Agree, those are great! I try to swing over to that area when I visit so I can drop in at the Orin Swift tasting room, I’m a big fan of Dave’s.
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Great blends! Best labels!
Amazing prices at Gary’s in Chestnut Hill/West Rox on the VFW
Gary is phenomenal
I’ve actually never seen better prices for liquor and wine anywhere else (literally anywhere)
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For $8, I like Apothic Red Blend. We were members of a winery in Temecula and get a case a quarter but really the wine sucks so I won’t name them.
I favor whisky, Jameson for value or Glenmorangie 10 year for a treat. (Yeah, there’s a theme here. I don’t blow big 
on booze haha)
For beer, I’m a Stone Delicious fan, but recently been sipping a lot of BJs brews as they are easy to get delivered. Digging their Committed DIPA. Always a place in my heart for Saint Archers IPA. I’d take a Pliny The Elder if only it was available for delivery. We’ve cracked open a couple special Bruery bottles lately, Black Tuesday and Vindictive II.
Stay thirsty, my friends.
Stag’s Leap Napa Valley Cabernet
Daou Paso Robles Cabernet
Stags’ Leap Petite Sirah
My wife and I find these our three faves. The first two are usually in the $50 range and the last one is around $20.
I didn’t know Stag’s Leap and Stags’ Leap were two different wineries for awhile…I like both branda!
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Not a big wine drinker at all (I recall once when I went wine tasting, the people next to me were like, “This is so fruit forward!” and I was like, “I just taste alcohol…”), but will try to contribute.
Wines I’ve enjoyed:
Fleur de Mer 2018 rosé
Domaine de la Sangliere 2018 rosé
Conundrum white wine blend (can’t remember the vintage)
The only red I’ve truly enjoyed as a blend at a restaurant of (IIRC) mencia, grenache, and tempranillo. And, the few times I’ve told somms that, they generally look a little sad and then say the don’t have anything that’s going to reproduce that. Not sure what constituted most of the blend b/c I generally don’t like tempranillos on their own (and can’t really do riojas since I think they taste like dirt… And, yes, I know that’s kind of the point). I did enjoy a ribera del duero (The Flower and Bee) but cannot recall the vintage.
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Look at the 
and 
I didn’t realize any NJ Costco had booze. And Edison is so close too. Thanks!
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Kirkland vodka is 7x distilled…
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I don’t do hard liquor (literally can’t tolerate it), but, if you like scotch whiskey, my understanding is that Kirkland scotch whiskey is quite respectable.
I usually stick to New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs but I’m gonna keep an eye out for these.
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Too many Margaritas and Hendrick’s G&T
I just made a Napa trip in January, I’m mostly a California Red kinda guy. This trip I went to Lasseter, Silverado, and Paraduxx.
Most of what I like isn’t too expensive but you can’t get in stores. I love a cabernet, pinot noir, red zyn (old vine zyn is probably my favorite, needs to decant a long time) but I also like these weird reds that are mostly blending grapes. 99% petit verdot or Cabernet Franc or Old Vine Carignane.
The best wine I had this last trip was from the Atlas Peak region of Napa, where it’s cooler and the grapes hang a little longer.
I’m not a white wine guy (maybe a sauv blanc with a piece of fish) but this Rosato from Silverado is great: crisp not sweet, great with crab cakes or bbq.
Little known fact… you can actually get kegs/half kegs of BJs beer from the restaurant as well (at least most of the time). Their prices are very reasonable too. About the same price as you’d pay for a keg of Coors light from your local liquor store. The exception being their ciders as they don’t actually brew them themselves, they’re contract made by Wyder’s.
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Which is a shame. I love Sangria (my favorite tapas places have multiple reds and whites), and I love Tempranillo. Clos du Bois makes a great spanish style Tempranillo in Sonoma County.
These types of threads everyone is opening are so much better/uplifting than the doom and gloom COVID threads.
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Big fan of la crema or block nine Pinot noir around $20. If we feeling a little more fancy Joseph Phelps cabs are our go to.
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Why waste time with wine? I usually go back and forth between these:
And because I like both of those, I picked up a bottle of this which is fascinating
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Is Islay scotch whiskey the really funky stuff? We did the Scotch Whiskey experience in Edinburgh (a kitschy delight), and I think they poured some of that as a sample. Just based on the smell, I couldn’t imagine anyone actually drinking it!
Will have to look for that. Finding Spanish wines at a wine seller isn’t difficult in LA, but we have very little (essentially no) Spanish eateries (to my knowledge). There was a paella pop-up a few yrs ago, but serving didn’t have much socarrat. Hmph.
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