Compline Wine Club - Monthly Pickup

Regular price $79.00 Sale

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 other 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!

***

September selections:

Sometimes our process for finding worthy wines for the club is long and convoluted. Other times we simply come across a wine we're really impressed by and draw a straight line in either direction. That's what happened this month. We came across an exciting new (to us, at least) not-quite-Sicilian thriller of a white wine, and just about directly west across the Mediterranean and slightly inland lies the vineyard for this month's red wine, which comes from a favorite producer of Compline.

Malvasia, Vignedimare "Abissale" 2022

Salina is one of seven volcanic islands comprising the Aeolian Islands, situated northeast of Sicily. Capers are the most important crop for the roughly 15,000 inhabitants of the islands, and Antonino Caravaglio is both the largest grower of capers on the archipelago and making wildly distinctive wines from the Malvasia di Lipari variety native to these parts. (Don't confuse the variety with the Malvasia delle Lipari appellation, which is strictly for sweet wines from the islands). His home base of Salina takes its name from the saltwater lake at the southern tip of the landmass, and we'll let you guess what style of wine this is- salty, tangy, electric goodness.

Envínate "Albahra" 2023

Envínate might be our favorite name for a winery anywhere in the world- literally translated, it means "wine yourself". Don't mind us if we heed this advice often.

Founded by four university friends in 2008, Envínate has become a symbol of the low-intervention revolution and standard bearers for the massive changes happening in the very old winegrowing regions of Spain. While they're most famous for their wines from the Canary Islands, we've been as impressed with the smattering of wines they produce from the mainland. This month's selection is Garnacha Tintorera (Alicante Bouschet) with a dash of Moravia Agria from an organic, head-trained vineyard in Almansa, about 75 miles southwest of Valencia. Historically this area has been home to an ocean of not-very-interesting wines that often end up freighted to France in the back of a cargo truck. Not the case here—we've long been fans of this bottling, but this is the best version yet! It's deeply fruited, sensually spicy, and just exotic enough to tilt your head. Perfect for end-of-summer charcuterie boards.

Wine Notes by Peter Wassam