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 …
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, …
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 …
So it’s something that I’ve already begun to consider. Will I cover winery based wine clubs, or will I stick to only online wine clubs? At first, I thought I would stick to only online wine clubs. But, then I started looking into America’s most popular wine clubs and found that many of them are …
I wrote about my least favorite time of the year when I owned a direct to consumer wine club a couple of weeks back, citing the return game this time of year. (Returns Kill wine clubs) Turns out, it was worse this year, which if I was going to pat myself on the back, is …
As part of my FirstLeaf Wine Club Review, I joined the wine club, received my wine and then went into my account to cancel. As part of my evaluation process for wine clubs, I rate each wine clubs cancellation policies by a simple ease of administration. I created a simple one point system if I …
Wine clubs have long dealt with shipment restrictions brought on by our (rightful) concern about underage people getting ahold of alcohol. First, I used to loathe that signature required line from the common carriers, mostly because they added some extra charge to each shipment, for most of the time I was shipping wine to consumers, …
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I wrote the other day about the new American Airlines Wine Club and it brought up a question: why are there so many new wine clubs? Here’s the graph of direct to consumer wine sales over the past few years: If you’re scoring a home, the growth rate between 1.33 and 3.2 is something akin …