We did a blind taste test of cheap wines from Costco, Target, and Trader Joe's, and the winner cost less than $5

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Costco, Target, and Trader Joe's offer their own take on budget wines. We had 20 coworkers compare them in a blind taste test to determine the winner.

It ranked highly for clarity ...Google Forms... but after tasting, 27% of tasters said they wouldn't even spend one cent on this bottle. A 1.5-liter bottle retails for $7.89.This wine clearly — pun intended — didn't make a good impression.

Tasters were asked to rank each wine on first impression on a scale of one to five, five being the best.Some people said they thought it was slightly carbonated. Others said,"It tastes like stagnant pond water" and"This one tastes more like a juice than a wine."While there were a couple of people who didn't hate it so much, the majority rules on this. Sorry Kirkland, pinot grigio just isn't your strong suit.Next, we moved onto rosé.

Unlike Charles Shaw's cabernet sauvignon and pinot grigio , the only option for Charles Shaw's rosé was organic.The clarity ranking here was pretty average, and it made a neutral first impression on our tasters.Google FormsEven though it's part of the Two Buck Chuck family, this wine retails for $3.99. Most people said they'd pay in the mid ranges for it.

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