Best Wine Delivery Services

For overall ease of use, affordability, and reliable fast delivery, it’s hard to beat Winc. Formerly called Club W, Winc is known for its “palate profile” test, which lets new users take a short online quiz about their taste preferences. From there, Winc’s algorithm compiles a profile of the types of wines the user will likely enjoy. And the wine selections go well beyond the familiar territory of Pinot Grigio and Cabernet Sauvignon. You can expect to encounter a diversity of grape varieties like Vermentino, Zwigelt, and Touriga Nacional.

Other features that set Winc apart are their flashy and irreverent wine labels, their fast shipping, and the comparatively low price of their service. First-time users get an introductory price of $29.99 for their first shipment, which includes four bottles and free shipping. After that, subscriptions start at $39.99 per month for three bottles, plus $9 shipping. If you add an additional bottle to your order, they’ll waive the shipping so you’ll save more money per bottle. (After all, who isn’t confident in their ability to drink four bottles of wine in a month?)

• Three bottles for $39.99 per month, plus $9 shipping
• Four bottles for $52 per month, with free shipping

Tracing its roots to the pre-internet days of 1982, Wine Insiders is an online shop that offers economically-priced wines by establishing direct relationships with wineries around the globe. While bottles may be purchased a la carte, Wine Insiders requires a three-bottle minimum purchase. Shipping is $14.95, but that fee is waived for orders with six or more bottles. To get the best value, you can sign up for the Wine Insiders Club, where you’ll receive an introductory shipment of 15 bottles for $89 plus tax. After that, you’ll get quarterly 12-bottle shipments for $155 each, plus tax. (That comes to an average cost of about $13 plus tax per bottle.)

Sweetening the deal, Wine Insiders offers a 100% satisfaction guarantee, promising to credit the account of any user who receives a wine they don’t like. Bonus gifts like corkscrews and wine accessories deliver further value to users who stick with this economical service.

• 12 bottles for $155 plus tax every 12 weeks

Drizly may be the only wine delivery service on our list whose name has evolved to exist as both a noun and a verb. It provided a crucial source of relief and refreshment to the millions of us who found ourselves indefinitely stuck at home in 2020. So, it’s not surprising that Drizly’s wine selection is capacious. If a bottle can be found at a retailer near you, there’s a good chance that Drizly can deliver it to your doorstep—within an hour, no less.

Drizly works directly with local retailers in over 100 markets to facilitate on-demand alcohol delivery, usually for a flat $5 delivery fee, plus a $1.99 service fee. But Drizly also offers other services like scheduled delivery, ground shipping, and in-state shipping where available. Unlike other companies on this list, there are no monthly clubs or subscription options. However, if you want a particular wine as quickly as possible, you may find that your best option is to Drizly it.

• Prices vary by product and include a $5 delivery fee, plus a $1.99 service fee

Naked Wines is a unique service that operates as a crowdsourcing intermediary between winemakers and consumers. That may sound complex, but the concept is simple. When you sign up for Naked Wines, you’re charged $40 per month as a credit toward your online account. Then, the company uses that money to fund up-and-coming winemakers, and you can use your credit to purchase their wines from the website whenever you want. In other words, you’re an investor (Naked refers to its users as “angels”), and your dividends are the wines that you purchase with your investment dollars.

Working with over a hundred winemakers from around the globe, Naked Wines promises to deliver wines that will perfectly suit your palate. It also offers a 100% guarantee to refund the price of any wine you don’t care for. On top of that, Naked Wines gives its “angels” the opportunity to correspond directly with other users (and even winemakers) via its online forum.

• $40/month as credit to use for website purchase

Though the name may be a little on the nose, the effervescent offerings of We Drink Bubbles are best enjoyed on the palate. For the past half-decade, the southern California-based service has been curating shipments of unique sparkling wines for members of their monthly Bubbles Club. While you can expect plenty of Champagne, We Drink Bubbles will also introduce you to the realms of Franciacorta, Crémant, Sekt, Cava, and even pét-nat wines from around the globe. What’s more, the full selection is available for a la carte ordering by both club members and non-members.

At $100 for a three-bottle monthly shipment (plus taxes and shipping), the Bubbles Club is a bit more expensive than some subscription services. But since sparkling wines tend to be pricier than their still counterparts, that’s to be expected. To stretch the value of your membership, you can purchase additional sparkling wines from the site with a 10% members-only discount.

• $100/month for three bottles

Curated by actual sommeliers, SommSelect’s shipments feature some of the best-quality wines available. While you can expect to pay a little more per shipment, the wines you receive will be consistently high quality and paired with excellent tasting notes and literature. There are several club options available, including the Explore 4, which features four bottles based around alternating themes. There’s also the Blind 6, which has six bottles wrapped in black paper so that you can conduct your own blind tasting. Other nice touches include ice packs for shipping during summer months, or the option to have your shipment held if weather conditions aren’t ideal.

If you don’t want to commit to a subscription, SommSelect lets you order one of their “club gift packs” on a one-time basis, featuring the wines from that month’s shipment. Another option is to join the build-a-case club, which costs $10 a month plus the cost of the wine, and includes free shipping.

• $99 + $20 shipping + tax: The Explore 4 (four mixed bottles, monthly)
• $199 + tax: The Somm 6 (six mixed bottles, monthly)
• $220 + tax: The Somm 6 Reds (six red bottles, monthly)
• $220 + tax: The Blind 6 (six mystery bottles for blind tastings, monthly)

Similar to Winc, Firstleaf is an algorithm-based wine delivery service. New users will be asked to take a brief quiz that helps narrow down what types of wine they think they’re looking for. But unlike Winc, Firstleaf users can review the upcoming shipment and swap out any wines that don’t sound ideal. While this might inhibit the discovery of new grapes or regions, it can be gratifying to feel more involved in the selection process.

Firstleaf’s standard membership costs $89.94 a month for six bottles, plus $9.95 shipping. This makes for an average bottle price of about $13.13. However, you can get the shipping fee waived by combining two months’ shipments into one 12-bottle delivery, which brings down the average bottle cost even more. There’s also a limited number of exclusive, club-only wines that can be assembled into a personalized case of 12.

• Six bottles for $89.94/month, plus shipping

Inspired by the European tradition of “house wine”—the unfussy local wine poured as the basic option at regional restaurants and cafés—Boxt promises to deliver an unpretentious, user-friendly wine experience. A female-founded company based in Austin, Texas, Boxt sources its wine from vineyards in California and Washington. It then packages the wine in attractive wooden boxes that hold the equivalent of four bottles of wine. With Boxt, there’s no more debating whether or not to open a bottle just to have one glass. The wine will stay fresh for up to six weeks once opened.

Boxt also is committed to environmentally-sound practices. The packaging has a much lower carbon footprint than the glass that goes into bottles, and each Boxt package is 100% compostable. However, we wish there was more information provided about the wines themselves. Instead of grape varieties, the wines are identified by “profile numbers” and associated characteristics. While this is certainly unfussy and straightforward, it would be nice to know what grapes we’re enjoying.

• $74/month for one box (equivalent to four bottles)