Wine Me Up

Wines are a lot like women: you enjoy them immensely yet you’re still slightly intimidated because you can never truly figure them out.

Enter RiotWine Modern Wine Club. Dissatisfied with the wine knowledge they could acquire with their busy schedules and budgets, Josh Duyan and friends started RiotWine.

RiotWine funnels the elitist jargon and educates you about vino Joe Friday-style (“just the facts”). It’s a bit like Netflix but you don’t have to return anything: for $32, $47, or $64 a month, you’ll receive two premier, somewhat esoteric bottles from different varietals and wineries. RiotWine’s experts pick each month’s dynamic duo, but the vintners will send you the juice directly.

You take it from there by drinking up. And, if you’re further intrigued, log onto riotwine.com for more tidbits, concise varietal information, and a highly informative blog.

Or, you can just watch Sideways, again.

Available online at riotwine.com.