Monday, October 27, 2008

Wine clubs are the place for wine lovers

By June Beezy

Wine clubs are popping up all over the place - not only because of our passion and pure love for wine, but mainly the reason is of a basic need to gather and discuss subjects that are intimate to us and we just want to share it with the rest of the world.

Even doctors recommend drinking a glass of wine a day because it is actually good for your health. It cuts down on your risks of getting a heart attack. Plus the great thing about wine is it comes in all prices. I can't tell you how many times I've bought wine just because I didn't have enough money for a 6 pack of beer.

Now that wine and especially home wine making is getting very popular, this is the best time to start your own wine club. No you don't have to be an expert, just gather other wine lovers and drink. Most clubs meet up for every 30 days and come up with new wonderful information about wine and wine and making wine at home.

Pick a main person to get the ball rolling and plan out your wine club meetings. Then, let the word out to other wine lovers about what you're doing. Choose the wine club members that will be reliable in attendance and passionate in their devotion to wine.

At first offer a limited membership - don't have too many members when you begin the club. Too many members will lessen the possibility of developing a close long term relationship with others in the wine club.

Next step is to gather some wine making magazines, hit up some wine making clubs and even just google for the latest wines or what not. I usually google it or go to my wine shop and just talk to the people who work their for the latest wines that I can discuss at my club.

Now when you get wine for your club, make sure you invest a little in wine glasses. After all, you want to make sure that you want to have the best wine club around. Don't worry though as wine glasses are fairly inexpensive.

Online wine clubs offer great selections of wines at great prices. You may want to begin with some good domestic wines. Find out all you can about the vineyards, grapes and production methods used for the wines you've selected so that you can discuss it at the meeting.

To make the meetings more interactive, try to get everyone's opinion on the same wine. A lot of wine clubs have wine rating cards, where each member rates the wine in their own way and than you compare all the ratings together. I guess you can call it playing wine games.

It's a natural process for human beings to gather in groups and discuss subjects of interest. There is so much to learn about wines that your club will never be at a loss about what to discuss and learn. Enjoy!

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