# Anyone have cases of wine shipped to their house? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** wine\ **Created:** [July 1, 2015, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-cases-of-wine-shipped-to-their-house/723927 "2015-07-01T02:21:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-cases-of-wine-shipped-to-their-house/723927/1 "2015-07-01T02:21:26Z")
Wine has become my current drink of choice, I’m not an aficionado or anything but I’ve gotten to the point where I know what I like enough to order an entire case of the same thing and not regret it. I live no where near a winery and I feel like I’m wasting money buying bulk from the neighborhood liquor store. Assume I’m looking for the best deals on a wide variety of common wines in the $10 per bottle price range and live in the Midwest. Are there noteworthy suppliers outside of just Amazon or the usual suspects? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-cases-of-wine-shipped-to-their-house/723927/2 "2015-07-01T03:35:49Z")
I’ve ordered from [these guys](http://www.bountyhunterwine.com) They have relatively cheap odds and ends all the way up to very high end. I love the day a case arrives on my doorstep. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-cases-of-wine-shipped-to-their-house/723927/3 "2015-07-01T13:35:00Z")
We had a gift membership to a Wine of the Month club a couple of years back. Every four weeks was like Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-cases-of-wine-shipped-to-their-house/723927/4 "2015-07-01T14:17:42Z")
I do occasionally but I’m in the UK where pretty much every wine club is a front for Laithwaites. They often have quite good plonk in the £7-8/bottle range. Personally I like a mix of wines - I’ll look for mixed cases where I know and like eight or nine of the bottles, with the remaining three or four being unknown labels or types of wine I don’t usually drink. Thus I get to expand the range of wines I like without buying speculative ones in bulk. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-cases-of-wine-shipped-to-their-house/723927/5 "2015-07-01T14:46:49Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I do occasionally but I’m in the UK where pretty much every wine club is a front for Laithwaites. They often have quite good plonk in the £7-8/bottle range. > > Personally I like a mix of wines - I’ll look for mixed cases where I know and like eight or nine of the bottles, with the remaining three or four being unknown labels or types of wine I don’t usually drink. Thus I get to expand the range of wines I like without buying speculative ones in bulk. You should join the [Wine Society](http://www.thewinesociety.com/about-the-society) - they’re a not-for-profit member-owned club so you get great wines for low cost. That doesn’t help the OP though, sorry, I doubt they ship to the US. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-cases-of-wine-shipped-to-their-house/723927/6 "2015-07-01T14:57:37Z")
[Wines Til Sold Out](http://www.wtso.com) is your friend. Granted, they don’t have an inventory that you can browse and choose a specific wine, but if you are able to get their emails and/or app and order within a reasonable amount of time, you can get some great deals on wines. I order from them pretty frequently, and am very happy with the wine I get. I tend to buy highly-rated wines between $10-$15, and they have enough of those coming through that when my supplies get low, I just pay extra attention to their emails for a week or so and typically end up buying more than I planned on. The only bad part about ordering wine (from anyone, not just WTSO) is that you have to be there to sign for it. If you don’t have a place to ship the wine where there’s a reasonable expectation that there will be an adult over 21 there to sign for it, getting wine shipped can be a hassle. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-cases-of-wine-shipped-to-their-house/723927/7 "2015-07-01T15:16:48Z")
I went with the vineyard themselves for a case. It was a bit of a pain (everything around buying booze in PA is a pain) and as I recall I had to go pick it up at the FedEx place rather than get it at home. But it worked, the price was good, and shipping was less than I expected. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-cases-of-wine-shipped-to-their-house/723927/8 "2015-07-01T16:53:31Z")
I belong to a wine club associated with a vineyard in Virginia, but we drive out once a quarter to pick up our shipment. It’s easier than making sure someone is home the day the booze arrives to sign for it (in DC you can’t leave a wine shipment without signature). ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Righteous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Dr.Righteous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Righteous)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-cases-of-wine-shipped-to-their-house/723927/9 "2015-07-01T17:21:52Z")
Have you asked if your local store will give a case discount? Almost every one I know of does - some also do half case discounts. My favorite local store does 20% off of a half case, which is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![JcWoman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jcwoman/32/2889_2.png) [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-cases-of-wine-shipped-to-their-house/723927/10 "2015-07-01T19:10:11Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > I belong to a wine club associated with a vineyard in Virginia, but we drive out once a quarter to pick up our shipment. It’s easier than making sure someone is home the day the booze arrives to sign for it (in DC you can’t leave a wine shipment without signature). Hey, you sound like someone I know! We belong to a virginia winery also, and pick up our quarterly wine package at their tasting room. Would your winery be North Gate by any chance? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-cases-of-wine-shipped-to-their-house/723927/11 "2015-07-02T08:56:57Z")
> [@SanVito](#): > > You should join the [Wine Society](http://www.thewinesociety.com/about-the-society) - they’re a not-for-profit member-owned club so you get great wines for low cost. Those don’t look significantly cheaper than the 12-bottle mixed cases I get, but I’ll poke around - thanks for the recommendation. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-cases-of-wine-shipped-to-their-house/723927/12 "2015-07-02T13:12:24Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Those don’t look significantly cheaper than the 12-bottle mixed cases I get, but I’ll poke around - thanks for the recommendation. The point is you get better quality wines for the same price, because they aren’t putting a mark up on it. They are also run by wine nuts, so you get really interesting choices. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-cases-of-wine-shipped-to-their-house/723927/13 "2015-07-02T14:13:26Z")
Unless you’re _that_ picky or stuck on particular vintages or odd varietals, I’d look into getting it by the box. Not all boxed wines are Franzia caliber these days; we’ve got some of Australian Sauvignon Blanc and Argentinian Malbec that, while not connoisseur grade, are very solid table wines. And by buying them in the box format, you get 2 benefits- lower cost, and better shelf life, since they’re packaged oxygen-free, and continue to be so until the box is gone. So you can drink a 3 liter box of wine in as long as it takes you, without any real degradation, unlike a bottle, which kind of has to be finished that night, or possibly the next day.