Starting November 1st we’ll be launching a fun, tasty, educational, wine buying club that features one ConsciousWinery per month. What’s special about a ConsciousWinery? They follow ConsciousWine’s 4 Principles: 100% organically grown grapes, sustainably (or holistically farmed), creating vital products that rock! All wineries on consciouswine.com have been ‘vetted’ in person to meet these principles. Our focus on the website and in CW’s Winery of the Month Club will be primarily wines & wineries from the West Coast of the United States.

What’s special about CW’s Winery of the Month Club?

Lots! Club Members receive a Winery of the Month 2-bottle pack either monthly, bi-monthly, or quarterly. You choose how often you want to receive a pack at time of sign up. You can change this at any time. The pack ranges in price from $50-$70 plus shipping, handling & taxes (where applicable). Shortly after each month’s packs are shipped, Club Members receive an e-mail which includes 3 main features:

1. The date, time and link to attend a Club Member Only Webinar where Jeff Weissler (aka The ConsciousWineGuy) will taste the 2 wines in the pack, introduce the ‘Winery of the Month’, share wine & food pairing ideas, take questions, and probably embarrass himself a little. The webinar will be 30 minutes in length. You can taste along at home or just gather some ideas for when you do enjoy the wines. A separate e-mail will be sent to all Club Members on the details of being part of the on-line event. If you don’t attend the actual event, it will live on YouTube & ConsciousWine’s Facebook Page.

2. A list of all the wines presently available from ConsciousWine’s Winery of the Month. If you choose to place an additional order (12 bottle minimum with mix & match allowed) within the calendar month that the winery is highlighted, you will receive a special 20% discount off the normal retail prices!!!

3. A short introduction to CW’s Winery of the Month, and links to both information on the winery & the wines in the club shipment.

 Additional Club Member Features & Benefits:

1. The Menu & The Wine List Video Series–6 videos created to help you with pairing wine & food while dining out.

2. Discounts on all ConsciousWine Dinner’s, Events & Tours!

3. You’ll be entered in a monthly drawing for a 1 hour consultation with Jeff Weissler (aka The ConsciousWineGuy) on anything wine.

4. If you’re traveling to West Coast Wine Country you can call for a 1 hour consultation (FREE only as a Club Member) to help make your trip rock! Tell us what you like in wine & we’ll tell you where to go. You’ll have a hand tailored itinerary based on ConsciousWine’s commitment to supporting vital choices to both palate & planet. Normal rate for this service is $75/hr.

How do you sign up for CW’s Winery of the Month Club?

The sign-up on the website will be available the end of the 1st week in October.

For now, you can comment on this post, drop us a note at info@consciouswine.com or call 541-531-7653 and we’ll get you hooked up!

Totally excited to be getting this together & looking forward to sharing these amazing wines with you.

Cheerio!

Jeff & The ConsciousWine-ers

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1.  In June of 1924, Rudolf Steiner presented 8 lectures over 10 days. Approximately 100 farmers had gathered in Koberwitz, Germany to hear those talks. Today those lectures can be found in a book called Agriculture, and are what became the foundation of Biodynamic® farming today. Continue reading “Biodynamic Farming & Vineyards: <br/>10 Things to Know” »

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Why not buy American wine? I’m not saying anything negative about foreign wine… you know, that juice from France (who love Americans so much!) or Italy (where the wine ALWAYS tastes much better when you’re over there) or Argentina, Chili or down under… Continue reading “Buy American Wine!!!” »

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Tasting notes for wine were on the agenda for our gang of 3. Our mission was older wine, and a note taking stream as air and wine danced together. Cabernet Sauvignon from California producer, Michel Schlumberger has a style and personality filled with nooks and crannies. Our palates, pens and imaginations were focused on tasting notes for wine. Continue reading “Tasting Notes for Wine: Michel Schlumberger Cabernet Sauvignon” »

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My ears perked up… like a deer. What I was listening to was the thought in my mind for a particular taste in wine. As I moved in the direction of action, I realized my wallet was not in sync with the thoughts spreading from my mind to my taste buds. The $18 for the bottle of wine I desired was beyond my budget for the day. What to do? Who to call?

I’ll confess that on dry wallet days, I’ve satisfied many urges by trips to Grocery Outlet. They get national closeouts at very low prices and pass them on at low markups. It makes for a very happy moment, but… that’s not ConsciousWine. Continue reading “Finding Value Wine on a Budget” »

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Tasting Notes from The ConsciousWine Guy

The tasting notes below break my own rules on espousing thoughts of descriptors for public viewing. Wine descriptions are funny things; often filled with words that confuse more than clarify.

After 30 years in the wine biz, I’ve trained myself to hold off the use of many of these descriptors to select private conversations. I enjoy describing wine in ways that give you ideas about how and when to enjoy wine, leaving the details to the individual taster. You never know who got attacked by a wild strawberry when they were six and would never taste strawberry in a wine, regardless of how many wine writers might claim a wine’s expression of wild strawberry. Continue reading “Let it Breathe” »

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