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This list was last updated on January 26, 2023
#1
Naked Wines
Best Wine Club money-back guarantee
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#2
Sunset Wine Club
Best Wine Club for West Coast wines
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#3
Firstleaf
Best Wine Club personalized by an algorithm
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#4
California Premier Club
Best Wine Club for California wine
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#5
Plonk Wine Club
Best Wine Club for unique, organic wines
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#6
SomMailier Wine Club
Best Wine Club for unique French wines
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#7
International Premier Club
Best Wine Club for food-friendly int’l wine
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by Nakedwines.com
Good satisfaction guarantee
Good wine club gift
#1 Best Wine Clubs / #1 Best Red / #1 Best Quarterly
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USA Today’s readers voted Nakedwines.com the #1 wine club in America, and I agree. But heads up, Nakedwines.com isn’t exactly a regular wine of the month club. It’s more of a wine-buying club where your monthly subscription fees accrue in your account until you spend them on a shipment. Don’t worry, any unspent funds are fully refundable.
About the Wine
All kinds of red, white, rosé, sparkling and Champagne are available. Every selection is described so you know if it’s on the sweeter side, the drier side, or somewhere in between. Prices vary widely from $8 (a deeply discounted members-only price) to $45 with a great selection under $20 and plenty of room to splurge on special occasions.
What’s Different
Those ratings are shared with their customers, and the public, so you can pick only the most popular ones if you want.
Giving a Gift?
We do not recommend giving Nakedwines.com as they don’t offer any special presentation or provide a custom message in the first shipment.
Good to Know
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.
Best Wine Club for You? Read my Nakedwines.com Wine Subscription review or shop it
by Wine Access
Good satisfaction guarantee
Good wine club gift
#2 Best Affordable / #4 Best Quarterly / #5 Best Wine Clubs
For You Get $25 each of your first two shipments when you join the Sunset Wine Club. Click for This Deal.
A six-bottle quarterly wine club curated by the best in the business. The Sunset Magazine Wine Club is managed by Wine Access, which is helmed by Vanessa Conlin, Master of Wine. The two companies have a natural partnership — they both seek to highlight the stories, people, and quality of the products they recommend.
About the Wine
The wines featured 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, unbelievable values — unique wines that you wouldn’t find outside the region.
Good to Know
Each bottle is introduced by a wine tasting video of Vanessa walking you through what you’re looking for — it’s like you’re drinking with a Master of Wine. You’ll also have 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).
Best Wine Club for You? Read my The Sunset Magazine Wine Club review or shop it
Good satisfaction guarantee
#3 Best Wine Clubs / #3 Best White / #3 Best Quarterly
For You Save $50 — Try Firstleaf and get 6 bottles of wine selected just for you for just $39.95. Shipping is included in your first order. Click for This Deal.
This is among our most popular monthly wine clubs. As memberships go, they have mastered all of the critical components to providing an outstanding service: a rock-solid guarantee, convenience, plenty of preferences to set, and customer service.
About the Wine
Their focus is on delivering value at $15 a bottle, which usually means large-production wines that are consistent and palate-friendly. They excel by offering a huge variety of grapes, styles, and regions.
What’s Different
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.
Good to Know
Their subscription starts with a quiz about what you like, but they really get into the nitty gritty details of what you like about vino based on how you rate the wines you receive from them. This fuels their recommendation engine.
Best Wine Club for You? Read my Firstleaf Wine Subscription review or shop it
by The California Wine Club
Good satisfaction guarantee
Good wine club gift
#1 Best Gifts / #4 Best Wine Clubs / #4 Best White
I love The California Wine Club and their Premier Series is the perfect introduction to their wine club. In addition to a delightful selection of small-production wineries — never mass-produced or bulk wines — loads of extras make this club an excellent way to discover California wine at a very fair price.
About the Wine
One of the things to love about this company is an obsessive focus on selecting high-quality wines that appeal to many palates.
What’s Different
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.
Giving a Gift?
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 California Wine Club review for the latest.
Best Wine Club for You? Read my Premier Wine Club review or shop it
Good wine club gift
#1 Best White / #2 Best Wine Clubs / #2 Best Quarterly
For You Save $10 and get free shipping on your first wine shipment. Use code SUBSCRIBE10 at checkout.
Plonk is for adventurous drinkers. Each bottle they choose highlights something special, whether it’s the winemaker, the vineyard, or the grapes themselves.
About the Wine
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.
What’s Different
The international selection is diverse and often includes things and places you’ve never heard of. Most of the wines are organic or biodynamic, though not always certified.
Good to Know
While a four-bottle monthly wine club is their least expensive offer, you can save almost 15% off 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.
Best Wine Club for You? Read my Plonk Wine Club review or shop it
by SomMailier
Good wine club gift
#3 Best International / #5 Best Quarterly / #6 Best Wine Clubs
French wine clubs in the US are rare. Great French clubs offering good value are like unicorns, and SomMailier is one of them. If you’re wondering about their name, it’s a play on the words sommelier and mail, but pronounced like sommelier.
About the Wine
An eclectic but well-curated selection from France’s many 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.
What’s Different
It’s not about Bordeaux, Burgundy, and Champagne — it’s about the unique family chateaux and vineyards throughout all of France.
Good to Know
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.
Best Wine Club for You? Read my SomMailier French Wine Club review or shop it
by International Wine of the Month Club
Good satisfaction guarantee
Good wine club gift
#5 Best White / #8 Best Wine Clubs / #8 Best International
For Gifts Save $10 when you give a 4-month wine club gift. Use code SAVE10 at checkout.
For Gifts Save $15 when you give a 6-month wine club gift. Use code SAVE15 at checkout.
For Gifts Save $30 when you give a year of wine gift. Use code SAVE30 at checkout.
An old-school wine of the month club founded pre-Internet back in 1994, the Premier Series offers up two interesting International bottles each month. The Premier Series is their least-expensive selection.
About the Wine
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.
What’s Different
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.
Good to Know
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.
Best Wine Club for You? Read my The Premier Series review or shop it
This page contains our current list of the best wine clubs (according to our research). Our reviews are sometimes snapshots, and sometimes we track the quality of a company closely for years. We also change our minds about monthly wine clubs when their quality or value go up or down.
If you’re wondering about a specific brand that isn’t on this list, there’s a reason it’s not here: some don’t make this list for one reason or another even though we think they’re great; there are many "popular" wine clubs which we don’t think are good enough to be on this list (or sometimes even to provide a full review for); and some we just haven’t reviewed (we do not review every wine of the month club). Browse all of the wine clubs we’ve reviewed.
Not every wine club that we think is great belongs on this list. Usually these are specialty clubs that we think are excellent, but not suitable for everyone. Here are our top 3 wine clubs that don’t make this list but are absolutely worth joining.
SomMailier French Wine Club
French wine clubs in the US are rare. Great French clubs offering good value are like unicorns, and SomMailier is one of them. If you’re wondering about their name, it’s a play on the words sommelier and mail, but pronounced like sommelier.
An eclectic but well-curated selection from France’s many 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. Some clubs offer inexpensive (bulk) French fare that doesn’t accurately represent the quality and style of France’s great regions — this isn’t one of them.
It’s not about Bordeaux, Burgundy, and Champagne — it’s about the unique family chateaux and vineyards throughout all of France. Easy-to-read cards include tasting notes, relevant winery history, and a primer on the region the bottle hails from (with more information on their website for the extra curious).
We enthusiastically recommend this wine delivery service as a gift to anyone who loves French wine or wants to learn more about it. The packaging is lovely and carefully assembled, making a great presentation. A personalized note is included in the first shipment.
Read our SomMailier Review or join this wine club.
Roscioli Italian Wine Club
Roscioli’s wine clubs, which ship wine from Rome directly to your door, are the best way to discover Italian wine short of going to Italy yourself. This club is expensive but worth every penny.
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 exception 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.
Read our Roscioli Review or join this wine club.
MYSA Natural Wine Club
If you haven’t heard of natural wine, the idea is that it represents the truest expression of the grapes and the land they were grown in, with "nothing added, nothing taken away." These wines are typically organic, some are biodynamic, most use minimal amounts of sulfur as a preservative, and often have quirky labels to compliment their natural state.
When it comes to natural wine, we most highly recommend joining the MYSA wine club. They offer a variety of subscriptions to suit your preferences, they source all of the industry’s favorite natural wine selections and many obscure ones that excite proprietor Holly Berrigan.
Read our MYSA Review or join this wine club.
Vinesse Sparkling Wine Club
Vinesse offers a variety of wine clubs, some of which we’re frankly not impressed with. But for years now (at least 10 of them) our favorite wine club from them is their Sparkling Wine Club. We get regular shipments and we never receive something we’ve seen on a grocery store shelf, or even a wine store shelf.
Each shipment includes an affordable sparkler from somewhere in the world, a high-quality sparkler, usually from France, and a true Champagne. Bubbles should not be reserved for special occasions and this wine club is the perfect antidote to boring wine.
Read our Sparkling Wine Review or join this wine club.
Organic Wine Exchange
Every wine sold by Organic Wine Exchange (OWE) is certified organic or made with certified organically-grown grapes. Their online store has over 300 wines available and covers the gamut of wine color, grapes, styles, and regions. They also offer specialized wines like Dry Farmed, Low Alcohol, Gluten Free, GMO Free, Low Sugar, No Sulfites Added, and Vegan. Their wine clubs are an affordable selection of these wines.
OWE is a curated wine club (they pick your wines) but you have an unprecedented number of options for customization. Whether you have a favorite region or one you just want to get to know better, they have you covered. Their wine club shipments come from the store inventory, so if they sell it, you can customize it. Unlike other organic wine clubs, OWE isn’t pretentious and they don’t expect you to be a wine expert to give their clubs a try. We also love their dedication to fair prices and transparent wine selections.
Read our Organic Wine Exchange Review or join this wine club.
Not sure of why organic wine is something to seek out? Read our Useful Organic Wine Guide.
Who We Have Not Reviewed: Bergamot Wine Co., Vintner’s Collective, SommSelect, Woman-Owned Wineries, Orange Glou, Fat Cork, ClubBubbly, Dry Farm Wines, Underground Cellar, Through the Grapevine Natural Wine Club, Primal Wine Club, The Panel, Winestyr, Gary Vee Club (Wine Library), Cellar Angels, Cellar 503. If you work for one of these companies and want to see it reviewed, please contact us.
How do wine clubs work? A wine club is a service that delivers vino on a regular schedule, often monthly or quarterly. These services — also known as wine of the month clubs and wine subscriptions — are either personalized to your tastes or send the same selection to all of their customers. You can cancel at any time.
How do we pick the best wine clubs? To evaluate the hundreds of wine clubs available for delivery, we developed a rigorous ratings system. We compare wine quality, customer service, satisfaction guarantee, and other essentials like personalization, tasting notes, price introductory deals, and convenience.
What is the best wine club to join? I don’t think this gets said enough... the best wine club is a personal decision and what is best for you may not be best for someone else. That said, beyond finding a wine of the month club with the kind of wine you like and the price you want to pay, the best wine clubs also offer great customer service and membership benefits.
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Review by: Jessyca Frederick |
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