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CNET’s David Watsky Tested in all major wine clubs, FirstLeaf is the best choice for gifting to moderately experienced palates. If you’ve graduated from Gallos and the Cupcakes and want to include more refined, complex, and higher-priced premium wines in your life, the Firstleaf Wine Club may also be of interest to you. Its palate test is one of the most involved, asking about varietal preferences (Pinot Noir versus Shiraz, for example) as well as using several house-name wines as taste criteria.
The smart wine subscription service gets to know you by asking about certain tasting notes and qualities you might like in an ideal wine — such as minerality — unlike similar tests, which assume many don’t know what that means. In short, this is probably the best wine club for wine lovers who have the basics and are ready to venture into specialized wine tasting territory.