Feb 23 2010

California Wine Club Review

Published by Paul at 12:21 am under Wine Clubs, Wine Reviews

The California Wine Club offers many different options for members and has top notch wine. These qualities give this wine club a 4 out of 5 stars on our best wine club scale.

Wine clubs can not only offer members great wine but they give members a chance to learn more about the varieties of wine available.

Each California Wine Club membership comes with a 12 page publication called Uncorked. This guide is where you’ll get your real wine education.

Each publication includes an in-depth look at the wine tasting notes, recipes, and more. The tasting notes will help you learn about the flavors and aromas each wine has.

You’ll start to learn how the aging process can add extra flavors to each bottle of wine and how the same grapes grown in different areas can lead to different flavors.

Let’s take a look at the 4 wine clubs that the California Wine Club has to offer:

1. The Premier Club (Most Popular)

2 award-winning bottles of wine from California every month
The Uncorked publication
Option of 1 red and 1 white, 2 reds, or 2 whites
$35.95/month

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2. The Signature Series

Highest rated wines in California
Mostly red wines with occasional white wine shipments
2 bottles each month
Average of $150 price
The Uncorked publication

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3. International Selections

International wines
2 Bottles a month
Option between mostly reds or all reds
Average price of $65-$80
The Uncorked publication

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4. Aged Cabernet Series

All prestigious Napa Valley Cabernets aged 10-15 years
2 bottles a month
The Uncorked publication
$150-$235 price range per shipment
Shipments delivered via 3-Day Air
Includes tasting notes and winemaker comments

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About the California Wine Club from their website:

Thank you for taking the time to visit our website and learn about our wine of the month programs!

For years Pam and I were frustrated trying to find truly great wine. Selecting a decent bottle of wine from thousands of pretty labels with prices ranging from $5-$35 was difficult at the best of times. We were always happiest with wine recommendations from friends.

So, that’s what we wanted to do with The California Wine Club, start a wine of the month club that was just like “one friend recommending a great bottle of wine to another friend”.

We are now celebrating 20 years of business and the wine adventures keep getting better! Pam and I knew that there were hundreds of small, family-owned wineries dedicated to producing exceptional wine … and it was this wine that we wanted to share with our monthly wine club members. Each month we travel California’s wine country searching out the wineries, meeting the families and tasting the wines that never make it to local stores or wine shops.

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