Local Wineries and Wine Education

There are tons of wine clubs out there. In fact, you can easily find a wine club based on almost any sub set of the wine market that you are interested in. There are California Wine Clubs, Italian Wine Clubs and even wine clubs based on specific grape types such as Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot or even Chardonnay. Heck wine stores and wine importers often have their own clubs as well.

The big question, of course, is how you gain the best value from joining any of these wine clubs. Personally speaking, I love a free glass of wine. For that reason, among others, I can’t see myself joining many online wine clubs, instead I am more interested in finding a wine club which is part of a local winery. A local winery offers a few real advantages for a wine drinker.

First their wine is likely to be available anywhere you’d be interested in finding it. Secondly there are going to be ample opportunities for wine tasting either in person at the winery, or at some of their wine education events. Most local wineries will do some wine education because it allows them to market once again to you, in a fun way.

What wine drinker isn’t interested in helping to make their favorite wine? Of course, you can also take wine tasting classes as well. One thing you’re likely to learn almost immediately upon spending time with a winemaker is that they take the whole tasting note thing so much less seriously than the person working in the tasting room does. The winemaker is worried about the overall quality and experience rather than if someone can taste raspberries in their wine. For a wine drinker without an experienced palate, that is a freeing thought to be sure and one great aspect of wine education from a local winery!