Pablo, I haven’t tried their cab yet, I also saw it for the first time at Ralph’s recently. You are exactly right, after Costco blows the floor off something, it’s hard to break out $19 on sale when you know the everyday price is $13 at costco, hopefully costco will get the cab. Cabs sometimes have a higher price but their merlot was the same price or close at Ralphs. It’s not the money as much as the fear of liking it more and then not having a steady, cheap supply. I try to only get hooked on costco wines for daily drink since it probably equals my food budget.

Josh, nice finds, it’s funny how the costco stores vary so much from store to store, even if it is random it works as a marketing strategy at least on me, I regularly pop in a different store if I’m in the area just to check out what they have. I’d join you in the case buying but my wine cellar fridge thing is packed, I need a bigger one before I buy anything more that needs to lay down.

Regarding the mention of aging two buck chuck, while most cheaper wines are designed to drink and not age, a few years in a cupboard will kill anything, regardless of price. Room temperature is the enemy, so is a regular fridge. Very hard to find a place in so cal that maintains a room temp in the 60’s year round so that you can store for years without some mechanical intervention. I have friends that have converted a closet and installed an a/c type unit in them so they are much larger and cheaper than freestanding cellars. Except ports, they were invented to withstand the long and sometimes warm journey from Portugal to England, think of them as wine’s version of beef jerky, come to think of it, both are awesome inventions.