Compline Wine Club - Monthly Pickup
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$79.00
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This is our local club, designed for folks in and around Napa who like to pick up their wines in person.
What do you get with this monthly subscription?
Two wines that drink deliciously right now, ready for pickup on the 15th of each month. These are small production wines, often from other parts of the world, that will reward curious palates, exploratory wine drinkers, and anyone who likes good juice!
Typically, we choose one red and one white each month, but occasionally the mood strikes and we pick a rosé, orange wine, or sparkling wine too.
Yeah, but what perks do I get?
You become part of the Compline Club, which means...
- 10% off all event tickets at Compline Wine Shop and Compline Restaurant. Use the promo code CLUB anytime you buy tickets to one of our events.
- Early access to our premium events. Club members skip the line and get in 30 minutes early for our most attended walkaround tastings!
- 10% off all flights and glasses of wine at Compline Wine Shop. Come say hi! And get a discount on your glass.
- Zero corkage at Compline Wine Shop. Buy a bottle from us and drink it at the shop for the flat retail price.
- Flexibility: See the wines before committing, skip a month if you want, and cancel anytime
What's the catch?
None! We're flexible—we show you next month's selections before your charge goes through. Skip a month if you want, and cancel anytime. So c'mon: join our club!
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February selections:
Pinot Blanc, Schäfer-Frohlich “S” 2022
(Nahe, Germany)
The Nahe is a small region, as German wine regions go, of rolling hills and mixed agricultural use, just south of the storied Rheingau. In this small region, Schäfer-Frohlich has an outsized reputation! In a country known for centuries-old wineries, this one is relatively youthful. The family-run Schäfer-Frohlich got its start in 1970, and Tim Fröhlich has been making the wines since 1995—the year he turned 21!
Well-known for pristine Riesling, Schäfer-Frohlich makes one of our favorite Pinot Blanc bottlings in Germany. The “S” comes from 50-year-old vines in Bockenau, grown on red slate. It’s a dry, focused, zesty, laser-like version of Pinot Blanc, made without malolactic fermentation.
Pinot Noir, Meyer-Näkel “Estate” 2022
(Ahr Valley, Germany)
In the 1980s, Meyer-Näkel brought Germany out of the dark ages of Pinot Noir and into the modern era. Before Meyer-Näkel brought Burgundian techniques to German Pinot production, many of the country’s reds were semisweet and rosé-like in color. Meyer-Näkel’s Werner Näkel emphasized dryness, longer macerations, green harvesting, and French oak aging—techniques borrowed from Burgundy—and started a revolution in quality for Germany’s most planted red variety.
Located in the village of Dernau in Germany’s Ahr Valley, Meyer-Näkel produces Pinot Noir on slate soils north of the 50th parallel, in Europe’s northernmost red-wine growing region.
The winery was destroyed when devastating flash floods hit the region in the summer of 2021. Dörte and Meike Näkel, Werner’s daughters, almost lost their lives in the torrent that swept through the Ahr, taking stone bridges and whole villages with it. Today, they’ve relocated their winery to the top of the hill and are making their best wines ever. The 2022 Estate Pinot Noir is as elegant as it gets, and a tribute to their perseverance.