All About Wine And Its Goodness!

Joining a wine club is something which can be a lot of fun if wine happens to be a hobby of yours. You’ll be in good company, as a growing number of people are choosing to join wine clubs rather than other social activities, such as keg parties or knitting circles.

This is one of the reasons that more and more people are choosing to sign up as members of wine clubs. Whether your wine-loving participation truly makes you one of the cultured elite could be a matter of your own opinion, but hey after a few rounds of tasting several special burgundies does it really matter?

More and more independent vineyards and bottlers are increasing their market share through self-promotion via wine clubs and mailings. If you are considering joining a wine club, I have listed the top 5 benefits for you to read. This way you are able to see that joining a wine club can bring much more to your table than just “a bottle of the good stuff”.

1. Keeping it under wraps……It comes delivered in a plain brown wrapper so your neighbors don’t get suspicious (Very helpful if you have very uptight covenants for your suburb).

• Wine clubs all deliver their goods via UPS in plain brown boxes, so you’re your nosy neighbor doesn’t have to see what’s being delivered to your home (it’s really none of their business anyway).

2. Impress your friends. You’ll be able to amass a wine collection including some harder to find bottles at a low price. You can point to that garage Petite Syrah in your collection and tell friends that it sells at auction for hundreds of dollars (after all, they don’t have to know that you didn’t pay anywhere near that much for that bottle).

3. Make Money. You can take advantage of your collection by hosting a wine tasting at your home! If you were so inclined, you could even charge a fee for the food and drink served at your tasting.

4. Saves Time and Effort. Being in a wine club can keep your wine collection well stocked, all without having to run out to buy wine. You’ll never have to run out at the last minute to find a bottle for dinner again!

5. Fool your friends!  Stump the snobs! One of the greatest benefits of joining a wine club is the pranks you can play.

• You’ll know exactly what’s in that bottle, but your friends won’t have any clue! You can have a tasting challenge which you’ll win every time – you know which vintage and which vineyard, after all  – even if your friends can name the grape or grapes, you’ll still have them beat.

• Trick the wine snobs in your life by refilling bottles of the good stuff with some inexpensive plonk from the grocery store. Give everyone else the good stuff.

Then you can watch the wine snobs raving about how wonderful the $3 wine from the grocery store is, right along with everyone else (who are drinking something good). If you can keep a straight face until the bottles are empty, you’ll have a riot once you reveal the prank.

Tags: red wine, try wine, white wine, wine club, wine gifts, wine of the month club

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