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At our house, weekends are for golf/skiing, reading, get-togethers and gastronomic exploration. Finding highly enjoyable 3-star wines at 2-star affordable price is a passion of mine…so let’s go!
Hands down our “go-to weekday” wine maker is Girard Vineyards. We go back 20 years with Girard and its founder Mike Girard…who sold to Pat Roney in 2001. Girard is part of the Vintage Wine Estates which is really a wine-making co-op of dedicated winemakers.
The scale of being part of Vintage Wine Estates allows Girard to access big league grapes and make a LOT of varieties at discount prices…especially if you join their wine club. IF you find as we have a LOT of value in their wines…it is worth the deal. 20% off and no sales tax outside of California. Non-members get free shipping and 10% off for a case…not bad either.
At $35 retail…Girard Cabernet Sauvignon is the black fruit style and cassis notes we like. But on wine-searcher.com you can find the wine at $22-$24…now THAT works. Total Wine…the new king of discount wine…$23 with $1-$3 a bottle Fed-X charge depending on state and delivery time with full insurance. Out of state orders do not pay sales tax…another benefit.
If you DON’T know wine-searchers.com you are missing out the killer wine discount service in the land. Wine-Searcher.com has COMPLETELY changed the retail wine industry…without question. My friends in the wine retail world who sell fine wines…collectible wines…would be OUT of business IF they did not match the wine-searcher prices within 10-20%...that’s a fact.
PS—we enjoy ALL the Girard wines…Sauv Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot. Girard from discount wine retailers is a high-end everyday wine that is available everywhere.
Cheers!
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