Wine
Are the Wines from Costco, Amazon, or Hyatt Any Good? A Taste Test
Our wine critic Elin McCoy sampled the private-label wines sold by big brands such as Whole Foods, Total, Hyatt, Costco, and Amazon to find out which ones are worth buying.
Every wine lover wants a deal, which is one reason the number of private-label wines is growing fast and furiously.
Trader Joe’s is often credited with popularizing the trend in the U.S. in 2002 with its Two Buck Chuck, the nickname for its exclusive Charles Shaw line of wines priced back then at $2 a bottle (the last time I tasted them they were still really awful).