained about this stated condition forever! :rolleyes:

Iflyfish - 5-26-2010 at 11:11 AM

Tone,

Columbia Crest '05 Cab Reserve won wine of the year from one of the major wine pubs. It too varies by year, however is generally consistant and I find the lower end vintages are only slightly less quality than the higher end ones.

What wine one enjoys is of course a matter of taste, so what gooses one gander may not do so for another.......hm....may need to redo that metaphor.....but you understand what I mean.

I don't drink a lot of Columbia Crest, an Eastern Washington State wine, because I live in the Willamette Valley where I have access to great Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris as well as excellent California wines. I do however recommend it as a high quality van ordinaire or for those who are set on a low price point.

I generally don't age wines like Columbia Crest, I use an aerator and that accomplishes all the aging that that wine requires. By the way, if you have not invested in an aerator I would highly recommend that you do so.

Iflyfishaeratorinhand.

capt. mike - 5-26-2010 at 11:26 AM

hahahaha
reminds me of that scene in The Jerk where Martin's character insisted that the waiter return the bottle proffered and come back with some FRESH wine!!
still cracks me up.
that and the snails on her plate.... :lol:

toneart - 5-26-2010 at 01:11 PM

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Originally posted by Iflyfish
Tone,

"What wine one enjoys is of course a matter of taste, so what gooses one gander may not do so for another.......hm....may need to redo that metaphor.....but you understand what I mean."

AWK!

"By the way, if you have not invested in an aerator I would highly recommend that you do so."

Been meaning to get one. Just returned from Baja so will pick one up. Thanks.

[Edited on 5-26-2010 by toneart]

Mexicorn - 5-26-2010 at 01:33 PM

I have BEAN enjoying the Nebbiolo for quite some time now. But It's a little pricey for my taste. Did I mention that the guy who runs the La Cava Boutique just north of Ensenada will give you a 10% discount if you kiss his snooty rear end and tell him your local?
Speak Spanish when in his presence English is so looked down upon by the elite of his caliber!
Christ He's got himself fooled into believing his Mexican Royality.
Whatasnob!

El Jefe - 5-26-2010 at 03:49 PM

OK, now this is a great subject. Down here at the tip it gets pretty hot in the summer as you all know. We don't want to invest in a wine refer since we are already running two regular refers and don't want to use more power from the solar system. So, we have been storing the reds in the refrigerator along with the whites. Have to bring them out a little while before drinking, but they seem OK once they get half way to room temp.
Are we damaging the reds? Will the wine police arrest us? None of the wine is expensive, mostly Argentine and Chilean, so maybe who cares?

Bajahowodd - 5-26-2010 at 03:57 PM

You are likely not damaging your reds in the reefer as long as you are not seeking to keep them there a long time. But you are retarding any additional aging development. Just try and keep them in the least cold area of the refrig. If you expect to keep them refrigerated more than two- three months, you may actually do harm.

Santiago - 5-26-2010 at 04:27 PM

Without getting too off-track here, I've been experimenting with box wines as they travel/pack/store so easily. The 'better' quality comes in 3 liter boxes, same as 4 standard bottles, and retails in the $15-$20 range. They tend to run in the 'easy drinking' category but really, isn't that what we're doing? Bandit also makes a 1 liter 'round milk carton' that works well on a boat or anywhere glass can be an issue. Again, we're talking Pinot Grigio/Merlot here.
I find the problem with the box wines is that you can not keep track of the quantity you're drinking until you wake up face down on the beach with the moon way different than you thought it should be and some coyote licking your face.
http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/drinking/wine/top5_...
Don't turn your nose up a these.
edit for spelin'

[Edited on 5-27-2010 by Santiago]

toneart - 5-26-2010 at 04:57 PM

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Originally posted by Santiago
Without getting too off-track here, I've been experimenting with box wines as they travel/pack/store so easily. The 'better' quality comes in 3 liter boxes, same as 4 standard bottles, and retails in the $15-$20 range. They tend to run in the 'easy drinking' category but really, isn't that what we're doing? Bandit also makes a 1 liter 'round milk carton' that works well on a boat or anywhere glass can be an issue. Again, we're talking Pinot Gridio/Merlot here.
I find the problem with the box wines is that you can not keep track of the quantity you're drinking until you wake up face down on the beach with the moon way different than you thought it should be and some coyote licking your face.
http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/drinking/wine/top5_...
Don't turn your nose up a these.

I have heard some of these are drinkable. Do you have any idea of shelf life after the box is opened? It may not work for me, as I only drink two glasses/evening with meals (both reds and whites) , but I am always up for trying a Nomad's suggestion. Thank you, Santiago.

Santiago - 5-26-2010 at 06:38 PM

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Originally posted by toneart
It may not work for me, as I only drink two glasses/evening with meals (both reds and whites) , but I am always up for trying a Nomad's suggestion. Thank you, Santiago.

These are very common in Australia, one of the reasons is that the wine will keep longer after opening. Apparently, the bag inside shrinks so that there is little air. I have never been able to test this as a box of wine last us about 3 days so we're no better off.
I'm just curious, just how big are your glasses?
:cool:

toneart - 5-26-2010 at 07:41 PM

Santiago,

My self-imposed limit of two glasses per evening is part of my dedication to a healthy lifestyle of discipline in many areas. Moderation is the key. Having said that, I dislike practitioners who pontificate, so that is all I will say on the subject.

In the case of alcohol, I love wine. I often tour Napa, Sonoma and Mendocino with friends and family. I will buy a couple of bottles of those that impressed me the most and put them away for special occasions.

At home, I pour about the same as a commercial wine bar would pour. :light: