We live in Northern CA and are mainly red wine drinkers, but definitely partake in whites in the summer. I know it's blasphemous but we've gotten a little bored w/ CA and West Coast wines so we've been exploring European wines for the last year or so. It's been really fun getting to know wines from France, Italy, Germany and Spain.
A few of our favorites which we mainly purchase from Trader Joe's or Bevmo, and sometimes Whole Foods. We use the Our Groceries app and have a list dedicated to wines we like. It's so easy to keep track of the ones we enjoy and upload photos to the app. Then we just swipe it onto our list before we head to the store
We typically stay in the $15-20 price point for our "house" wines but there's some below that are under $10, typically those are from TJ's or when we pick up wine from Bevmo on the 5 cent sale.
Reds -
Chateau de Seguin Bordeaux - TJ's
Alamos Malbec - TJ's
Chateau Millard Bordeaux - Bevmo
Joseph Drouhin Bordeaux, Pinot - bought at a specialty wine store
Maison L'orre Bourgogne, Pinot - bought at a specialty wine store
Rose and White
Chateau de Campuget Rose - France - bought at a small local store
Kuentz-Bas, Pinot Blanc from Alsace France - Bevmo
Butter Chardonay - CA - TJ or WF - alas, a US wine!
) I love seeing some TJ's suggestions; I really just go off of the pretty labels there since I'm not familiar with most of the producers.
Certainly seems like that some weeks!
(But this was for a party... at least, that's my story and I'm stickin' to it!)
It's automatically a party when there's that much prosecco involved, regardless of whether there are any other attendees!
I've never met anyone else who drinks Conundrum, let alone has heard of it! I don't like 99% of white wines but this one I'll drink
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My husband and I are bad millenials, if the news and my social media feeds are to be believed
So, what's your favorite wine? (Perhaps you have a favorite "everyday" wine and another for special occasions?) We favor reds but are equal opportunity drinkers.
It is my absolute favorite!! My cart looks like DeeJay's when I'm stocking up! I try others occasionally, but I always come back to my Conundrum!!I've never met anyone else who drinks Conundrum, let alone has heard of it! I don't like 99% of white wines but this one I'll drink
If you haven't tried it already, give Far Niente Chardonnay a try. That's the only other white that I've truly enjoyed.
BTW, I'd recommend downloading the Vivino app. It does two things in particular that I really love. First, you can snap a photo of a wine you're considering/about to drink and it will tell you what it's rated by other users, you can read their reviews, and you can rate/write your own review afterwards (which then is saved in your account for you to reference in the future). Second, it now is able to analyze a photo you take of the wine menu at a restaurant and it will look them ALL up at one time and give you their ratings beside each wine; you can then tap on them individually to read more about them. I just used this last night at a family birthday dinner and my wine choice was the hit of the night
. Stonestreet is another good one around $50. Pine Ridge, Stuhlmuller, and Oakville are nice as well. 
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