How-To: Get a Good Deal on Wine

Drinking wine can be an expensive habit. While “Two Buck Chuck” and boxed wine can be an efficient alcohol delivery system, you need to invest a little more to find a wine to really complement your meal. There are a few strategies that will help you save some money, when you find a wine you really love.

-Retail Sales:

Wine shops usually run sales throughout the year, to move old stock. This is a bit harder to find the exact wine you are looking for, but sometimes it can result in an interesting find.

-Retail Discounts:

They also often offer discounts, when you buy a case of wine. This usually lets you mix and match some of your favorite wines, or adding some new wines into the mix, as well.

-Direct Sales: 

Wineries sometimes sell directly from their website, helping to cut out distributor and retailer costs, or at least buy some wines at a decent price, compared to special ordering through the local wine store.

-Flash Sites: 

Websites like Lot18, Wines ‘Til Sold Out, and Woot.Wine offer daily deals,marking down wines to help wineries and retails move overstock. Another method where its difficult to find the exact wine you are looking for, but where you can find something new and interesting.