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California Wine Club–Month 3

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Since 1990, club owners Bruce and Pam Boring have traveled California’s wine country searching for limited-production wines from small, family-owned wineries dedicated to the art of making fine wine. Whether for yourself or a gift, CWC membership is an adventure in wine tasting that will not be experienced anywhere else.

They journey not only to Napa and Sonoma, but to less-explored wine regions like Santa Barbara, Monterey, the Sierra Foothills and beyond.

Membership costs nothing, you can cancel anytime, and every wine is 100% guaranteed.

More than three-quarters of California’s 2,100+ wineries are small, boutique, mom-and-pop operations whose wines never travel beyond their local markets and private customer lists. Come discover them with us!

Our Thoughts …

We love when our wine shows up.  Who knew that we would look forward to getting alcohol in the mail so much?  Once again, the folks at California Wine Club picked out a couple of beauties for us.  We received two award-winning estate wines from Tulip Hill winery.

The Red was a lovely Cabepulciano (yeah, I didn’t have a clue, either).  Basically, it’s a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Montepulciano grapes (Italian grapes grown in California soil).  It has those yummy tart-sweet tastes of berries in the summer with that little tiny depth of chocolate.  I’m not much for sipping red wines (I prefer them with a meal), but this was pretty enjoyable to just sit down with.

The White was a Reserve Chardonnay.  It has that bright crispness of any good Chardonnay with a hint of lemon and just a touch of flavor from the oak barrel that it aged in.  It would pair very well with some cheese and fruit platters over the Christmas season.  Too bad it’s no longer with us.  Maybe next time.

California Wine Club is excellent as a last minute gift idea for that finicky friend or loved one.  You know…the one that buys what they want whenever they want even during the month of December, leaving no gift ideas for anyone?  (Can you tell how annoyed that has me?)  Anyway, this gift doesn’t commit them to just one thing.  They get a variety of wines that, in many cases, they simply could not buy themselves unless they were actually at that particular winery.  Really, you are giving the gift of exclusivity.  Your friend or loved one will receive fantastic wines that they could never find in the stores!

To top it all off, CWC once again has a special offer for our readers … Get a 10% discount off of wine club memberships and gifts using the promo code, simplebudget. If you try out The California Wine Club, use the same promo code and not only will they take off 10% off your first month, but they will also send an extra bottle of wine in your first month shipment as a special joining offer for being one of our readers. There is no obligation to stay past the first month!

Once again, we are THRILLED to be able to offer one of readers a one month subscription to California Wine Club! Please note the state that does not allow wine to be mailed!!! If you live in that state, we are sorry to say you can’t enter this giveaway so please go enter another live giveaway we have!

 

Details:
This drawing will end Tuesday, December 20th at 11:59pm EST. The winner will have 48 hours to reply with their address. You must include your email address in the comment form so you can be contacted if you are a winner! You must complete the Mandatory Entry for the additional entries to count.

This giveaway is open to US residents only (except Utah residents) who are 21 years or older!

So how do you enter?

Mandatory Entry: Tell me your favorite type of wine or favorite wine!

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NOTE: We were sent a sample product in support of this review. No other compensation was received. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are our honest opinion.

Comments

  1. I don’t know much about wine, but I do know that my favorite is Riesling white wines. I like the sweetness of it. I am not a big fan of red wine at all!

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  63. my favorite wine is Moscato

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