Three top Australian wine clubs to sign up to this coming year

Interested in getting reduced prices on quality wine, access to rare bottles, first dibs on new releases and complimentary cellar door tastings? Then you better sign up to a few of Australia’s top wine clubs. 

Those run by wineries themselves come in a few different forms – but the core benefits include being treated like wine royalty. You’ll be the first they go to when releasing new collections, you’ll often be the only ones to try rare museum releases, and you’ll even get discounted prices on wines and cellar door experiences throughout the year. Signing up to a few great wine clubs really is the ultimate wine hack. 

But just about every winery has its own wine club these days – with its own rules and offers. So, to make picking easier, we have chosen to highlight just three that are more than worth your while. 

Read on to find out more about the brilliant Crittenden Estate and Domaine Naturaliste wine clubs, plus our own Halliday Wine Club. 

The Crittenden Wine Club  

The Crittenden Wine Club is open to all fans of this Halliday-rated 5-Red Star winery, and it requires absolutely no fees (you can also pause the membership whenever you like). All members get unlimited tastings at the Mornington Peninsula cellar door (for two people), special event pricing, free prosecco when dining at the restaurant and one complimentary Private Tasting Room experience per year for up to eight guests (valued at $45 per person).

These are all brilliant perks, but the main drawcard is the discounted wine offers. Platinum members get 20% off wine purchases – simply committing to purchasing 12 bottles every quarter. If you prefer to get less wine, then you can opt in for the gold membership, which gets you 15% off all wine, only committing to buying six bottles every quarter (or 12 bottles twice a year). For both tiers of membership, you can choose any wines you like – no need for a lucky dip. 

And if all this wasn't enough, members also get priority access to new, limited and museum wines, plus free delivery Australia-wide. Signing up is a no-brainer.

You can sign up to The Crittenden Wine Club at their cellar door or via the team’s website.

Domaine Naturaliste’s In the Domaine Wine Club

An In the Domaine Wine Club membership gives wine lovers a stack of perks throughout the year. Not only are you guaranteed an allocation of wines across the winery’s ranges, but you also get free delivery two to four times a year, and a 20% discount applied to all wine purchases. You’ll also get exclusive invites to events (with discounts), plus a complimentary seated wine flight (valued at $25) when visiting the team’s own cellar door in Margaret River. 

The first wine club membership is called Bruce’s Selection, which sees you receive 12 bottles every summer and winter – consisting of a carefully curated selection of current, pre-release and museum-release wines hand picked by owner and winemaker Bruce Dukes.

Option 2 lets you pick a dozen wines twice a year (summer and winter) that are then delivered right to your door. And Option 3 gives you the opportunity to choose six wines four times a year. Pick which membership offering works for you based on how much you want to drink, and if you’d rather pick your own wines or let Bruce decide for you. 

Thankfully, you’re not totally locked in with any of these wine club memberships. You can change your order, skip a delivery or put your membership on hold whenever you like. Want to order more wine than is included in the membership? You also get 20% off any additional wine orders. And to make things even easier, there’s no joining fee or ongoing fees – just top-quality discounted wine throughout the year.

Sign up by emailing wineclub@domainenaturaliste.com.au or by calling (08) 9755 6776. More information can also found on their website.

Halliday Wine Club 

Unlike the above inclusions, the Halliday Wine Club gives you access to wines from a huge range of Australian and New Zealand producers – not just one.

Simply sign up for a membership, and we will deliver two highly rated wines right to your door every month. The focus here is quality over quantity. These aren’t necessarily meant to be your midweek quaffers – instead they are special wines you treat yourself to every other week or so.

And just how special these wines are depends on your membership tier. Our entry-level membership is called the Explorer. For $89 a month, this wine club membership will help you broaden your palate with a selection of highly recommended silver and gold medal wines chosen by our experts.

The Enthusiast membership is then one step up, costing $139 a month. Designed for both budding wine enthusiasts and oenophiles, this membership will help you elevate your drinking experiences to new heights with our gold medal wine selection.

And lastly, there is the Collector membership, which ranges in price every month (from $250-$400). For this top-tier class, we source Australia and New Zealand’s greatest wines – which are often very difficult to find. Understandably, spaces are highly limited for this bracket.

But no matter which tier of membership you choose, you will receive two highly rated wines (hand picked by our experts) every month – delivered right to your door. And you can pause your membership at any time, so there’s no need to commit to anything long term.

You can sign up to the Halliday Wine Club anytime via our website.

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