At TJ's, all the hot sauce is pretty good. However, there is a hierarchy, and our writer braved thousands of fiery Scoville units to put it together for us.

During a recent trip to buy wine at Trader Joe’s, the cashier did a double take when he read my total. “Wow, that’s a whole lot of wine for $200,” he said, laughing. He wasn’t wrong. On average, each wine in my 23-bottle haul cost less than $8.

Trader Joe's has plenty of affordable Reserve wine options, but even at low prices, are they actually worth it? We tested and ranked them to find out.