Sharing Secrets about your Wine Club Membership....
What do we love? We love wine, of course! But we also love viticulture. We love the stories that develop over a bottle of wine. We love visiting wineries. We love food and wine. We love the living, breathing qualities of wine. We love that feeling we get after a frazzling day of work and finally having the chance to plop down on the couch with a glass of wine. But what we really love, what truly makes our hearts sing, is sharing these experiences with others! Its why we do what we do - because sharing wine with others can be one of the most rewarding experiences out there, especially when what we're sharing is a truly fabulous bottle. We're in the business of bringing high quality wines to your door; this much is obvious from our website. But what's not so obvious is the amount we're willing to bend our memberships to make them something that suits your needs. Which brings us to our last love, giving you what you really want.
I'll use the Gold Series to set an example of the kind of tweaking we can do to your membership. The Gold Series is the most popular of our five wine club memberships. It is the least expensive of the selections, but the wines are high quality and very versatile. The website explains that the standard membership consists of two highly sought after small production, California wines, sent out on a monthly basis. Generally, it is one red and one white, but sometimes two different reds. The website also offers a Red only or White only option. But, what's not advertised are alterations to this: if it is your preference, we can make sure that we always send you one red and one white, even in the months when "two reds" is the standard mix. Or, maybe you like red wine, but only Cabernet and Merlot, and in terms of white, you want to avoid Chardonnay and Viognier? (This is all hypothetical, of course. I can't imagine why anyone would limit himself or herself in this way, but I do understand people have their preferences, and sometimes you just know what you like!) Well, to sum it up, we can accommodate these requests as well. Perhaps location is your thing. We can send you a shipment only when we feature wines from a particular area like Napa Valley. We'll work with you to find out your particular preferences. In months that we feature something you'd rather not receive, we can send you something from a previous month's selection, or we can skip that month entirely, or maybe there's something else you want to do. Fine by us!
And what if two bottles each month just isn't enough for you? (Now, we're speaking my language...) The website offers a four bottle membership, which is essentially two of each of the featured wines from the month. But, believe me, by no means does it have to stop there. If you'd like to have four bottles each month but want three reds and one white, we can do that. Or three whites and one red? Yes! Like to try six wines each shipment? Yep, we can do that too. There is virtually no limit to the number of bottles we send you in a month.
And here's another thing. Moving from the topic of wine selection to frequency of shipments, the website offers monthly, every-other, or quarterly shipments. But we actually can send shipments any time and as often as you like. If you want to have shipments only in months ending in "y", we can do that. Or, only with the months with a major holiday, we can do that, too. As often as you would like a shipment, we'll send one your way.
Want to save a few bucks on shipping costs? How about joining a club membership on a quarterly basis, but receiving all the wines from that quarter at once? Keeping to the example of the Gold Series, you could receive the wines we featured in January, February and March all together in March (totaling 6 different wines in March), then continue on a quarterly basis from there. It will save you money on shipping, but the only downside is that you'll have to wait two months in between shipments...
Like the look of two of our Series, but can't decide which one to choose and joining both is going to be too much wine? How about alternating? You could join the Gold Series every other month of the year, and in the alternate months, receive one of our premium clubs, like the Platinum or Diamond Series. You could even receive the Platinum Series on a monthly basis, but in your and your partner's birthday months, treat yourselves to our highest rated wines club membership, the Diamond Series. Don't let us stop you...Go wild! Get creative!
What I'm trying to make obvious for you is that this is YOUR membership. Don't let the website fool you - we are YES people and we want you to have a great experience with the wine club. If that means you want only 92+ rated wines from Monterey and Napa Valley and you want them only in the months of the year when you visit your Aunt Sadie at her home in Boulder, Colorado, well, that's just peachy with us. We'll send 'em your way. Just tell Aunt Sadie to share!
Call our Customer Service phone number to customize your membership or to talk about your options for a gift: (800) 266 - 8888.