The 10 Best Wines At Trader Joe’s Under $10, Ranked

Trader Joe’s has long been a staple for shoppers trying to track down decent wine at a budget price point. But, even if you know roughly where Trader Joe’s keeps its popular wines, every store differs slightly due to size and personal style, and scratching the surface of the bottle options can be as daunting as untangling the finale of a Christoper Nolan movie. Known widely for its two buck Chuck (otherwise known as the Charles Shaw collection, which is now, actually, “three buck chuck,”) the average price of a bottle of vino sold at Trader Joe’s lurks around the $15 mark. Still, the store routinely contains bottles ranging from the shockingly low $4 price tag up to the low thirties.

Capping our budget at $10 a bottle, we uncorked, sniffed, and sipped our way into finding 10 options dependably available on Trader Joe’s shelves, all in the same price range as a house glass pours at a local restaurant. To search its shelves, we spread our gaze amongst the categories (sparkling, stilled, red, white) and region (domestic, French, Italian, etc.) for a wide sample size to pair with any season, occasion, and food the average Trader Joe shopper might be expected encounter while pursuing the selection.