Wines fit for immediate pleasure, but will improve with time.
This is the perfect club for the budding collector (I recommend opting for 2 or 3 bottles of each selection - just use the drop-down menu) or for anyone who loves entertaining.
The rewards of wine collecting are great! After tasting a well-aged red, you'll know the pleasures of wine at a much deeper level, one that few others get to know. After a year of receiving these selections, you'll have the beginning of a collection that will offer many nights of future pleasures.
Why collect wine?
A collection of wine allows you to monitor its evolution over time, and to catch it at its peak of development. One of my criteria for selecting wines for this club are that it is capable of improving for 3-5 years of quiet repose in a dark storage area, BUT, that they also deliver great deliciousness at the time of delivery.
Why do you recommend 2 or 3 bottles of each selection? Isn't that awfully self-serving?!
Only do so if you feel it's serving both of us equally, of course. I'm happy to have you select just a single bottle of each selection (that is, three bottles in each shipment) and then order more of just those you enjoy most. But if you're interested in collecting, it's easy and convenient to get multiple bottles in each shipment, so you can taste the wine throughout at various points in its evolution. Plus, your shipping cost (per bottle) goes down pretty significantly!
Why $27 - $33/bottle?
Only 5% of wine drinkers spend more than $20 on a bottle of wine, and wines around $30 provide a great starting point for age-worthy wines. This is also about the "ouch point" for many people when it comes to a wine budget. It is my hope that this club will introduce many more people to the joys of aged wine.
Membership Details: Membership Details: Three wine selections (one white, two red, unless otherwise specified during sign-up), shipped quarterly (depending on extreme temperatures in your area, some shipments may be held for later delivery).
Shipment Contents
Each shipment arrives with my write-ups on all 14 wine selections being shipped to members that month, as all club members are invited to purchase any of my selections at their discounted rate. Discounts may exceed the member's normal 10%, but cannot be published on the web per my agreement with the producers.
Cheers!
Dave the Wine Merchant
