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Interested in joining one of the many wine of the month clubs you have heard about online? With so many to choose from, you will want to consider a few things to help you make the best possible choice.

A monthly wine club is one of the best ways to explore the many and varied aspects of wine without having to do lots of legwork and research yourself. Perhaps the holiday season is coming up and you are looking to give a gift of a membership to a wine club. This is a very personal gift, and is great for the “person who has everything.” You can often buy a 3 month, 6 month, or 1 year membership as a gift according to your budget, and who knows, perhaps your friends will invite you over to sample the wines they receive!

It’s mind boggling the amount of wine clubs there are to choose from, one for every taste and niche. You can find a wine club that specializes in everything from basic white and red wines to Australian wines, or small boutique Californian vineyards, to European wines from countries you may not have even known existed! So how does one go about choosing which wine club is for them, or which would make a perfect gift?

Well, in this economy the price is usually a major limiting factor. Fortunately the clubs often have tiered memberships, offering different kinds of wines for different budgets. For 2 or three bottles of amazing wine, you can spend as little as $20 a month. Or if your budget permits you can get some truly world class wines for $50-$100 a month, and if your friend has a particularly discerning palette, well there are even more exclusive memberships for that as well.

Once you’ve picked a budget, you need to choose what kind of club you will sign up for. Read up on the reviews we have here of many of the most popular wine clubs, and also look around for one that specializes in exactly the kinds of wine you are interested in. Are you just interested in expanding your horizons in every direction, or do you want to learn more about a particular region of France, Italy, Australia, or other parts of the world? Are you partial to Californian wineries and one off runs of unique boutique wines? Well, you can find all of that with little problem at all. Be aware of any additional shipping costs, cancelation fees, and possible signup fees that the club may enforce. Unfortunately they are not all up front about their fees, so be sure you read the fine print so you don’t end up spending far beyond your budget.

Also, you will want to consider how long you will stay signed up to a club. If possible ask a member how long typically people maintain their memberships. After a while perhaps their selection tends to grow a little stale and you are sampling the same wines. Some clubs also have additional perks like super cheap orders of crates of a particular wine, free gifts, and wine tasting seminars. All of these will add to the value of your membership. Here at WineClubReviewer.com we try to keep you updated on the various clubs and what they offer. Browse around and see if you find something you like!

The Celebrations Wine Club was formed 20 years ago by Anna Maria Knapp. For the past 2 decades she has been providing her clients with the finest Italian wines and Californian wines avaliable on the market. They search the regions for truly gifted wine makers. Searching out the small family-owned wineries that produce boutique wines and hand-crafted vintages that are nothing short of world class.

The Celebrations wine club does not deal in large scale wine operations. While acknowledging that they have their place as an everyday drinking wine due to their inexpensive nature, you will not receive this in a shipment from the Celebrations Wine Club. The wines shipped by Anna are selected for their flavor, aroma, authenticity, and “balance of components that melts into a gloriously integrated whole.”

This wine club comes highly recommended by many wine enthusiasts, as every shipment is carefully selected by the president, tasted and tested to ensure quality, and sent out with love to their members. It’s part of what has helped this wine club stick around for the past 20 years. The Italian Wine Club offered by Celebrations has many options to choose from. Any and every taste has been accounted for.

Celebrations Italian Wine Club Options

Italian Artisan Series- $34/month - One red & one white wine delivered monthly.

Italian Winemaker Reserve Red Wine Club- $62/month - Two Italian reserve red wines delivered monthly.

Italian Collector Series- $112/month - Two super-premium Italian red wines delivered monthly.

Italian Wine Club Combo- $87/month - One super-premium Collector red & one reserve Winemaker red delivered monthly.

All the wine clubs includes their famous newsletter. In the newsletter, you’ll read about the winemakers, the wines, the regions where the grapes are grown, and the foods that the red wines complement. Anna loves to write, and has published books and columns in news papers about the world of wine. You get to enjoy that passion in their newsletter.

Each club also offers a prepaid membership for 3, 6, or 12 months. This makes it perfect if you are looking to give a wine club gift membership. They also have a number of California wine club memberships available. We will look into that soon.

The 4 Seasons Wine Club is another of the biggest and most popular monthly wine clubs online. They are a quarterly wine club, shipping you a case of wine each quarter (plus one bonus shipment). One shipment for each of the seasons. Each seasonal shipment features a unique selection of wines chosen specifically to pair well with the foods of that season. A unique idea, and a good value if that is what you are looking for.

4 Seasons Wine Club- $100 a case, 4-5 bottles of wine to the case, a complimentary wine opener

Four Seasons Spring Wine Sampler

Winter becomes a speck in the rear view mirror, blossoms emerge and adorn the trees in pink and white, and the garden wakes from its slumber. This can only mean one thing - Springtime. And to celebrate the welcome arrival of the warmer months, your 4 Seasons Spring Sampler will arrive chock full of delectable wines like crisp clean Sauvignon Blanc’s, lush earthy Pinot Noir’s, or Unoaked Chardonnay’s.

Four Seasons Summer Wine Sampler

Hot days, long balmy nights, pool parties, fresh cut grass, baseball, barbecues and 4th of July - Summer abounds with warmth, smiles and a sense of wellbeing that often eludes other seasons. And to match those good feelings, your Summer Sampler will feature classic wines that will cool, refresh and delight - such as light but invigorating Pinot Gris’, refreshingly dry Riesling’s, or zippy-BBQ-friendly Zinfandel.

Four Seasons Fall Wine Sampler

Days shorten, the familiar sound of leaves crunching underfoot, nature hunkers down for the onset of winter and Thanksgiving brings us all together for family celebrations. Your Fall Sampler will be bursting at the seams with wines that match perfectly with hearty soups, turkey and the foods that are part and parcel of Autumn. Silky smooth Merlot’s, spicy Gewurztraminer, Zinfandel’s, or lively multi-textured Viognier’s.

Four Seasons Holiday Wine Sampler

Family, Friends, Fun, Food and Festivities abound – it’s the Holidays! To insure you have holiday fare-friendly wines on hand – your limited edition Holiday Sampler is comprised of wines that will accommodate all of your holiday needs – from cocktail parties, to dinners – from appetizers to desserts, to wonderful holiday and hostess gifts.

Four Seasons Winter Wine Sampler

Snow settling gently on the front lawn, the icy blast that greets you as you leave the house… football, the holidays and the alluring comfort of an open fire…all very familiar features of the cold season. But fear not - your Winter Sampler will instantly warm your heart with big bold Cabernet Sauvignon’s, fat oaky Chardonnay’s, or even full bodied Shiraz’ - all carefully selected to take the chill off and match perfectly with the hearty foods that are synonymous with Winter.

We have read some mixed reviews about the Four Seasons Wine Club. Most agree that it is a decent value, not the best, but not the worst, and the wines are of good quality.

California Reds Wine Club Review

This wine club has been founded in Napa Valley and in business since 2001. They have developed high quality friendships with the local wineries and wine makers in Napa Valley California which translates into deals and great finds for their customers. California Reds Wine Club focus their attention on the finest, hand crafted red wines in the Valley, many of which are overlooked by other wine clubs. If you are looking to give a wine club gift memership, then this would be a great one to consider.

Each of their wine of the month club selections has been carefully chosen by their team of wine making experts who visit hundreds of wineries and sample countless wines each year. It’s all part of the painstaking process they undertake to bring their members incredible new wines month-after-month.

California Reds offers three different wine clubs to a their subscribers:

• World Wide Reds- $38.95 Per Month - their International wine of the month club is for the adventurer in all of you! Each month they’ll deliver two different bottles of hand-crafted, specialty wines from boutique wineries around the world. This club is a great choice when you want to experience wines from exotic locales across the globe.
• Dynamic Duo- $44.95 Per Month - their most popular club features a monthly delivery of two different bottles of California red wines from interesting, up-and-coming wineries - many of which have yet to be discovered by the national wine experts. If you like the idea of being the first to sample a new winery, this club is a great choice.
• Ultimate Reds- $94.95 Per Month - the California Red premium wine of the month club features three bottles every month of highly-rated, hard-to-find wines from boutique, family-owned wineries across the Napa Valley. This Ultimate Reds Wine Club is a wine gift guaranteed to satisfy even the most discriminating wine connoisseurs

The price and value offered by California Reds Wine Club is very high. We recommend them if you are looking to join a high quality California wine club. They also offer gift memberships, so you can give your loved one the joy of fine California wine’s right to their doorstep.

This is an excellent UK based wine club. A newcomer to the wine of the month club scene, but it has already built up quite a name for itself. The name of the club refers the three most important aspects of wine making- the earth, the vine, and the sun shine. Only with adversity from the ground does the grape reach its full potential on the vine, while becoming nothing more than contained sunshine.

The Stone Vine and Sun wine club has received rave reviews from major wine authorities, as they focus their wine club on regional wines from around the world. We think the club has a big focus on French wines, thus we are calling it a French wine club. But more acuratley it is an internaitonal wine club delivering region specific wines from around the world.

They do not offer a monthly wine delivery service like other wine clubs. Rather they focus on selling wine by the case. Each case contains 12 different wines from a specific region of interest.

Price per Case: Around £87.50 (it varies with the kind of wine, and the offer you buy with)

We recommend this wine club very much if you are looking to get some amazing wines that you can store in your wine cellar. There is no minmum order, and no monthly recurring fees, so you have absolute freedom to explore these amazing region specific wines at your own pace.

Coastal Vineyards Wine Club

Coastal Vineyards is a wine club that has focuses on California wineries in the Paso Robles and
Santa Barbara Regions. They focus their efforts on finding you wines that have yet to be discovered. They believe that you should drink a wine not for the artistic label or fancy name or even worse the Wine Spectator rating, you should drink the wine because it was custom crafted by specialty winemakers who are still faithful to the art of making wine with passion that can be tasted in each and every bottle opened, poured and enjoyed.

That is why their tag line has become so popular, when they say, “you’ll be saying I knew them when…” meaning Coastal Vineyards only feature wines that have yet to be discovered but they certainly will be.

Coastal Vineyards features only premier, top quality vintages, custom crafted by specialty winemakers who are still ever faithful to the art of making wine with the dedicated passion and devoted love for the time treasured process that can be tasted in each and every savory bottle opened, poured and enjoyed.

CVWC is proud to deliver only the very finest quality, “small production,” premium, boutique-style wines to your doorstep, for your personal palatable pleasure, as well as that of your treasured friends, family and associates.

There are absolutely no “Membership Fees”, no cancellation costs, shipping is always included in the price, and we offer you a complete 100% guarantee your absolute satisfaction!

There are more wine clubs available with Coastal Vineyards than we have seen any place else. 12 wine clubs in total are offered from a Merlot club to a Chardonnay club to a South African wine club and Premium wine club, you will find a club to fit any taste.

Signature Wines is a wine company that specializes in personalized wine accessories. They create custom wine labels, wine gift sets, champagne bottles, and anything with the word wine in it. They allow you to literally Create Your Own Bottle Of Wine. Recently they have started their own wine club, shipping out 2 bottles of wine a month to their subscribers for a great price.

The price is only $29.95 a month, and for a limited time they are giving three bottles of wine for the price of two to new members for the first month. They even give you the opportunity to start your own wine club for your friends and coworkers, this is truly a unique feature. We might be trying this in the near future.

They give you the option of selecting your preferences for types of wine: reds, whites, or mixture. If your tastes run in a certain direction, then this will make you happy.

Here’s what you get every month with the Signature Wine Club:

• Two bottles of wine specially selected by the Signature Wine Club team of wine experts delivered to your door.
• Delicious recipes perfectly paired with the wines.
• Tasting notes explaining the origins and characteristics of each wine.
• Background information on the winery and the fascinating characters behind the wines.
• The ability to reorder your favorite wines at a member’s only discount. (20%-70% off)
• Your satisfaction guaranteed!
• Only $29.95 per month.

They are also affiliated with the Sunset Magazine Wine Club.

The Sunday Times Wine Club- UK’s most popular wine club!

One of the most popular wine clubs in the world is the Sunday Times Wine Club. The Times Wine Club is a UK based company, headed by Hugh Johnson, author of The World Atlas of Wine, Wine Companion and Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book. Published exclusively for Club Members twice a year, the Wine Times is the largest circulation wine magazine in the UK. This club holds various events for their members. Practically every month there is at least one event and often more.

While most clubs send you 2 bottles a month, which often leaves you wanting for more, the Sunday Times wine club sends you a whole case of wine, hand selected and delivered to your doorstep so you can enjoy all the wine you can handle for the month. Don’t worry, you can always put the rest in your wine cellar. (You DO have one of those don’t you?) The site offers food pairing recommendations, accessories, and a broad catalogue. This is a very high quality wine club, and a very popular one as well.

They offer 3 kinds of memberships-

1- 4 Seasons- After the introductory 15 bottle case for $45, you will receive a 12-bottle case for £69.99 (plus £6.99 delivery) every quarter and Christmas.

2- Australia Direct- After the introductory 15 bottle case for $45, you will receive a12-bottle case for £74.99 (plus £6.99 delivery) every quarter and Christmas.

3- Taste of Spain- After the introductory 15 bottle case for $45, you will receive a12-bottle case for £69.99 (plus £6.99 delivery) every quarter and Christmas.

With all three options, you can preview the season’s selections and make changes or even pass on certain cases. They also promise a free refund on any bottle you are not satisfied with. Customer service has received high marks all across the board. Various vouchers are available on the net that can discount these even further. For the bottom line by bottle price, this is a excellent deal, if you live in the UK.

Today’s wine club review is the wine club offered by Wine.com.

Wine.com is great all around wine club. They offer something for everybody, whether you are new to the world of wine, or have been around the block a few times. They work similar to most wine clubs, sending you two bottles of hand selected premium wine a month. They include a small newsletter with information on the wines and suggestions for pairing and tasting. The wine club membership options at wine.com are among the best value we have seen, and the quality remains quite good.

The wine clubs at wine.com come in three flavors:

Discovery Tour Wine Club- $20/month for 2 hand selected great value and interesting wines selected from around the world are sent to you each month. These wines are a great value and an excellent way to enter the wine club world at a good price. This will be attractive to those who have a love of wine, but haven’t had a chance to truly broaden out in their perspectives. You don’t get any “2 buck chuck” here.

Wine Clubs Of The World- Around $40 a month, this tier sends you two higher quality wines each month. You have the options of mixing and matching reds and whites so you can get just what you want each month. This is a great wine club if you want to further your experience in the field, but don’t have the money to shell out for a premium membership.

90 Point Rated Wine Club- $70+ a month, this is the premium membership option at wine.com. The wines sent are only red wines, designed for aging and enjoying in the years to come. These are very fine wines with tons of personality and potential to become very valuable. If you have your own custom wine cellar, then this club is likely the club for you.

All of the tiers get the same service: hand selected wines from around the world, informational packets on each bottle with tips, ideas, education, and recipes, and personal attention to any of your concerns that need addressing. In addition to fine wines every month, you get some incredible discounts on buying wine in bulk if you find a vintage that you just love.  Wine.com is a great option for the wine lover on a budget, at any tier. It’s premium membership is one of the best deals out there!

You can’t go wrong if you are looking into a Wine.com membership.

Our review for today is of perhaps one of the biggest wine clubs on the internet, at the very least they offer the most variety of memberships and wine clubs to join. Cellar’s Wine Club is a great club with 8 membership tiers all offering total control over the wines you receive. You get to tell them what kinds of wine you want, reds, whites, blends, a mixture, or leave it up to the professionals. Each month they unfailingly bring a little excitement and joy to your doorstep.

Cellars Wine Club offers a wide array of clubs:

1. There is the Premium Wine Club-  $30/month, which will send you two bottles of wine a month, you choose either 2 reds, or 1 red and 1 white. You also receive the newsletter and tasting notes. The wines are specially selected and shipped regularly and on time. A good idea if you are new to the world of wine and looking to broaden your horizons.

2. The International Wine Club- $40/month, is more focused on international red wines. They send the you red wines from Spain, Argentina, Chile, Australia, and many more locations around the world. A fun adventure in international wines.

3. The West Coast Wine Club- $40/month, a wine club focusing on California wines, Oregon wines, and Washington wines. Taste the best the West coast has to offer each month with this club.

4. The Platinum Wine Club- $60/month, is made with a more discriminating audience in mind. With this package you receive international boutique wines, limited production vintages, and very high quality wines that are both rare and delicious. You won’t find these wines anywhere else, they take the work out of getting a great bottle.

5. 90+ Point Wine Club- $80/month, one of the highest tiers offered by Cellars Wine Club. This package sends you the very best of the best wines in the world, two highly rated bottles a month. The newsletter will explain everything you need and want to know about these valuable wines to add to your collection.

6. Cellars Wine Club- $150/month, is focused on people with home wine cellars and custom wine cellars. You receive wines that have a very high potential to age gracefully and become extraordinary wines given a few years. Great to build up your wine cellar collection!

7. The Champagne Club- $50/month, is made for those who have a taste for the bubbly. You get two sparkling wines delivered each month, only the finest champagnes from around the world. The party can really get started as soon as you sign up for this club!

8. The Case Club- $300/month is a great way to build up your collection of wines and stock your wine cellar with some awesome vintages. You receive all 12 wines from the six packages above. Very good for truly exploring your wine horizons. Two packages are offered, standard and platinum which is tailored for the wine connoisseur and maintains its focus on international red wines.

Cellars Wine Club has a dizzying array of choices, and they offer them at reasonable rates. Whatever package you sign up for, you can be sure that you are getting the very best in quality.

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