![]() Fast forward 10-15 years later, and we do have some wonderfully aged wines. Then, after inventorying them in Cellartracker, let them sit. Back in the day when Loni and I traveled across the San Francisco Bay Area up to Napa and Sonoma to shoot videos, we would take advantage of our proximity and pickup reasonably priced wines whenever we could. ![]() On the other hand we did convert a small closet underneath a staircase into a small wine cellar/pantry many years ago, and shared that experience with photos here on Stark Insider. And for my budget you can pickup more than decent California whites and reds. Those two places have great deals on wines in my view. But I’m an everyday day Trader Joe’s/Costco kind of guy. Naked Wines – Are the wines actually any good? Jac Cole Russian River Valley Oak Fermented Chardonnay 2018.Stephen Miller Angels Reserve Lodi Pinot Grigio 2018 Dave Harvey Columbia Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2018.Here’s the lineup of wines I received in this order: The Naked Wines shipment arrived at my doorstep in a matter of days, despite the coronavirus which as we all know too well was, and is, impacting and disrupting just about everything in our lives. I was quite surprised how fast the wines arrived. Logging in synced my order, so that I could see the six wines that were coming, with notes and details about each. RELATED: Naked launches a $5m fund to buy wine (Meininger’s)Īnd they suggested I download the companion Naked Wines app, which I did on my iPhone. California tax added $3.24 for a grand total of only $38.23 to my door. says it normally charges $84.99 for the “White Wine Discovery 6 Pack.” With a $50 voucher promo, that came down to $34.99. Low and behold, the wine was excited to meet me: That’s something that can’t necessarily be said about ordering direct from most wineries these days. Regardless, the order process was quite slick, and every bit as modern as you’d expect in 2020. Part of me regrets that, and wondered how the reds might have fared. I went for the whites, what with this relentless California sun and all. You can select between reds, whites or a mix. I clicked on the ad… and off I went on the Naked Wines Experience. Plus, they promised, these were predominantly wines from California and the West Coast - virtually my only regions to source pandemic wines these days. There must be a catch right? Well, there was only one way to find out. Though I had seen sponsored ads for Naked Wines pop up from time to time on my Facebook feed, I didn’t yet have the nerve to click through. I had to know first hand: was the Naked Wines ( LON: WINE) experience as good or as controversial as some suggest?Īt the height of COVID-19 when there were a lot of unknowns out there (not there aren’t currently that’s for sure), I took the plunge. I finally succumbed, and gave into curiosity.
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