Over the last 10 years we've reviewed hundreds of different monthly wine clubs and found the following clubs to be the very best in regards to wine quality, customer service, pricing, and delivery / packing. We're currently testing a handful of new monthly wine clubs and will add them if they pass our tests. Our goal is to ensure you only work with the best monthly wine clubs available.
Overall Rating: Phenomenal
The Wine of the Month Club has earned our prestigious #1 ranking this year for their high quality wines (only 2 wines out of 400 tasted every month make the cut), exceptionally detailed wine education, affordable pricing, superb packaging that ensures every wine arrives safely as well as making a great presentation piece at dinner parties, and amazing customer service that we just can't stop raving about. (See pictures of what you will receive)
Wine Quality: Phenomenal
Every bottle of wine you receive from the Wine of the Month Club has been prescreened by a blue ribbon panel of tasters that evaluate and compare their favorites out of the 400 bottles of wine evaluated every month! The Wine of the Month Club is the ONLY wine club that goes to such extremes to ensure you only receive the highest quality wines every month.
Wine Education: Outstanding
The Wine of the Month Club provides more detailed information on the wines you will receive than any other wine club. You'll learn what's behind the wines distinctive taste, balance and character, as well as all about the people and vineyards that created it (See a sample).
Pricing:Outstanding
The Wine of the Month Club offers 3 different wine clubs that start at $19.98 a month for two bottles of wine. You get to choose whether you want 2 reds, 2 whites or one of each. For the quality of the wine you receive, $9.99 a bottle is an outstanding price.
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Overall Rating: Outstanding
For the 5th year in a row, 4 Seasons has earned our prestigious #2 rating for their high quality wines, great customer service and special packing techniques that ensured every bottle we received, every time, arrived safely. They offer the lowest prices and, in our humble opinion, some of the best wines available.
Wine Quality: Outstanding
Every quarter we receive a new 12 bottle shipment from 4 Seasons and we're always pleasantly surprised by quality of the wines. At only $5.83 a bottle, you'd expect these wines to be low quality, but that's just not the case with 4 Seasons.
Wine Education:Outstanding
4 Seasons does an excellent job of educating you on each and every wine that they deliver. You'll learn where the wine came from, what the growing season was like that gave the wine it's unique flavor, how it was harvested and what was added to make the wine so unique and delicious.
Pricing:Phenomenal
4 Seasons offers the lowest pricing out of all the wine clubs we've reviewed at only $5.83 a bottle. They also charge a $19.99 shipping and handling fee + tax.
Overall Rating: Excellent
The Wall Street Journal Wine Club tied for thid this year for their delicious wine picks, great education on each and every wine they send you, exceptionally low prices, and the wide variety of wines from around the world (France, Australia, Chile, Spain, California, Italy and Argentina) that you'll receive.
Wine Quality: Excellent
While the quality of wines that you'll receive from The Wall Street Journal Wine Club is excellent, we found them to be just a tiny bit lower than 4 Seasons. However, these are still great wines at an incredibly low prices though. We've yet to find one bottle of wine we did not like from WSJ.
Wine Education: Excellent
The wine notes that come with every bottle are very colorful and informative and vast improvement over previous years'. They now provide nearly as much info as Four Seasons does.
Pricing:Phenomenal
To compete with Four Seasons, The Wall Street Journal Wine Club is now matching their same low prices (only $5.83 a bottle). They also charge a $19.99 shipping and applicable tax.
Overall Rating: Excellent
Cellars Wine Club tied for third this year thanks to having THE BEST wines out of any wine club and their LARGE assortment of wine clubs: 90+ point wine club, international wine club, luxury wines, west coast wines, etc.
Wine Quality: Phenomenal
Just like last year, Cellars Wine Club has, by far, the best wines available out of all other wine clubs. No where else will you find a 90+ point wine club or a luxury wine club. You're going to pay more for it, but it's worth it!
Wine Education: Excellent
With every monthly wine club shipment, you'll receive a free newsletter detailing the wineries and wines featured in that shipment, tasting notes, food pairings, recipes, and other wine related articles.
Pricing: Excellent
Most wine clubs are not as inexpensive as 4 Seasons ($5.83 a bottle), and instead range in the $15 to $30 a bottle range. Cellar's falls right in that range, charging $14.97 to $149.95 a bottle, depending on the particular club you sign up for.
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Overall Rating: Very Good
The My Wines Direct Wine Club offers a 3 month and 6 month subscription service in which you can choose all reds, all whites or a blend of reds and whites. The wines come from award-winning boutique vineyards from California, Australia, Europe and South America.
Wine Quality: Very Good
We found the wine quality to be significantly higher than what you'll find in a grocery store, but it wasn't as good as the wine clubs listed above. We still recommend the wine club over the dozens of other ones that didn't make it in the directory this year.
Wine Education: Very Good
If you're looking for a high level of detail and education on the wines you receive and the vineyards they come from, then you may want to go with one of the wine clubs listed above. The education is still very good, but just not as detailed as it could have been.
Pricing: Excellent
At $16 a bottle, we feel the pricing is relatively low compared to the many other wine clubs we reviewed that didn't make to this year's list. Average wine club pricing is $15 to $30 a bottle, so we felt the pricing was excellent.
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