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Great Taste For Gifts

December 2, 2007 on 2:35 pm | In life |

Wine clubs can be a great asset when giving gifts during the holiday season, but if you love wine like I do, then they are terrific all year round. The Gold Medal wine club is my favorite. Not only can you select the types of wine you get, unlike some wine clubs that send everyone the same selection for the month, but they have a great newletter that comes with every selection. I recently received a bottle of Madrona Cabernet Sauvignon, and Madrona Merlot.

They come from the Madrona Estate in the El Dorado region of California. That’s another great thing about wine clubs. You get to find terrific wines from vineyards you wouldn’t normally find on your supermarket shelves.

I like the newletter that comes with the offerings because you learn about the vineyards, and the people behind the wines. This recent one came with an article on the Bush family who own and operate the Madrona Winery.

With Gold Medal Wine Club you also get to participate and give reviews of the wines you receive. Just like in a wine tasting you can judge each wine for appearance, aroma, body, flavor, texture, and aftertaste thereby influencing the future selections as well as giving other members the benefit of your opinions, and you get theirs as well.

If you love wine, or know someone else who does, a wine club gift is a great present any time of year.