VisitVineyards.com welcomes members of The Wine Society - join before December to win Grange
Enjoy wine benefits around Australia at a great price and win a bottle of Penfolds Grange 1998!
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Your special invitation: Wine Society members are invited to join VisitVineyards.com at a special rate of A$69 for a whole year – that’s 30% off our normal price. Or join as a couple and save A$50.
Each member of The Wine Society joining VisitVineyards.com before the 30th November will receive a free tchillbag, and you'll also be automatically entered with two chances in the draw to win a bottle of Penfolds Grange 1998 and other great prizes.
See below for how to become a VisitVineyards.com Member, claim your free gift and receive your Grange competition entries. Not a member of The Wine Society? You can still enter and get one chance to win - simply join VisitVineyards.com before 30th October (or renew your Membership) and you'll be in the draw.
VisitVineyards.com is delighted to announce that we are now working with The Wine Society, extending our wine travel benefits program to all Wine Society members, wherever you live.
We invite you as a Wine Society member to join our exclusive wine travel benefits program at these very special rates, as together we bring you the best of Australian wine and wine travel.
Who are VisitVineyards.com?
We are a wine travel website with a Membership benefits program, founded in 2003 by a team of people passionate about wine, food and travel, and providing our Members with great value and great service.
Our mission is to bring you the best of wine and food travel. We have grown to 22,000 subscribers, and our Membership benefits program – which launched in Victoria in 2008 - now has over 200 participating wineries, restaurants, provedores, accommodations and other businesses offering you more than 250 wine and food experiences and benefits across Australia, and growing weekly.
Why join VisitVineyards.com?
To get the most from VisitVineyards.com, you are invited to join our Membership benefits program. As a Wine Society member you will save $30 off the normal single price of A$99 (or save A$50 if you join as a couple).
That's only A$69 for a whole year of enjoyment (A$119 per couple), which entitles you (and your spouse/partner, if they join too) to enjoy a year of exclusive experiences, benefits and savings whenever you visit cellar doors, wineries, provedores, restaurants and more.
Our program is now expanding to all Australian states, and includes top names like Tahbilk, Voyager Estate, Montalto and many more. We even have wine travel benefits for you to enjoy on your trips overseas, including several in France, Italy and India.
What do you get as a Wine Society member joining VisitVineyards.com?
- VisitVineyards.com gives you access to experiences you can't get anywhere else. Want behind-the-scenes wine tours? Access to barrel samples, back vintages and hard-to-get wines? To meet the wine (or cheese or whisky) maker? Foodie specials? Walking and cycling? Exclusive offers in wine country? Golf packages? Private gallery tours? We bring you all these and many more, so you can take your wine travels to a whole new level.
- Our benefits are specially tailored for you as a wine lover, who also appreciates other things in life. There are no limits to the number of benefits you can enjoy, or to the number of times you can use your Membership card throughout the year. Read more about our program and range of benefits here »
- We believe in bringing you great value. Read how wine travel writer Winsor Dobbin suggests you can get your entire Membership fee back in just one weekend, or immediately on your first purchase »
- Even if you don’t travel there are plenty of benefits and savings for you to enjoy at home, too - and every month we have special Members-only prizes including new release wine, travel packages, the latest in wine and food books, and other desirables.
- There are no limits to how many times you can use your VisitVineyards.com Membership throughout the year and we don't issue a smart card to track your spending, either. You are free to go where you like and use your card as often as you wish, across Australia.
How do you become a VisitVineyards.com Member?
Simply click here to join and if you are a Wine Society member, quote code TWS09 in Step 2 if you are joining as a single Member, to save A$30.
You pay only A$69 for an entire year of benefits (and A$59 to renew thereafter) - find out how you can get you joining fee back in your very first visit or weekend away »
Or save A$50 and join up your partner as well by quoting code TWS10.(Like frequent flyer cards, Memberships are non-transferable)
You pay only $119 for two people for a year of benefits (and A$109 per couple to renew).
What happens then?
- After joining VisitVineyards.com you automatically receive a receipt by email which acts as a temporary Membership card (one per new Member), whilst your Membership card is being customised and posted to you, along with your welcome information kit.
- You simply carry your VisitVineyards.com Membership card with you when you travel in wine regions, or quote your Membership number when you book or purchase experiences or wine online or by phone.
- All Member benefits can be viewed and searched on your mobile phone, to make it easy while you are travelling.
Receive a bonus if you join VisitVineyards.com before 30th November
As an added bonus, every Wine Society member joining VisitVineyards.com as a new Member between 1 September and 30 November 2009 will receive a free tchillbag, a wine cooler/carry bag (RRP A$14.50) to keep your wine chilled en route to a dinner party, or at a barbecue or by the pool.
So JOIN NOW to be in the drawn to win a bottle of Penfolds Grange 1998 vintage worth over A$600
Join us before the end of November and you may win a bottle of PENFOLDS GRANGE 1998 - one of the most outstanding of recent Grange vintages worth over A$600 - or a copy of Australian Wine Vintages 2010 by Rob Geddes MW
TO ENTER, simply join VisitVineyards.com as a Member before 30th November quoting the Wine Society code (TWS09 for single membership and TWS10 for couples) for two chances per person to win the bottle of Grange or a copy of Australian Wine Vintages 2010.
Join as a couple for A$119 and you receive 4 chances!
Not a Wine Society member?
Then join the Wine Society now - it's only A$50 once-off fee, fully refundable if you ever want to leave (and no, you won't be posted any wine you don't order) - using the code VINE000 (three zeroes). You will then save A$30 off VisitVineyards.com Membership - so it only costs you another A$20 to join both!
After you have joined The Wine Society using code VINE000, simply email us your Wine Society receipt and we'll post you your free tchillbag.
If you have joined VisitVineyards.com as a full Member using the above code(s) [TWS09 for singles or TWS10 for couples] you will be automatically entered in the draw to win the Grange.
I'm not a Wine Society member or my membership has lapsed - can I still join and enter?
Yes, of course. You can still enter and get one chance to win - simply join VisitVineyards.com before 30th October (or renew your VisitVineyards.com Membership) and you'll be in the draw.
GFC still getting you down? You can subscribe to VisitVineyards.com for free
The clouds of economic gloom are lifting in Australia, but yes we know some people are still being cautious, and that's fine. So if you're not ready to join now, you can still subscribe and become part of our growing community of wine travel lovers.
It’s free to subscribe to VisitVineyards.com and receive our monthly newsletter, full of news about wine and food events, regional itineraries, great monthly prizes and lots more to help you create memorable experiences and get the best from your wine and food travels.
Subscription also entitles you to access our independent recommendations and reviews, to discover the hidden gems, download our free wine region itineraries, enter our fantastic monthly competitions (in August/September 2009 we give away over 100 prizes) and more.
However you don’t get access to the Membership benefits as a free subscriber, or receive an entry to win the Grange.
If you choose a free subscription, as a welcome gift the first 100 Wine Society members who subscribe to VisitVineyards.com in September will each receive a free tchillbag, a wine cooler/carry bag (RRP A$14.50) To qualify, just quote code TWS1 in Step 2. (Note, this does not enter you in the draw to win the bottle of Grange 1998, to do this you need to become a full Member).
Wine travel benefits and exclusive experiences around Australia
So make 2009/10 a good year – save up to A$50 and join VisitVineyards.com at our special rates just for you as along with The Wine Society we bring you even more from your membership of this great Society, whenever you visit wine regions.
Look out for lots more exciting experiences and offers in the months ahead (Japan is coming soon, along with more in South and Western Australia, and maybe a few in Port Douglas...).
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