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19 bottles of wine from Martha Stewart Wine with Amex Offer YMMV $67

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This is based on an Amex Offer: spend $50 at Martha Stewart Wine and get $40 back. I have 2 cards that have this offer so I used both of them.
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1. Groupon has 6 bottles of wine+$50 off $75 voucher for 49.99, and if you use coupon SUNNY20 you can get that down to 39.99.
2. Once you receive the groupon, follow the instruction to redeem the code. On the official website it will ask you whether you want to upgrade to 12 bottles and a $75 off $100 voucher for another $49.99. I'm from California so they charged tax and brought the total to about $57, which triggered the first $40 back.
3. Then you can use the $75 voucher on whatever and however many bottles of wine you want from the website, as long as the total is over $50 after shipping, tax and voucher discount. I bought a 4 bottle red wine case, 2 sparklings and 1 red, ending up charging a little over $50 to my card, triggering the second $40 back.

Total paid: 40(groupon)+57(first order)+50(second order)-80(amex cashback) = 67 for a total of 19 bottles. They might not be the best wines but at less than $4 a bottle I'm not complaining.

YMMV because offer triggering depends on your state and whether you have the Amex Offer. If both apply to you then you can definitely enjoy this deal.

Note:
1. SUNNY20 shouldn't be YMMV. It's an official
groupon coupon I saw in a banner. It expires on 6/28.
2. As of which states charge tax, according to SDer Just_one's comment:

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The way online wine sales work is that ALL orders must be shipped by a licensed distributor within the buyer's home state. So you will be charged sales tax.​
Here [marthastewartwine.com]'s a list of the states Martha Stewart Wine ships to. It's still highly recommended that you check with the website before purchasing the groupon.
3. If you don't want 19 bottles of wine, the most cost effective way is to order only 2 or 3 bottles with each Amex Offer. The order total (including shipping and tax) needs to exceed $50. Each bottle should cost $4~6 after Amex Offer, which is still a decent deal.
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***DON'T BUY BEFORE READING THIS: http://www.vineration.com/blog/ma...-wine-club
AND THIS: http://winedabbler.com/150227.html
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We ship to all states except: Alaska, Alabama, Hawaii, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Utah.
Got my wine delivered today 6/30 from a hot UPS truck. They were in the truck from 5.00am to 6.30pm
Wines were hot to touch. I'm fairly certain they are completely ruined. I would suggest not to buy from this deal

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NuMystic
06-28-2017 at 07:59 AM.
06-28-2017 at 07:59 AM.
Quote from G60roddo :
Look up any of the names of the supposed vineyards slapped on each of the bottles - none of them actually exist, its a charade.
How about doing it yourself before spouting utter bs like this. Might be true of other wine rackets but all 3 of the first 3 wines listed on this site that I just checked are from legit wineries and award winning ones at that:

http://savas-sa.fr/index.php?id=3&lang=14
http://www.myajc.com/lifestyles/f...unOfa7REI/ (Marquis De Bacalan lauded here noting the awards the house has won)

http://www.italianprivatelabel.co...s/coli-spa
https://berlininternationalwineco...6-winners/ (Villa Amaroso award winner at Berlin International Wine Competition)

Secrets De Bordeux is produced by Producta Vignobles Vineyards in France:
http://producta.com/en/ (and this specific wine of theirs has won multiple international awards)

Unlike other wine clubs every single wine on the site lists the actual winery it's produced at.
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geocacher99
06-28-2017 at 08:23 AM.
06-28-2017 at 08:23 AM.
Quote from NuMystic :
Of course you've backed up those assertions with nothing whatsoever. Anyone who bothered to google the wines themselves can see that they're on average $10-$25 per bottle even at discount sellers and very well rated from drinkers themselves (many with 50+ reviews) on well regarded wine tracking sites like CellarTracker and Vivino.

It's not a deal for everyone but people need to stop with the misinformed unsubstantiated assumptions when they haven't done one bit of due diligence.

Yeah this thread had me worried until I read comments like this... I ordered last night

Kind of worried about the delivery, it's really hot in Las Vegas right now and I'm concerned the delivery truck won't be air conditioned. Wine might be ruined.
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willgetit
06-28-2017 at 08:30 AM.
06-28-2017 at 08:30 AM.
I had this AMEX offer yesterday in my account. However, today it is gone from my account. THere are just 4 offers from AMEX itself left there. Very weird. Anyone has similar problem?
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WalletBoyToo
06-28-2017 at 08:32 AM.
06-28-2017 at 08:32 AM.
Quote from willgetit :
I had this AMEX offer yesterday in my account. However, today it is gone from my account. THere are just 4 offers from AMEX itself left there. Very weird. Anyone has similar problem?
Me too - all my Amex offers are gone but those main 4. They must be having technical difficulties.
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06-28-2017 at 08:51 AM.
06-28-2017 at 08:51 AM.
wow look at all people are so offended by wine at a cheap price...but in actual blind taste tests, no one knows any better. I'm sure some wines unbiasedly taste better than others, but I'm not sure if it's enough to read all these posts by people outraged at a few dollars for a bottle of wine.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifea...e-analysis

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Results from the first four years of the experiment, published in the Journal of Wine Economics, showed a typical judge's scores varied by plus or minus four points over the three blind tastings. A wine deemed to be a good 90 would be rated as an acceptable 86 by the same judge minutes later and then an excellent 94.

In 2011 Professor Richard Wiseman, a psychologist (and former professional magician) at Hertfordshire University invited 578 people to comment on a range of red and white wines, varying from £3.49 for a claret to £30 for champagne, and tasted blind.

People could tell the difference between wines under £5 and those above £10 only 53% of the time for whites and only 47% of the time for reds. Overall they would have been just as a successful flipping a coin to guess.
http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/...nk-science
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06-28-2017 at 09:21 AM.
06-28-2017 at 09:21 AM.
In Martha we trust!
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06-28-2017 at 11:12 AM.
06-28-2017 at 11:12 AM.
Worked for me.
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willgetit
06-28-2017 at 11:35 AM.
06-28-2017 at 11:35 AM.
In which states do they charge tax?
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G60roddo
06-28-2017 at 11:46 AM.
06-28-2017 at 11:46 AM.
Quote from NuMystic :
How about doing it yourself before spouting utter bs like this. Might be true of other wine rackets but all 3 of the first 3 wines listed on this site that I just checked are from legit wineries and award winning ones at that:

http://savas-sa.fr/index.php?id=3&lang=14
http://www.myajc.com/lifestyles/f...unOfa7REI/ (Marquis De Bacalan lauded here noting the awards the house has won)

http://www.italianprivatelabel.co...s/coli-spa
https://berlininternationalwineco...6-winners/ (Villa Amaroso award winner at Berlin International Wine Competition)

Secrets De Bordeux is produced by Producta Vignobles Vineyards in France:
http://producta.com/en/ (and this specific wine of theirs has won multiple international awards)

Unlike other wine clubs every single wine on the site lists the actual winery it's produced at.
You are having a much different experience than me. I clicked on the main ad on the front page which is offering this: https://marthastewartwine.com/pro...m_source=3 which says :
"Featured Selections Include:
2015 Cala De Poeti Sangiovese I.G.T., a 95-point Platinum Medal-winning red from Puglia, Italy.
2015 Les Chartrons Bordeaux Blanc, a delicate and complex white that was recently awarded Best of Class.
2015 Longchase Vintners Cabernet Sauvignon, a complex California Cabernet Sauvignon and 4-time medal winner."

1. a search for "cala de poeti" sangiovese returns nothing but wine club/groupon stuff, review sites indicating it comes from such places, and a couple obscure indications that people found some at trader joes. Cannot find any website or any info about the winery itself -if it actually exists.

2. Les Chartrons seems to be somewhat more legit, found lots of reviews on a red of theirs, but i still cant find this wine indicated as being for sale from anyone but martha stewart, or any website or info about the winery itself - if it exists.

3. Longchase - totally bogus, a "saddlehorn cellars" product, can only find it being sold by martha stewart and the like.

you or others have noted how these have an average price of at "$xx.xx" on "X" review site. This is true, but every single one i've looked at, when you click to see where those prices are coming from, it is always MS, barclays, heartwood & oak, etc, etc.

I will note i have NOT looked at any that are just listed per bottle- only ones that are part of the bulk deals. It is entirely possible some of the individual ones are legit, but there is no deal to be had on them so that isn't relevant.
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dbostock
06-28-2017 at 12:55 PM.
06-28-2017 at 12:55 PM.
Quote from WalletBoyToo :
Me too - all my Amex offers are gone but those main 4. They must be having technical difficulties.
Yea, the offers were in and out all morning for me too. They were available long enough for me to add it, luckily.
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06-28-2017 at 02:53 PM.
06-28-2017 at 02:53 PM.
This deal is okay if you accept the fact that these wines are table wines, don't hold with the hope that they will improve after "cellaring". I've tried the Villa Amoroso Sangiovese Puglia, Silver Award at the 2016 Berlin Wine Competition. Thin, insipid and completely dull; can't figure out how it received ANY medal. Quite a few of these are probably bulk grapes that are custom blended and shipped out in cheap bottles for the overseas markets. Don't expect to see "Estate Bottled", or even "Mise en bouteille dans nos caves" — bottled in our cellars (not necessarily those of the vineyard).
Interesting link [businessinsider.com] to info on how Trader Joe's can sell a bottle of wine for 3 bucks (or less) and make a profit.
Article [winewalkabout.net] on the costs breakdown on a bottle of wine. Not stated here is a premium cork for good reds can run $1.25 each.
From another source:
Cost Breakdown of a Wine Bottle Sale

When you buy a bottle of wine, it's easy to complain about the cost you pay for it. But it's important to remember that a lot has gone into having that bottle sitting on the wine shop shelf, waiting for you to pick it up. And, as much in life, the hard workers rarely get that profit! Here is where the money tends to go when you pay for that bottle of wine.
7% - cost of grapes / growing
9% - cost of winemaking
4% - bottles, corks, boxes, labels
2% - marketing
13% - salesmen, distribution from the winery
3% - administrative costs
2% - interest
4% - taxes to government
5% - actual winery profit
20% - wholesaler markup - the people who get wines to wine shops
31% - wine shop markup
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06-28-2017 at 04:17 PM.
06-28-2017 at 04:17 PM.
Quote from NuMystic :
On the Amex site if you have multiple cards and claim an offer on one when you switch to another card that offer will no longer be an available option. To work around this you need to open a separate tab for each card with all the offers displayed. Then you can add the offer to all the cards.
Are you sure this still works? They changed their interface recently.
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06-28-2017 at 04:18 PM.
06-28-2017 at 04:18 PM.
Lol this thread is getting out of hand.

The reason I posted this is not that those are top notch wines. Will I buy them at regular prices? No. Will I buy them at 3 dollar a bottle? Hell yeah. At least I think they look better as a gift than Trader Joe's $3 wines.

I think this is a deal but if you don't then look elsewhere. So many haters here are the reason I probably wouldn't want to post any more deals even if I found one in the future.
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06-28-2017 at 04:25 PM.
06-28-2017 at 04:25 PM.
Quote from brokenarcher :
Lol this thread is getting out of hand.

The reason I posted this is not that those are top notch wines. Will I buy them at regular prices? No. Will I buy them at 3 dollar a bottle? Hell yeah. At least I think they look better as a gift than Trader Joe's $3 wines.

I think this is a deal but if you don't then look elsewhere. So many haters here are the reason I probably wouldn't want to post any more deals even if I found one in the future.

Yeah and I get your intent. $3-$4 for an OK bottle of wine is a STEAL. Show me where I can walk in and get an average bottle for that much - shit I don't know if you can even get the twist top shit for that cheap.

All the haters on here are snobs - if you're complaining about "grades", "aging", how inexpensive wine "cheapens" the whole CA angle, and the cost of corks, sorry you're a snob.

BTW I didn't elect to go the whole groupon route - the SUNNY20 wouldn't work.
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06-28-2017 at 04:28 PM.
06-28-2017 at 04:28 PM.
Quote from Dr. J :
Yeah and I get your intent. $3-$4 for an OK bottle of wine is a STEAL. Show me where I can walk in and get an average bottle for that much - shit I don't know if you can even get the twist top shit for that cheap.

All the haters on here are snobs - if you're complaining about "grades", "aging", how inexpensive wine "cheapens" the whole CA angle, and the cost of corks, sorry you're a snob.

BTW I didn't elect to go the whole groupon route - the SUNNY20 wouldn't work.
this reminds me of the shitfests whenever an expensive quartz watch gets posted.
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