Our take

Menage a Trois Sweet Collection Dolce Sweet California Red Wine 750 ml

GSW Score86/ 100

Shoppers really like it. A mechanical score from 4 shopper ratings on the store listing, checked Aug 12, 2026. It sits in the top 57% of the 514 wines we have scored, measured against the shelf on Sep 16, 2026. How we score

Style
Red wine
Size
750 ml
Region
California
Shelf barcode
0099988071911
Menage a Trois Sweet Collection Dolce Sweet California Red Wine 750 ml bottle
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Our take

What we make of this bottle

Among the reds we track, it is one of the least expensive, which is the first thing worth saying about it.

4 shoppers have rated it, landing at 4.75 out of five, which is a small sample to lean on.

The brand is Ménage à Trois, and by its own account its website is owned and operated by Trinchero Family Wine and Spirits. It is a sweet red from California.

The appeal is uncomplicated: a sweet, inexpensive red that, in our September 2026 checks, sat between $10.99 and $14.99 from one store to the next.

Ménage à Trois's own product page names the blend as Moscato, Zinfandel and Syrah, with Moscato as what the producer calls the sweet, decadent foundation, Zinfandel adding jammy fruit, and Syrah contributing bold, dark fruit character. The producer's tasting notes describe blackberry and raspberry flavors accented by cherry vanilla, lifted by what the winemaker calls light carbonation and finished with a crisp acidity, and the page states the winemaker added natural raspberry and blackberry flavors to the wine. As with other bottles in the line, the producer cites a 90-point score without naming who awarded it, and the page states no alcohol level, residual sugar figure or food pairing.

Our call: a reasonable pick for a shopper who wants a sweet, producer-described red blend, Moscato, Zinfandel and Syrah with berry-and-vanilla tasting notes, one of the least expensive reds we track. Pass if you want a dry style or a stated alcohol level and residual sugar to check; none of those appear on the producer's own page, and the 4 shopper ratings on record are still a small sample.

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The prices we checked

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From the producer

Brand ownership

Ménage à Trois says its website is owned and operated by Trinchero Family Wine and Spirits.

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.

Region guideCalifornia

A little background helps this bottle make sense.

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.

The place

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.

Weather

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.

Soil

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
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