I have tried a lot of online wine clubs over the years. Most seem to be selling overpriced wine from questionable wineries and lining their pockets rather than filling my glass with delicious wine. Online wine services have been the last thing I ever thought I would be recommending yet I think I have found an exception to the no-good-wine-online rule.
NakedWines.com is an oddly named yet revolutionary wine experience for online buyers. Their winemakers are talented independent wine makers who were sometimes making less than 100 cases per year. By financially supporting these talented craftspeople, NakedWines.com members can help the winemakers increase production and pass the products of their labor on to those who helped support them, the "Angels" or members of NakedWines. Hence the term, "Customer supported winery".
Think about it. Why is wine so expensive? Often these costs go into multimillion dollar estate tasting mansions, expensive advertising or marketing. NakedWines tries to minimize these expenses to get great wine into your home at an affordable price.
Think about it. Why is wine so expensive? Often these costs go into multimillion dollar estate tasting mansions, expensive advertising or marketing. NakedWines tries to minimize these expenses to get great wine into your home at an affordable price.
These are not cheap wines. If you are looking for another two-buck Chuck, you won't find it here. Most of these wines retail for around $20-30 but "Angels" (NakedWine members who voluntarily deposit $40 month into their account for their future wine purchases) get the wine at roughly half price. So how do these $10-12 bottles taste? Well, they are as good as I've had and I have had some very good wine over the years. These wines could easily compete with $30+ wines. Of the five wines that I've tasted so far from my "Discovery Case", I found four that I would purchase again without hesitation. Use my recommendation and get a $100 voucher to grab a "Discovery Case", I bet you will be blown away at the quality wines you receive for a very low price. (Disclosure: at this point I do not believe I get any credits for recommending this company. I will change this if I find my link gets me any credit with the company)
As you rate each wine, you can enter your opinions on the NakedWines website (or full featured app) and often the winemaker himself (or herself) will respond to your comments. Seriously, how often have you commuicated with the winemaker of wines you've purchased? Me? Never. When I recently reviewed a wine and clicked that I would not buy it again, I was contacted and asked if Naked Wines could credit my account for the bottles I did not enjoy I said yes, and immediately my account had been refunded for the price of the two bottles. What great customer service!
As you rate each wine, you can enter your opinions on the NakedWines website (or full featured app) and often the winemaker himself (or herself) will respond to your comments. Seriously, how often have you commuicated with the winemaker of wines you've purchased? Me? Never. When I recently reviewed a wine and clicked that I would not buy it again, I was contacted and asked if Naked Wines could credit my account for the bottles I did not enjoy I said yes, and immediately my account had been refunded for the price of the two bottles. What great customer service!
If you're in California and want to drop by their showroom, they regularly have food and music events to accompany wine tastings. They also have "Meet the Winemaker" events where you get to learn about the winemakers you are supporting. Sometimes the winemaker will even bring some food to serve with their wines. This is building customer loyalty one drinker at a time rather than through a marketing blitz.
This is a win-win situation for wine makers and wine drinkers.. Small winemakers want to make great wine but need funding to make that happen. Wine drinkers want the best possible wine but are getting ripped off when most of the price of the bottle is going to marketing. Naked Wines helps you directly support great winemakers while getting their top notch product to you at an affordable price.
For an in depth article on NakedWines, click here.
This is a win-win situation for wine makers and wine drinkers.. Small winemakers want to make great wine but need funding to make that happen. Wine drinkers want the best possible wine but are getting ripped off when most of the price of the bottle is going to marketing. Naked Wines helps you directly support great winemakers while getting their top notch product to you at an affordable price.
For an in depth article on NakedWines, click here.
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