cawineclub.com
A Harvest Sale with 30% off all wines was an upbeat headliner coming from the California Wine Club. Based in California, this is one of the oldest and most reliable wine clubs around.
The website went through a redesign and upgrade earlier this year and is not only more attractive but also much easier to use.
As for the wines offered, what is most appealing is that the wineries are real, not custom labels, and the wines are not the typical fare or your pretend cult wine.
As I’ve mentioned before, when you see a $100 or so bottle of wine reduced by 50-60% in a flash sale or a daily offering, it was overpriced to begin with. Regardless of the hype, it is being dumped.
With the current wines offered by the California Wine Club, here are a few of the wines that have great appeal at 30% and are seldom offered online.
Heading my list are these:
2020 Handley Cellars Pinot Noir
2021 Testarossa Pinot Noir and also its Chardonnay
2020 Dragonette Syrah from Santa Ynez
2019 Keller Estate Syrah
2020 Wrath Pinot Noir
2020 Jeff Cohn Zinfandel
2022 Onesta Rose of Cinsault
The sale is on until September 30th Code: HARVEST
Other Breaking News!!
Vinesse
Vinesse, once a big and active wine club, is part of Vintage Wine Estates’ portfolio. Last month, that company filed for bankruptcy and over the last few weeks some brands have been sold at auction.
Vinesse was recently the target of a bid from the Full Glass company, a specialist in direct to consumer wines.
Full Glass already owns three wine clubs: Winc, Bright Cellars, and Wine Insiders. So Vinesse seems destined to join this group.
Vintage Wine Estates was a mix of wineries such as Clos Pegase, Kunde, Swanson, Girard and brands without the winery like Qupe. It also has custom labels like Bar Dog which must be a woofer.
Since those wineries and brands have been auctioned off to multiple buyers, Vinesse will likely not have access to them.
Members may want to stock up on their favorite wines before they disappear.
nakedwines.com
Don’t know what to make of it, if anything, but a few wines from nakedwines.com are showing up in discount stores at drastically reduced prices.
As one example, wines from Rick Boyer, a well-known winemaker, were spotted at several stores. The 2021 Rick Boyer Syrah caught my attention at the $6.99 bottle price.
Another winemaker in the nakedwine stable is Benjamin Darnault whose wines I’ve liked in the past.
His 2020 La Cote Doree has also been seen on several store shelves for $6.99.
Maybe these winemakers have dropped out of the program.
Or maybe the particular wine has been discontinued.
Or whatever!!
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