WSJ

Anybody have any experience with the Wall Street Journal Wine Club?
Just wondering if it was positive or negative?

On Dec 8, 12:08�pm, Howard <hap...@optonline.net> wrote:
> Anybody have any experience with the Wall Street Journal Wine Club?
> Just wondering if it was positive or negative?

Just my opinion but you can find better wines on your own.

On Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:08:48 -0500, Howard <happel@optonline.net>
wrote:

>Anybody have any experience with the Wall Street Journal Wine Club?
>Just wondering if it was positive or negative?

Actually WSJ Wines are a bit more than a "club". Yes, they've got the
Discovery Club which operates like most clubs, sending you a bottle or
two or three every month, but they also are an excellent source for a
widely priced selection of generally limited production wines.

I've been buying a case or two a month from them for over a year now
starting with one of their promotional mixed cases advertized in the
WSJ. I get a mailing periodically with some recent offerings and over
time have found a lot of excellent wines at low prices, typically from
$120-200/case. I've had PNs, malbecs, zins, shiraz/syrah, Chianti,
Barolo, a range of international whites, a stunning collection of 2005
Bordeaux from small Chateaus and in short never been disappointed in
any of them.

They've got an extensive online store although not all-encompassing,
for example I couldn't find any Beaujolais or Alsace wines in their
stock.

I'm living in a small town in the heartland, about an hour from major
wine outlets so I don't have the advantage of a wide selection locally
nor a knowledgeable merchant to guide me, so I'm usually admiring
colorful, artsy labels as a basis for finding new wines. Places like
the WSJ Wines operation do the discovery for me and I benefit.

Give them a try. You can't go wrong with one of their intro case
offerings and there is no "club" obligation.
Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
www.thundertales.blogspot.com
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