Our take
Cooper & Thief Red Blend Bourbon Barrel Aged California Wine
- Style
- Red wine
- Size
- 750 ml
- Region
- California
- Shelf barcode
- 0083120015093
Our take
What we make of this bottle
Price is where this wine gets interesting, because it swings a good deal from one store to the next. Since it turns up at nine stores at very different figures, our September 2026 checks found it as low as $27.99 at the cheapest end. It goes by Cooper & Thief, a California red blend aged in bourbon barrels, though the winery that makes it is not confirmed here.
The average is 5 out of five, and so far the number of ratings is 1. With the number of ratings this low, that top mark is one early opinion rather than a settled verdict. In our September 2026 checks the highest any store listed it was $42.99.
The Grocery Store Wine Desk · written Sep 16, 2026 from our research file for this wine. Numbers reflect our latest checks.
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Read our take →The prices we checked
Dated store checks, not a promise about your store.
- Kroger, Atlanta suburbs, GA$28.49
- Kroger, Cincinnati, OH$27.99
- Ralphs, Long Beach, CA$42.99
- Fred Meyer, Portland, OR$33.99
- King Soopers, Colorado Springs, CO$28.99
- Smith's, Las Vegas, NV$36.49
- Kroger, Knoxville, TN$29.99
- Kroger, Richmond, VA$27.99
- QFC, Tacoma, WA$36.99
The regular price can vary by store and date.
Research status
What we are still checking
Our overview above draws on the dated store feed, shopper ratings, our region and grape research, and any sourced producer facts. We are still working to confirm the current release, the full producer record, and the bottle itself, and we update this page as we learn more.
Getting to know California.
California on the label is useful provenance but weak detail about place. For these wines, sourcing disclosure, blend construction and house-style consistency carry more decision value than a generic climate paragraph.
What the name means
A state-level appellation, broader than an individual American Viticultural Area. It permits a multi-region blend and does not by itself identify one climate or soil.
How grapes grow here
The state spans cool maritime zones and hot inland valleys. A California designation alone does not reveal which conditions shaped the fruit.
What lies under the vines
At state scale, sourcing and house-style construction matter more than any single soil story.
How large the region is
- Reusable question
- Which counties or AVAs supplied the blend, and did that mix change by release?
Places within the region
- Resolution limit
- County, AVA and vineyard claims begin only when the release names them.
Where this information comes from
- Store listing
- Price, package, product identifier, and shopper rating. Checked Aug 10, 2026.
- Barcode
- The shelf barcode shown here is computed from the store product identifier. It has not been checked against a bottle.
- Method
- Every price, rating and fact here is a dated observation. How we check.