The Best Wine Subscriptions

Nakedwines.com sells all kinds of wine — red, white, rosé, and sparkling wine (even Champagne) are available, and they range from sweeter to bone dry (clearly labeled on the site). Prices vary widely from $12.99 (a deeply discounted members-only price) to $69.99 with a great selection under $25 and plenty of room to splurge on special occasions.

Read about the Naked Wines I tasted in 5 different shipments over a 9-year period (2014-2023).

You pick your own bottles with the benefit of customer ratings. While this is a pick-em-yourself membership, they also personalize recommendations based on how you’ve rated your previous wines. Those ratings are shared with their customers, and the public, so you can pick only the most popular ones if you want. There are many more benefits of membership at Nakedwines.com.

We do not recommend giving Nakedwines.com as they don’t offer any special presentation or provide a custom message in the first shipment.

With all wine subscriptions, there are two parts to consider. The wine is the obvious one, but the actual service and convenience matters a lot — otherwise you’d just go buy wine at your local store. Nakedwines.com benefits include: tremendous flexibility, access to the winemakers, crowd-sourced ratings, and complete online account management.

The featured wines all come from California, Washington, and Oregon. Each bottle tells a unique story, connecting it to the culture and the land from where it originated.

The first shipment included classic styles and unbelievable values — unique wines that you wouldn’t find outside the region. Read about the wines I tasted from the Sunset Magazine wine club.

Each bottle is introduced by a wine tasting video produced by the wine team at Wine Access. They do this for every wine in every wine club — one of the best reasons to join — and it’s like you’re drinking with a Master of Wine. You also get access to detailed wine notes via Wine Access and recipe pairing suggestions from The Sunset Magazine Wine Club (accessible via a special page on Sunset.com).

If you prefer "new world" to "old world" when it comes to wine, this is a great club to sample some of the best values from high-quality wine producers of the American west.

Two of their wine clubs feature Italian wine from small producers. These wines are rarely exported from Italy, and sometimes they’re not even known within Italy. Level 1 is "ready to drink" and Level 2 could drink now or lay down for a bit. Their Collectors and Legends wine clubs feature both French and Italian wines that are in high-demand. The Legends club ships pre-aged Grand Cru, Barolo, and more.

This is a truly unique wine club in the US market. Between access to a remarkable array of wines and wineries in Italy and the exceptional video content they produce for each wine they ship, you’ll feel like you’re on a wine tasting trip to Italy with every shipment.

This makes a wonderful gift, but the recipient won’t receive wine on a specific day, it ships in April and October every year, regardless of when you sign up for it. You can get a one-time case delivered when you order it.

The logistics of getting wine from Rome to the US are tricky, so the club is not set up like American-based clubs. You pay in Euros every quarter but receive two shipments per year on a fixed schedule. Prices include all duties, taxes, and shipping costs.

Firstleaf delivers good value for $15 a bottle. Wines at this price are usually produced industrially and lack individual character. Firstleaf produces hundreds of different wines rather than massive quantities of a few wines. This allows their wine to be consistent, diverse, and palate-friendly. Learn more about the Firstleaf wines I tasted in 11 shipments over 3 years (2018-2021).

The subscription starts with a quiz about what you like, but they really get into the specifics of what you like to drink when you rate the wines you receive from them. They also offer more ways to customize your membership than most services.

Perfect for new drinkers starting to explore the wine world, drinkers who want easy-drinking everyday options at an affordable price, and drinkers who are curious to discover new wines that fit their tastes.

One of the things to love about this company is an obsessive focus on selecting high-quality wines that appeal to many palates. When it comes to picking great California wine that you’ll never see in a grocery store (because small family wineries struggle to get distribution deals), decades of working with wineries really pays off.

If $27 per bottle, including shipping, is still too much but you really want to join, try their Case Club which is the same exact wine, but because you get 12 bottles per box, you’ll save big on both wine and shipping costs.

The California Wine Club is also my top pick for wine club gifts. For memberships of at least three months, there are frequent deals to be had. Check my review of The California Wine Club for the latest.

The California Wine Club believes amazing customer service is their biggest competitive advantage. From their "Love It Guarantee," to a personal Wine Concierge, to organizing VIP winery tours and tastings for members, to vacation holds — they do it all.

I’ve always been impressed with the unique finds they turn up, and often feel like I’m at the cutting edge of what’s cool in the wine world thanks to their discoveries. Plus, they are now calling themselves a natural wine club — but they go easy on the funky and prefer more classically-styled wines.

In the two shipments I’ve received personally, and the handful of bottles we enjoyed at my sister-in-law’s house (she’s a member), I can honestly say every bottle is a surprise. Unlike other clubs which focus on palate-friendliness, these wines focus on uniqueness.

While a four-bottle monthly wine club is their least expensive offer, you can save almost 15% when you join their 12-bottle case club. I recommend upgrading to 12 bottles and get them sent quarterly — you get the same number of bottles every three months but pay less for them. Delivery included.

An eclectic but well-curated selection from France’s many wine regions including, but not limited to: Alsace, Beaujolais, Burgundy, Bordeaux, Jura, Provence, Roussillon, and the Rhone Valley. It’s a great way to sample better-quality French wine.

While SomMailier sources and sells beautiful wines from Bordeaux, Burgundy, and Champagne — this wine club is really about the unique family chateaux and vineyards throughout all of France whose wine pretty much doesn’t leave France without someone like Laurent helping. I love the selections and I recently tried three more wines (reviews are in progress).

While SomMailier wines would be excellent in any household, this wine subscription makes a wonderful gift. The wines are little splurgy (not too bad) and that’s just right for a gift.

The founder is a part of the 5th generation of a Bordeaux wine-producing family. He selects and imports French wines that aren’t available anywhere else in the US. He ensures this by buying from his brother’s distributor business located within France. His brother’s company was selected as an approved seller to the French Foreign Ministry, representing the official face of French wine to the whole world.

Because transparency matters, you’ll find their shipment history going back to 1999 on their website. The selections are typically more common grapes from the world’s better known wine regions. Their selection is fairly unique as the emphasis is on value and approachability rather than obscurity or low prices. I recently re-reviewed and tasted all of their wine clubs, and the Premier Series selections were excellent and a good value.

Their two-tiered tasting panel approach to choosing their wines is unique. The first panel includes 10 sommeliers, industry experts, and winemakers. The best 10% go on to a larger panel comprised of a variety of 30 or more tipplers of all experience levels before being considered for shipments.

The International Wine of the Month Club offers a Design Your Own Club program where you can mix and match Wine, Beer, Cheese, Chocolate, Cigars, and Flowers. Mix and match for yourself or as a gift.