http://www.cheapwinereviews.com Cheap Wine reviews from around the globe. Spend Less. Drink more. Tue, 28 Nov 2006 00:25:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Leelanau Cellars markets this unique spiced wine as Witches’ Brew around Halloween, but let me assure you that it is a great wine to have on hand throughout the winter. This wine has two labels, the Halloween one (Witches Brew) and the label for the rest of the year, ... http://www.cheapwinereviews.com/leelanau-cellars-witches-brew Part of becoming a connoisseur of cheap wines is knowing where to look for them. I’ll share with you one of my little secret places I attempt to seek out cheap wine: the “Reduced for Quick Sale” shelf at your local supermarket. At Meijer, my local super-mega-ultra-store, this shelf is ... http://www.cheapwinereviews.com/big-daddy-merlot-2002 The best kinds of cheap wines are the kinds that have a rich story behind them. Well, The Tillerman White wine brought to you by the Hook & Ladder Winery certainly fits the bill. At first glance this wine label made no sense to me… Hook & Ladder? The ... http://www.cheapwinereviews.com/hook-and-ladder-the-tillerman-white Another summer is quickly coming to an end, and I hope everyone got a chance to visit their favorite local vineyard for a tour or a wine tasting. The highlight of my summer is always being able to visit the northern Michigan wineries. This summer, I got a chance to ... http://www.cheapwinereviews.com/leelanau-cellars-autumn-harvest What am I doing around 1:00 am EST almost every night? Checking woot.com for the latest woot item, of course! Being a computer/tech junkie, I am always finding random good deals on woot. Now, they have made my life complete, with Wine Woot. Every week they will be featuring a single deal ... http://www.cheapwinereviews.com/wine-woot-one-week-one-wine Since everyone loved my review of the Fish Eye Merlot, I figured I’d give the Cab a shot. Ringing in at 13.5% alcohol by volume, this cheap wine was an equal match to the FishEye Merlot. From Ripon, California, this wine lets the fruit speak for itself. Along with the dark ... http://www.cheapwinereviews.com/fisheye-cabernet-sauvignon-2003 When people find out that I enjoy cheap wine enough to devote a website to it, they usually ask me if I have been to Trader Joe’s. My response, until last week, has always been “No, not yet”. Well, I finally caved and took a trip to Detroit, the nearest ... http://www.cheapwinereviews.com/charles-shaw-two-buck-chuck-cabernet I picked up a nice bottle of good cheap wine: Purple Moon Shiraz from Trader Joe’s. This wine, made in Manteca California, was a pretty typical Shiraz with an atypical price tag. For only $3.99, this turned out to be one of many fantastic selections I made at Trader Joe’s. ... http://www.cheapwinereviews.com/purple-moon-shiraz-2004 Although I missed the boat on this one completely, the results are in for the latest Wine Blogging Wednesday over at CorkDork. This month’s objective was to try new red wines from New Zealand. 31 bloggers participated this time! Check it out! http://www.cheapwinereviews.com/wine-blogging-wednesday-17-results FishEye Merlot caught my eye at the supermarket yesterday when trying to find a good cheap wine to pair with my pasta and chicken dinner. Nice and fruity, I think the strongest aroma was plum. This wine was a good match to my dinner, and a good value for $5.89. ... http://www.cheapwinereviews.com/fisheye-merlot-2003