A couple of days ago the North Bay Business Journal ran a short story on FirstLeaf. (read my FirstLeaf Wine Club review). If you aren’t familiar with the North Bay Business Journal, it’s one of the definitive sources on the wine industry because it covers large employers and general business news for the counties of …
So it’s been a long, long time coming and there have been more court cases and proposed laws in the state legislature than anyone could possibly count, let alone keep track of….BUT, wine clubs can soon ship to Alabama. Well, some of them at least. So what’s happening in Alabama is similar to a number …
So after opening the Chardonnay (I didn’t like it at all) I moved onto the Domaine Rutz, or Rutz Cellars (depends if you are going off the bottle, or off the website) and their Sonoma Pinot Noir. So to start, I’ve drank more Sonoma Pinot Noir over the years than almost any varietal and any …
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Ok, so of all the wine club wine that I’ve received while building this site, this was by far, my least favorite. It wasn’t a bad bottle, it hadn’t turned. We just didn’t like it and we didn’t like it to the point of pouring it down the drain. So, that’s the short version. Unfortunately, …
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For a lot of people, wines like this are going to be their first entry into wine from Spain. The long and short of the story in Spain, is that it’s both hot and sunny during the day, BUT, it’s often pretty cold at night. That’s generally called diurnal temperature differences and winemakers LOVE it. …
So this an Argentinean Malbec. Vivino actually LOVES this wine, considering that it’s a Malbec, which consistently rates lower than say Cabernet Sauvignon or Pinot Noir does. Here’s Vivino’s thoughts: So what were my thoughts? I previously talked about Saturn’s Rings Malbec and how I was very excited to receive the wine as part of …
If you live in Mississippi, you can’t currently legally order from basically any wine club. You might be wondering why not. As with many of the most conservative states in the country, alcohol shipping is still not legally allowed, or is severely restricted. When I first opened my own wine club, the expectation within the …
Online reviews are often impossible to deal with, especially if you’re a small business. Send out hundreds of wine club shipments perfectly? Nobody will know about them. Mess one up? Yup, if it’s the wrong customer you’re going to read about it EVERYWHERE. One of the main places consumers will go to, to lodge complaints, …
A friend who works in tech asked me at school pickup the other day what was driving the changes in the wine club space and therefore, the direct to consumer wine sales space. Basically he was wondering, what innovation was at play that was helping wine clubs to gain more market share. To start, yes …
I’ve been excited to open a few bottles over time while writing this site, but few quite as much as Saturn’s Rings Malbec by FirstLeaf Wine Club. You’re probably wondering why? Is it the name? No. I don’t care about that. The label? No. I don’t care about that either. In reality, one thing that …
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