Palate Club Wine Clubs Review

Membership Policies

Palate Club gives you the flexibility to choose how many bottles of red or white wine you want, how much you want to spend per bottle, and how often you want the wine sent to you. Interestingly, your first order will consist of four half-bottles—all red or all white depending on your selection. Palate Club will ask you to rate what you are sent, so they can begin to get to know your wine preferences and make more tailored recommendations to you in the future. After your first order, you can customize your settings in the Palate Club mobile app and choose a mix of reds and whites in future orders.

Pricing

The wines Palate Club advertises on its website range in price from $17 to $59, but if you delve deep into their collection, you'll find bottles costing up to $200 per bottle. The cost of the monthly wine club service depends on how many bottles you want sent to you each month and your preferred general price range. If you're just interested in purchasing wines à la carte, you can do this as well. All available wines and prices are listed on Palate Club's website. Shipping is free if you purchase six or more bottles at a time. Customers may pause or cancel membership at any time through Palate Club's mobile app.

Product Variety

Palate Club offers wines from all over the world, which makes it a perfect choice for wine enthusiasts, adventurous, or those interested in learning more about worldwide wine culture. The wines they include in their collection come from small, boutique wineries—bottles you're unlikely to find in stores. Palate Club focuses on sustainably-produced wines, as well. The company takes an innovative approach, encouraging customers to blind taste test and rate the wines they taste via mobile app. They even sell a "blind tasting kit" on their website. The ratings you provide allow Palate Club's wine experts to tailor their recommendations to your unique preferences in future orders. The company is very selective: only 5% of the wines they taste make it onto their site.

Currently, Palate Club only offers red, white, and rose wines, but will be adding sparkling wines in the future. You can view a complete list of all wines currently available at the Palate Club website and learn a little more about each of them before you buy.

Access to Experts

Palate Club connects its members to its wine experts primarily through its mobile app. Users rate the wines they're shipped. This helps the company's wine experts get a sense of which other wines customers may want to try in future orders. Palate Club is so confident in its methodology that it promises to replace any bottle you don't like free of charge with your purchase of a new order. This does not apply to the initial tasting kit, which is necessary to get some basic information about your wine preferences.

Palate Club also maintains a wine blog on its website, which can help you learn a little more about how to pair wines with food, how to preserve wines, and just about anything else you need to become a connoisseur.

Shipping Availability

Palate Club currently ships its wines to 24 states and the District of Columbia. The exact shipping costs depend on where you live and how many bottles you order, but if you order at least six bottles, shipping is free. You'll receive a confirmation email with a tracking number once your order ships. Wines are usually shipped within 48 hours of order confirmation.