Official Costco Thread

[Scott_Watkins]

Woodland Hills Costco

16 Double Diamond $39.97
2010 Heitz Martha $169 Grabbed a couple.

[Richard_Jen]

NE San Jose
2016 Chateau Tour Saint-Christophe St. Emilion $25.99

[Frank_Z]

Costco Tustin, CA

16’ Dominus $249
16’ Insignia $219?
17’ SLD Kirkland for $23.99
16’ Double Diamond $39.97

Thanks for the update! Out of curiosity, have they gotten their champagne section up for the holidays yet this year?

[Kris_Patten]

NE San Jose
2016 Chateau Tour Saint-Christophe St. Emilion $25.99

I’d buy it all.

[Rich_Brown]

Woodland Hills Costco

16 Double Diamond $39.97
2010 Heitz Martha $169 Grabbed a couple.

Love that deal on the 10 Martha’s! Would have definitely grabbed a couple myself!

[JonathanG]

Mountain View has a ton of 08 Dom for $142 (and 09). I bought more than I should have but less than I wanted. Pontet Canet was sold out unfortunately.

[Frank_Z]

Lots of Dom ‘08 at the Tustin District for $149

[Scott_Watkins]

Well it’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas, local Costco raised the price of 08 Dom $10 per bottle

[Kris_Patten]

Well it’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas, local Costco raised the price of 08 Dom $10 per bottle

Tariffs.

[Arv_R]

Looking to find a Costco in Florida that has a good wine selection. I shop at 3 different Costcos near Orlando and never see any of the wines mentioned in this thread. The store at Millenia has a little better selection, but for the most part we get Kirkland wines and what I would call grocery store wines. I am willing to drive if there is a Florida Costco wine department worth the trip. Any recs?

In general, the local Costco warehouse wine selections tend to be aligned with the socioeconomics of their surrounding area. So you’ll have to find locations where the classy elite are. The Redwood City one is famed for its wine selection for example.

[Neal.Mollen]

Looking to find a Costco in Florida that has a good wine selection. I shop at 3 different Costcos near Orlando and never see any of the wines mentioned in this thread. The store at Millenia has a little better selection, but for the most part we get Kirkland wines and what I would call grocery store wines. I am willing to drive if there is a Florida Costco wine department worth the trip. Any recs?

In general, the local Costco warehouse wine selections tend to be aligned with the socioeconomics of their surrounding area. So you’ll have to find locations where the classy elite are. The Redwood City one is famed for its wine selection for example.

I really haven’t seen any correlation. The Pentagon City store is in the middle of one of the richest spots in the US, as well as one of the US’ biggest wine markets. They get crap

[JonathanG]

maybe they have a crappy wine manager.

All I know is the ones I went to in Oahu on the west coast, and Maui near the airport had pretty poor selections, and the ones in the Bay Area up and down the peninsula have pretty good stuff normally in stock, and sometimes some amazing stuff (like the 4 bottle vertical of Cheval from 00, 05, 10, and 15!)

[Kris_Patten]

They do rank their buildings, I’d be curious what the stores are in their system as all our top ranked stores in WA have very good selection.

[Troy_Stark]

maybe they have a crappy wine manager.

I have often suspected this might be the issue.

Or it could be a crappy regional manager. I wouldn’t be surprised if DC, Atlanta, Tampa, Miami, etc. are all in the same Costco region and we just have a really crappy wine buyer…

[Neal.Mollen]

maybe they have a crappy wine manager.

I have often suspected this might be the issue.

Or it could be a crappy regional manager. I wouldn’t be surprised if DC, Atlanta, Tampa, Miami, etc. are all in the same Costco region and we just have a really crappy wine buyer…

[Troy_Stark]

Bam! I challenge anyone in the green zone to come up with a Costco that has a decent wine selection.

[Sherr1_Shap1r0]

Looking to find a Costco in Florida that has a good wine selection. I shop at 3 different Costcos near Orlando and never see any of the wines mentioned in this thread. The store at Millenia has a little better selection, but for the most part we get Kirkland wines and what I would call grocery store wines. I am willing to drive if there is a Florida Costco wine department worth the trip. Any recs?

Hi Patrick -
Welcome to the board! There are different regions within the country for Costco’s wine program, each with a separate buyer, and here in Florida, it SUCKS compared to what many on this board post from other areas. I stop in the Boca Costco a few times a month, and while sure I may find a decent rioja or chianti at a good price, I can’t ever recall seeing any of the gems that people regularly post about in this thread. Sounds like our store is a step better than yours, but not worth a 3 hour drive.

[David_McMillen]

Bam! I challenge anyone in the green zone to come up with a Costco that has a decent wine selection.

I agree. Our Costco wine selection in “affluent” Nashville is horrible. About the only interesting wine I’ve ever seen is the current 08 Dom----for $179 plus 9.25 % tax.

[John_Draper]

Costcos in CO are a mixed lot primarily because of an archaic law that stated chain stores could only sell wine and hard liquor at one location meaning one King Soopers in all of CO could have a full liquor license, same for Costco. I don’t know if that has changed now that the state has eased up on regulations for beer sales. I was at the Park Meadows Costco last week and they had '08 Dom for $139.

[Richard_Jen]

why are you expecting Sassicaia at Costco? Jeez I’d buy every bottle they had if I see it at mine.

I did see 2016 at Redwood City store today for $189.99.