Thoughtfully selected wines from independent California and Italian producers, with the stories, pairings and people behind every bottle.
Small winemakers and distinctive places.
Thoughtful curation and genuine discovery.
More than wine — a richer experience.
For over two decades we have specialised in Californian and Italian wines. We know the winemakers personally and understand which wines are classics and which are poised to set trends. While we quote scores, we go beyond numbers to explore how wines are made, who is taking shortcuts, and who is not.
Each selection travels with the story around it — magazine-quality reviews, interviews with the winemakers, and the details of the region where the grapes were grown.
Start in California or in Italy and follow the wineries the club visited, appellation by appellation.
Two decades of monthly write-ups: who made the wine, where, and what made it worth sending.
Wine 101 pieces on grapes, glassware, pairing, and the habits worth unlearning.
For a quarter of a century, Celebrations sent hand-selected wines from California, from Italy, and from both together. The monthly club closed at the end of 2019; these pages keep what it sent and what was written about it.
California
The great wines of California, carefully selected and delivered every month.
Italy
The great wines of Italy, from historic estates and small family cellars.
Both countries
The best of both worlds — California and Italy, side by side.
From sun-drenched California vineyards to time-honoured Italian estates, explore wines shaped by distinctive places, people and traditions.
Our Philosophy
Paolo Scavino is an historical winery in the Barolo region. It was founded in 1921 in Castiglione Falletto from Lorenzo Scavino and his son Paolo. Farming has always been a family tradition and passion. Enrico Scavino together with the daughters Enrica and…
Read the Full Story Celebrations Wine Club Post – December 2019I taste, taste, taste — and then select those wines that I consider the most outstanding.
Whether from California or Italy, I am always looking for gifted winemakers from small family-owned wineries, hand-crafting wines in small quantities that are world-class no matter where they originate.
Having developed Celebrations Wine Club over twenty years ago, I have become acquainted with hundreds of winemakers and learned who the leaders are in appellations across California and Italy.
Oaked or unoaked is the wrong question. The four cellar decisions that actually build a California Chardonnay, and how the house style…
Read California Chardonnay Wine Guide: Oak, Lees and BalanceWhy site and picking date decide more about a California Cabernet than the valley on the label, and what the label legally…
Read California Cabernet Sauvignon Wine Guide: Site and RipenessA Valle d’Aosta wine region guide: ungrafted Prié Blanc at 1,200 meters, seven sub-denominations inside one DOC, and Italy’s smallest wine output.
Read Valle d’Aosta Wine Region Guide: Europe’s Highest VinesEvery month the club wrote up the wines it sent — the producer, the place, the pairing. Those pieces are still here, and they are free to read.
Celebrations no longer ships wine. If that changes, or if there is news worth sending, this is where it will come from.
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