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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So this was one of the fascinating things about FirstLeaf to me, they had some wines that they produced and bottled themselves (similar to Winc) but they also had a couple of bottles that came from regular wineries, that you could go and visit yourself. This puts them kinda in between the new age wine …
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A Washington Post article from this week got me thinking about the truly, epic lack of diversity in the wine club and winery space. It’s well worth a read, but it deals with a couple of new wine clubs that aim to bring more diverse voices into the industry. Since this is something that is …
I haven’t had a chance to write one in a bit, but I’ve got a couple more in the que….but there is one fundamental difference between traditional vs new age wine clubs. That’s one of the reasons I’m writing a series titled: What kind of wine club are you? When I’m talking traditional wine clubs, …
I know I’ve mentioned it in this space, but in my regular work life, I only deal with wine from the west coast states of California, Oregon and Washington, so whenever I have a wine club to review, I am almost always most interested in the international wines that show up. Of course, it’s hard …
I’m still digging through my box from FirstLeaf (read my full FirstLeaf Wine Club Review) but wanted to start with a white wine that was an absolute home run. I’ve already talked about it in this space, but I’m not normally a fan of Chardonnay which being based in California can really, really cut down …
So, after ordering a wine club shipment from NakedWines, it was time to cancel. I’m happy to report that I was able to do so online, without intervention in much the same way as I was able to sign up. Here’s the process and I am happy to give them their point (a quick reminder …
So in my shipment from Naked Wines (want to know how it all went? Read my Naked Wines Review), the wine I was most interested to try was the Dave Harvey Cabernet Franc. What did I think of this wine? Two starts in my review because I was both really happy with the quality AND …