Costco began their spring wine sale today. The sale lasts until April 19. 16 wines are reduced from $1.50 to $6.00. At my Costco, a couple of wines did not seem to be in stock. Maybe they will appear before the end of the sale. I purchased the Brancott Sauvignon Blanc and the Vina Eguia Rioja Reserva Tempranillo ($2 off both). I have previously had both of those wines and enjoyed them.
It has been a little over 3 months since I last posted on this blog. I have taken that time to enjoy old favorites as well as wines bought directly from wineries. I needed a break from trying a lot of unfamiliar wines so that I might have something new to write about. However, now I am planning a live video post for the OlliLife newsletter at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Furman University about value wines from lesser known wine regions and this will require Wine Jane and I to do a lot of research. Well, someone has to do it! There are few places that have as much affordable quality wine as Spain. The best known wines from Spain come from areas like Rioja in the northern part of Spain. However, even greater values can be found further south in the areas bordering the Mediterranean Sea. One such area is Yecla, about 50 miles inland from the sea. In the past seven years, I have posted about four wines from Yeccla. All have been blends of the traditional Spanish g
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