Advice regarding wine clubs

[olle]

Please help!!

I apologize for the rather remedial question, but I’ve decided I should start educating myself about wine. I’ve always liked wine and now I think it’s about time I learned the basics.

So my question is, are wine clubs a good way to start learning about wines and varietals?

I recently saw an ad online about a wine club from Trinchero Winery, I believe it’s called proprietor’s club. I thought it sounded fun since you would get winemaker notes and pairing suggestions with each delivery. What I liked about it was it looked very non-committal. I think it was only $40 for two bottles delivered every other month with no membership fees...or somthing like that...

If any of you could check it out and let me know if I’m missing something or if it’s not a good idea, I’d really appreciate it. I would hate to sign up for something and find out later that it was a bad idea. The information page is:
http://www.trincherowinery.com/propclub/landing.html

Are there any other good wine clubs that I should check out??? I mentioned the wine club above because I just happened to come across their ad today and it started me thinking that a wine club could be a good way to learn etc.

Thanks in advance for any expert advice you could give to this budding wine enthusiast! [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img]

Cheers!

Olle


[This message has been edited by olle (edited 07-30-2003).]