Receive Exceptional Wines Delivered to Your Front Door with New Wine Club by Whole Foods Market®
September 11 2014 - 12:09PM
Business Wire
Company’s wine experts take guess work out of
wine shopping and gifting with limited production, hand-selected
bottles
Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM), the world’s leading natural
and organic foods supermarket, is launching Wine Club by Whole
Foods Market on Oct. 1, to bring extraordinary, one-of-a-kind wines
from around the world directly to wine lovers’ homes.
Whole Foods Market has partnered with wine.com to offer Wine
Club members four shipments of six bottles each a year at the price
of $125 per shipment, including shipping costs. Additional shipping
charges may apply for shipments to Alaska and Hawaii. The exquisite
wines, which epitomize variety and regional nuance, are
hand-selected by Whole Foods Market’s wine experts, Doug Bell,
global beverage buyer, and Devon Broglie, associate global beverage
buyer and Master Sommelier, who have over 50 years of experience
between them in the wine industry.
“Whole Foods Market has had a long-standing commitment to
offering high-quality wines to customers. We were the first
national grocer to open wine bars in our stores and the first to
serve wines from kegs in order to preserve freshness and encourage
sustainability,” said Bell. “The Wine Club by Whole Foods Market
marks another first for the company, and we see it as the next
evolution to satisfy and delight our very passionate wine shoppers.
And, we look forward to turning on potential new shoppers or
enthusiasts who might not live near a Whole Foods Market to some
delicious wines.”
Just in time for holidays, shoppers may select between one and
four shipments for gift memberships and can choose the date they’d
like the first shipment delivered. Ongoing subscribers will receive
new shipments in February, May, September and November and will
receive their first shipment within a week of signing up. To sign
up to be notified when the Wine Club launches on Oct. 1, visit
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/wine-club.
The Wine Club by Whole Foods Market makes it easy and enjoyable
to try limited production wines, from old favorites to new, more
obscure varieties. Tasting notes for the wines in the first
shipment are below.
- Santa Julia Magna
2011 (Argentina) – This elegant, well-balanced red blends
cabernet sauvignon, malbec and bonarda and has rich blackberry and
plum notes with dark chocolate and exotic spice. This is an
excellent, robust blend with great depth.
- H&G Los
Carneros Pinot Noir 2012 (California) – This true example of
California pinot noir showcases dark cherries, crisp cranberries
and vanilla with an attractive crisp acidity.
- Sea Pines
Chardonnay 2013, Russian River Valley (California) – Subtle
aromas belie big flavors of green apple, lemon and vanilla bean. A
pleasant richness hints at the use of just the right amount of oak
for a lovely balance.
- Ca’Selva
Prosecco (Italy) – Beautifully fresh and
flavorful, this bubbly is made from organically grown grapes. Pale
straw yellow with greenish highlights and an elegant,
long-lingering foam, this wine has aromas of apples and peaches and
is refreshingly fruit-forward with a hint of tartness.
- Chateau
Boissezon-Guiraud St. Chinian 2012 (France) – Juicy without
being over-ripe, this rich, luscious Languedoc red has a fine
complexity on the nose with notes of violet, anise and aromatic
Mediterranean herbs.
- Chateau Fonfroide
Bordeaux Rouge 2012 (France) – Merlot, cabernet franc,
cabernet sauvignon and malbec join together to create a nose that
is intense and expressive, offering berry and spices scents, with
blackcurrant, currant and vanilla notes. On the palate, the wine is
well structured, with supple and silky tannins.
Visit wholefoodsmarket.com/wineclub to learn more.
Whole Foods MarketAshley Hawkins,
512-542-0381Ashley.Hawkins@wholefoods.com
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