If you've been hesitant to join a wine club, you're not alone. These services, which send customers new bottles of wine to try each month, suffer from three major flaws: 1) They dictate what wines you'll get, regardless of what you enjoy drinking. 2) They can often seem snooty or intimidating — even to experienced wine drinkers. 3) They can be really expensive.
Enter Tasting Room by Lot18, a new, highly accessible wine club that ships customers incredible wines to match their tastes, and makes it really affordable.
How It Works
Tasting Room operates under the premise that they should be sending you wines you'll like, rather than just shipping out whatever they have in stock. To do this, they help you create a wine profile — and that's where the fun begins.
Join the club for less than $10, and Tasting Room will send you a wine tasting kit that includes six mini-bottles of red and white wine. Try them out in your own time — or invite some friends over to help with the process, because even though they're listed as "mini-bottles" these are pretty generous samples. From there, you answer questions online about what you did or didn't like, and Tasting Room is able to create a sophisticated profile covering your palate's preferences.
This is one of the key factors that sets Tasting Room apart from other wine clubs. Just as you've figured out over the years which foods you like best, this tasting kit lets you learn what kind of wines you enjoy most. It's not dumbed-down or pretentious, instead focusing on what you liked and why. That process not only ensures being delivered bottles you'll really want, but it also impacts how you'll order wine when visiting restaurants or buying gifts for friends in the future, making your overall wine experiences even more enjoyable.
Tasting Room then conveniently ships out your first case of 12 bottles of wine. Each case contains standard, 750ml bottles, personalized based on your wine profile and chosen by experienced wine curators—often directly from the source—and they're delivered right to your home. Shipments arrive every three months, which equals out to one nice bottle of wine per week, at about 40% off the retail price.
Right now, Tasting Room is also offering a great introductory offer. Your first case of wine is only $84.49 with $0 shipping — that's 50% off the normal price.
Plus, your purchase is 100% guaranteed. Where other wine clubs or grocery stores may not take returns or exchanges, if you're not happy with one of your bottles Tasting Room will replace it or provide you with a full credit toward your next purchase. And you can cancel your membership at any time.
Wines are meant to be enjoyed, and with Tasting Room by Lot18 you'll be able to do just that. From their innovative and fun profile creation, to great prices and shipments that remove the attitude and confusion, you'll be toasting to this new wine buying experience in no time.