When in Rome… Or should
I say - WHEN IN NEW YORK CITY!
Fact – New York City not only has more than one Trader
Joe’s location, they have a frickin’ TRADER JOE’S WINE SHOP. Whaaat???
A Trader Joe’s just dedicated to WINE???
Yup. Color me jealous. And color me a fan!
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| Holy Smokes - a whole Trader Joe's dedicated to WINE? |
When we went to NYC recently you know “visit Trader Joe’s Wine Shop” was on my list of things to
do. And so do we did! The wine store is right next to the original
NYC Trader Joe’s location.
The Wine Shop was lovely.
Ahhhhh. Rows and rows of
WINE! No pesky frozen food section to
get in your way. And guess what? They have free tastings EVERY. SINGLE.
DAY. Did you see that, Northern
Virginia Trader Joe’s?? And – they deliver.
I kid you not. Seriously, the
store was very nice! They had all the
regular wines we see at our Trader Joe’s wine department (which, sadly, now
looks remarkably wimpy compared to the whole store of wine…), plus they had loads of wines that our stores do
not carry. They even had a beautiful section
of fancy wines that were recommended to “gift” to someone (“GIFT TO YOURSELF!” – that’s what I’m
thinking!).
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| Now THIS is civilized. |
When in Rome... So
when in New York, get a New York wine, right???
We decided on this Anthony Road Riesling Semi-Sweet from the Finger
Lakes Region (upstate New York). We
chose it because;
a. It
was a “local wine”
b. We
had never tried it before
c. It had a pretty label (don’t judge)
d. It
had a screw top – which we needed because we got it on our last night in the city
so figured we would not finish it and need to haul it home
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| We made our choice! Finger Lakes, baby |
It was OKAY. Not fantastic,
not horrible, but okay. I think they
could have dropped the “semi” and just gone with the sweet, but hey, we don’t drink a ton of Riesling. If you are a Riesling fan and live in an area
where you can purchase this, give it a try. And if you DO want to try it, buy
it at Trader Joe’s, because I just checked the website of the winery, and for
some cuh-razy reason it is CHEAPER AT TRADER JOE’S than at the actual
winery!!! HUH? $9.99 at Trader Joe’s Wine Store, $16.99 for
the same exact bottle (same vintage and everything) on the winery website. http://anthonyroadwine.com/wine.asp
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| Cheaper than at the winery! |
Trader Joe’s Wine Shop – 2 huge thumbs up.
This particular bottle of wine - comme ci, comme
ça
Price - $9.99
Rating of this bottle of wine- 3.5
Rating of Trader Joe’s Wine Shop -
5
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