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 …
Saturn’s Rings Malbec Review: FirstLeaf Wine Club Read More »
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 …