Wine Access Reviews
Wine Access Discovery Club Review
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We received this shipment from the Wine Access Discovery Wine Club in December, 2020.
What is Wine Access?
WineAccess is an online wine store where the inventory is curated by a team of sommeliers and wine industry professionals. You can get a sense of how they think of wine by how they organize the site. Categories listed include:
- Rare Allocations: “Attainable only at the winery or top restaurants” like Williams Selyem Russian River Valley Pinot Noir, Dragonette Cellars Radian Vineyard Pinot Noir (one of our household’s personal favorite wines), and Arnot-Roberts Vare Vineyard Ribolla Gialla.
- The Icons: “Legendary bottles from producers who define the art of wine” like Penfolds Grange, Silver Oak, Shafer, Kosta Browne, Château de Beaucastel, Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe, Ornellaia, and Château Mouton Rothschild.
- Michelin Star Favorites: “The bottles somms can’t resist” like Favia, Billecart-Salmon, Longoria, Massican, Dalla Valle Vineyards, and Bollinger.
- Top Values: “Special occasion-worthy bottles at everyday prices” and interesting selection of wine all under $30.
- Limited Time Offers: “Preorders available for 72 hours, or until they sell out.” It’s essentially a flash sale where certain wines are brought in for a quick promotion.
- Also: Last Chance (less than a case remaining) and Member Favorites
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Wine Access Connoisseurs Club Review
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We received this shipment from the Wine Access Connoisseurs Wine Club in October, 2020.
What is Wine Access?
WineAccess is an online wine store where the inventory is curated by a team of sommeliers and wine industry professionals. You can get a sense of how they think of wine by how they organize the site. Categories listed include:
- Rare Allocations: “Attainable only at the winery or top restaurants” like Williams Selyem Russian River Valley Pinot Noir, Dragonette Cellars Radian Vineyard Pinot Noir (one of our household’s personal favorite wines), and Arnot-Roberts Vare Vineyard Ribolla Gialla.
- The Icons: “Legendary bottles from producers who define the art of wine” like Penfolds Grange, Silver Oak, Shafer, Kosta Browne, Château de Beaucastel, Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe, Ornellaia, and Château Mouton Rothschild.
- Michelin Star Favorites: “The bottles somms can’t resist” like Favia, Billecart-Salmon, Longoria, Massican, Dalla Valle Vineyards, and Bollinger.
- Top Values: “Special occasion-worthy bottles at everyday prices” and interesting selection of wine all under $30.
- Limited Time Offers: “Preorders available for 72 hours, or until they sell out.” It’s essentially a flash sale where certain wines are brought in for a quick promotion.
- Also: Last Chance (less than a case remaining) and Member Favorites
For You Save $25 on your first two shipments of any Wine Access wine club. Click for This Deal.
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Wine Folly Wine Club Review
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A shipment of wine I received from Wine Folly Wine Club featuring wines to help build your wine repertoire.
What is the Wine Folly Wine Club?
Wine Folly has become one of the most prominent sources for wine education on the planet. One thing that really stands out, beyond the approachable and fun way the knowledge is doled out, is that the information is completely free (no subscription required). If you’re not already familiar with Wine Folly, please go check them out!
Delivered every other month, each $120 shipment of four bottles (shipping is included) fits a wine education theme. Past themes have included Bold Red Wines, Aging Vessels, Blends, Off the Radar, Warm Climate Wines, and Pinot Four Ways. The latest shipment, the one I received, is called Repertoire Builders. I go into more detail on this in the Wine Review section.
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Wine Access Michelin Wine Subscription Review
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A shipment I received of the wines from the Michelin wine subscription from Wine Access.
What is Wine Access?
WineAccess is an online wine store where the inventory is curated by a team of sommeliers and wine industry professionals. You can get a sense of how they think of wine by how they organize the site. Categories listed include:
- Rare Allocations: “Attainable only at the winery or top restaurants” like Williams Selyem Russian River Valley Pinot Noir, Dragonette Cellars Radian Vineyard Pinot Noir (one of our household’s personal favorite wines), and Arnot-Roberts Vare Vineyard Ribolla Gialla.
- The Icons: “Legendary bottles from producers who define the art of wine” like Penfolds Grange, Silver Oak, Shafer, Kosta Browne, Château de Beaucastel, Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe, Ornellaia, and Château Mouton Rothschild.
- Michelin Star Favorites: “The bottles somms can’t resist” like Favia, Billecart-Salmon, Longoria, Massican, Dalla Valle Vineyards, and Bollinger.
- Top Values: “Special occasion-worthy bottles at everyday prices” and interesting selection of wine all under $30.
- Limited Time Offers: “Preorders available for 72 hours, or until they sell out.” It’s essentially a flash sale where certain wines are brought in for a quick promotion.
- Also: Last Chance (less than a case remaining) and Member Favorites
For You Save $25 on your first two shipments of any Wine Access wine club. Click for This Deal.
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Sunset Wine Club Review
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A shipment of wine I received from Sunset Wine Club featuring a variety of red and white wines.
What is The Sunset Wine Club?
The Sunset Wine Club is the latest incarnation of a wine subscription backed by Sunset Magazine. Each shipment contains an exploration of some of the West Coast’s best small- to medium-sized wineries in California, Oregon, and Washington.
Managed by Wine Access, a quarterly subscription of six bottles costs $120 per box, and shipping is included. Cancel or skip a shipment any time.
Some backstory: many years ago Sunset Magazine had one of the best wine clubs on the market, because it featured interesting and affordable West Coast wines made by real wineries (as opposed to giant factory wineries who produce wine brands like Apothic and Ménage à Trois).
Based on the inaugural shipment, the spirit of this newest version of the club is the same, but the quality has crept upward while maintaining the same price.
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Decanter Wine Club Review
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A shipment of red wine I received from Pour Me Wines.
What is the Decanter Wine Club?
Decanter Magazine is Europe’s leading wine magazine, with esteemed critics providing a different perspective on wine than their American counterparts. It always feels very formal to me, and I always feel like they know exactly what they’re talking about.
The Decanter team tastes thousands of wines each year and the best of them get rated and reviewed for their members-only audience. The team wanted to bring their favorites to a wider (i.e. American) audience and enlisted the help of esteemed wine store and subscription service Wine Access to do so.
There are two subscription levels for the Decanter wine club. I cover the differences more thoroughly elsewhere in this review, so please keep reading.
Everyday Excellence — Get six bottles of mixed red and white (and sometimes sparkling) wine per shipment, ranging in price from $180 to $225 ($30-37.50 per bottle average), shipping included. Delivered quarterly, cancel or skip a shipment at any time. Shop it
Rare Luxuries — Get six bottles of mixed red and white (and sometimes sparkling) wine per shipment, ranging in price from $475 to $525 ($80-87.50 per bottle average), shipping included. Delivered quarterly, cancel or skip a shipment any time. Shop it
For You Get $25 each of your first two shipments when you join a Decanter Magazine Club. Click for This Deal.
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