Best Mixed Variety Wine Clubs

SommSelect was founded by Ian Cauble, one of fewer than 300 Master Sommeliers in the world. The New York Times Wirecutter has named it one of the four best wine clubs available. After three shipments, I understand why - and I understand the one significant caveat you need to know before joining.

Two MIT graduates built an algorithm to match you to wine better than a sommelier could. After six shipments and 24 bottles, here is the honest verdict on whether the technology actually works - and whether $88 per month for four bottles is competitive value.

The oldest continuously operating independent wine club in the US. Gold Medal has been selecting award-winning boutique California wines since 1992. Six plan tiers from $40 to $188 per month - and after reviewing dozens of clubs, this one still earns its place.

Plonk is the wine club built by Etty Klein - a certified chef and sommelier who decided the subscription market needed more certified organic sourcing, more unusual grapes, and fewer safe commercial selections. After four shipments, I think she was right.

The original. Wine of the Month Club was founded in 1972 - fifty years before algorithm-driven startups reimagined the category. Still run by the same family. Still sourcing from boutique wineries worldwide. After half a century, does it hold up?

Naked Wines runs on a deceptively simple idea: wine drinkers fund independent winemakers directly, and in return get access to bottles they could never find in a shop. Four consecutive years as America's #1 rated wine club. I've been a member for three of them, and the ranking is not wrong.

Over thirty years finding small California wineries that most people will never hear about, and delivering their wine to subscribers at prices that make the alternatives look overpriced. The Case Club tier in particular is one of the strongest value propositions in wine subscriptions anywhere.

Roscioli is Rome's most celebrated wine cellar and deli, with relationships built across Italian wine country over five decades. Their club ships bottles that simply don't exist in the export market — rare producers, unusual grapes, and wines that make you rethink what Italian wine can be.

Firstleaf built their entire model around a real frustration — most wine clubs ignore what you actually tell them you like. Their quiz-and-feedback loop gets meaningfully smarter over time, and at $14.99 a bottle for their exclusive range, the price-to-quality balance is one of the better ones in this market.

A small, woman-owned Portland operation that stocks only certified organic, biodynamic, and natural wine — and lets you customise your subscription down to specific grape varieties and regions. The most flexible organic wine subscription in the US.