Robertg7

Robertg7, I believe you live in one of the most exciting places on earth for someone who is into wine. (And for those who are not into wine, too!) Costco helps us all with introducing very good cab/merlot/pinot at an extremely reasonable (i.e. highly discounted) price. Their local price points on some wines are excellent. Perhaps I am spoiled but $25 for Northstar seems like a steal! (Of course the Wegmans in Sterling had '07 Northstar merlot for $19.99 today.....!) As I type this I believe that a number of people in the D. C. area have some very good wine available to them at a more than reasonable price.

Joe H, yes we consider ourselves extremely lucky (despite the rain) to live where we do. Wow!...$19.99 is an amazing price. Unbelievable that Northstar is located just "over the hills" from us around Walla Walla and you can get it for less across the country. Actually, opened a 2005 Northstar merlot last weekend, let it decant for about 45 mins, and my wife and I finished it in about two hours; it was delicious. We are supposed to drive over to Lake Chelan this weekend to check out another winery we've been hearing a lot about lately called Nefarious Cellars (and a few others I'm certain) so will post how that goes....will undoubtedly hit the local Costco in Wenatchee as they usually have a good selection of Walla Walla wines.

p.s. once I retire this summer we are supposed to lead a "pilgrimage" to the mecca of Walla Walla which is about a 6-7 hour drive from Seattle.

Thanks, Jim.

Howdy, well I didn't realize how lucky we are in the Seattle, WA area as our local Costcos have a relatively large and varied stock of Eastern Wa wines. I had no idea the 2007 Northstar merlot was so popular back East and noticed my local Costco just got in about two cases or so....guess I will have to buy a few more before they're gone....