I'm ashamed to admit, the screw top once upon a time used to fit just right. When I was younger I really didn't appreciate good wine. I couldn't afford too, at least so I thought. As I got older, so my taste in friends matured, as did my taste for wine. One friend was quite the wine connoisseur. He must have belonged to nearly a dozen wine clubs. He always had a bottle, and some of it even tasted like chocolate. His Christmas gifts were always wine gifts, and pretty soon we developed an appreciation for fine wine. Boon's Farm just wouldn't do any longer.
I figured these wine gifts must have cost $30 a bottle, since I priced the same bottles in the grocery store. My friend made decent money, but he wasn't rich by any means. I couldn't understand how he could afford such extravagant wine gifts, and he shared them like they were candy. That's until one late night over an exquisite bottle of wine, he bragged he only paid $10 for it, though I'd seen the same bottle on a wine shop's shelf for nearly $30. That's when he told me about the beauty of wine clubs and how their value really adds up. He gets the best deals on all types of wine gifts through the wine of the month club.
Wine clubs? Who would have thought? Like business, wine pays to be well connected. I joined a wine of the month club, and it was surprisingly affordable. Through my wine club, I receive new wine gifts every month, and their only $10 a bottle. Wine clubs make it affordable to drink truly exquisite wine. Thanks to the wine club of the month, I can afford to be a wine snob.
Best of all is the variety of wine clubs available. They've got a wine club for just about every taste and flavor. Surprisingly affordable, my wife and I decided to join several wine clubs to get a broad spectrum. We regularly enjoy wine gifts from California, France, Belgium, so we really get a feel for wine from all over the world. Thanks to the wine club of the month, we're pretty familiar these days with fine wine.
No, we're not snobs. We're just wine snobs. There's a difference. It's okay to get picky about wine gifts. Thanks to the wine of the month club, we can afford to be. Why not taste the good life when it's only $10 a bottle?
Priscilla Page is the author of this article on Wine Gifts. Find more information about Wine of the Month Club here.
