The California Wine Club review, part duex: No wrath of these grapes

As I enter my second month of being a member of The California Wine Club I was reminded of something great.  It is awesome to get something in the mail, the day before you need it-when you forgot that you were getting it. 

We were having some friends over for a nice game of dominos.  One of them is a wine drinker and the other one drinks beer.  We were running very low on red wine in the Mojo house, but just the other day our shipment from The California Wine Club had arrived.

To recap:  The California Wine Club selects great wine from the Napa Valley area each month.  They’ll ship you a red and a white (or two award winning wines of the same if you prefer) and all of these wines are from smaller, quality wineries from that area.

With friends coming over for a relaxing game I quickly went to our wine cellar (the bookshelf) and pulled out a bottle of red.  The wine has a deep, ‘oaky’ flavor and was one of the best wines I’ve had in recent memory.  As I’m not really a wine connoisseur, I asked our wine drinking friend how she liked it.  “This is a really great wine, it’s full of flavor, has hints of raspberries and a deep Oak flavor”, she said.

The convenience of having the wine delivered to our house is awesome.  Factor in that the wine is from smaller, independent growers, thus giving me a chance to one-up my friends by introducing them to hidden gems.   What’s equally as cool is that I won the game of dominoes that night with a score of 96 after 6 games.  While it probably wasn’t the wine that helped me win, I can’t entirely rule it out.

Wines from The California Wine Club have:

• A 100% satisfaction guarantee
• Savings of up to 50% normal retail prices when you reorder your faves
• The latest issue of Uncorked, their publication that tells the story of the wines
• There is no monthly fee, you can join for one month, several of them or years.
• There are various tiers, so if you’d like Aged Cabernet of 10+ years or award winning wines that have been aged for three years, you can join at various levels.

This is a great gift because you know it’s one that your recipient will enjoy.  It’s not a sweater or some junky novelty gift; it’s the gift that will remind them of you every time they receive it.  They might even invite you over to drink some of it.  If you’re thinking about giving it away for a Christmas or holiday gift, the ground shipping deadline is December 12.  After that date you’ll have expedited air charges for Christmas deliveries. You can find all the details on www.cawineclub.com

The Giveaway!

Prizes include:

1) One of four, Three Month Wine Club memberships (A $150 value you can give as a gift, or keep for yourself)
2) One of 50 handy Two Bottle Wine Totes ($25 value)
3) One of 50 Red Tulip Music wine country CD’s ($15 value)

Just enter and cross your fingers!  They’ll be giving away the prizes in late December, good luck!  For good karma you can follow them on Twitter or Facebook also.

 

This review was made possible by Mom Spark Media. Thoughts are my own. I received a 2 month Membership to the California Wine Club for the purpose of this review.  I really did win that night in dominoes, don’t think it was the wine that made me luckier or smarter, but can’t disprove it either.