AW Spotlight
Cugini Wine Club
An Interview with Chrissy Sauers
By Krista Martinelli
While I have tasted the wonderful varieties of Cugini Wine before, I didn’t know much about the Cugini Wine Club. Fortunately, I had the opportunity to talk with Chrissy Sauers, the very friendly and helpful president of the Club. If you love great wine and going to wine tastings, the Cugini Wine Club is right up your alley.
AW: First, tell us about Cugini’s vineyard and where it’s located. How many years has it been operating?
The Cugini Winery lies in the middle of Calabria surrounded by beautiful vineyards and olive groves with plants that date back to the 1700’s. Long considered an area staple, the Cugini Winery, owned and operated by the Reyers and Sposato families, has been bottling wine and olive oil for the surrounding villages for hundreds of years.
Recently, the family successfully expanded their olive oil production for importing to the United States. Naturally, the international importing of their wine was the next logical step.
AW: How does the Cugini Wine Club work?
The Cugini Wine Club is the premier wine club of Wellington – we’re not like a typical wine club, where wine gets shipped to your house and there’s very little interaction between club members. Our club’s focus isn’t only about an incredible wine selection or expanding your palate, joining our wine club provides you the opportunity to make new friends who share a love for wine.
You can join with a monthly or bimonthly membership, signing up to buy a minimum of 6 bottles of wine and receiving a 25% discount on all the wines. Delivery is optional; however, most of our members enjoy the social interaction and new friendships that come along with the complimentary monthly wine tastings/ pick-up events that we hold at our wine tasting rooms. Read on . . .
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