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Wine and travel come together

VisitVineyards.com and The Wine Society

The Wine Society [©TWS]

If you love wine and travel then this is all good news for you.

VisitVineyards.com is delighted to announce that we are now working with The Wine Society - Australia's longest-standing and most prestigious wine cooperative, established over 60 years ago, and still going strong today.

Nearly 60,000 Wine Society Members can now share in the exclusive benefits we offer our own Members. With over 250 special VisitVineyards.com wine and food travel experiences and offers across Australia (and some in Italy, France and even India) your Membership is about to get even more rewarding.

Plus one lucky person who joins us before 30th November 2009 will take home a bottle of Penfolds Grange 1998, and another ten a copy each of Australian Wine Vintages 2010.

Our Members and subscribers will also benefit too - read more below:

The Wine Society story:

1946 was a good vintage in France. The world was shaking off the war. In Australia, Saltram was making the first of its ‘dry reds’, Maurice O’Shea was winemaking at Mt Pleasant in the Hunter Valley, Tasmania was ten years away from growing wine grapes, and in Sydney a Dr Gilbert Phillips was getting together with some friends to buy better table wines.

Phillips was a legendary figure - neurosurgeon, sailor, sportsman, musician and lover of wine, who before the War had founded the Wine and Food Society of NSW. On his return, he founded a co-operative which we now know as The Wine Society, dedicated to finding and selling good wine at great prices.

Today:

Roll on six decades. Now The Wine Society is nearly sixty thousand strong, with members all over Australia. The Wine Society still sources wines (and other beverages) from around the world for its members at the best possible prices, but they’ve branched out to wine education – hosting wine courses, dinners and other functions at their Sydney base in Ultimo and as far afield as Western Australia – judging wine awards, promoting young winemakers, making award-winning wines, and much more.

Today, with a new look and feel, The Wine Society is spreading its wings – still owned by its members, and managed by a team of totally committed wine professionals – and is reaching out to a new, younger audience, and those interested in taking their wine experiences out into the regions. Like you!

Your invitation as a Wine Society member:

VisitVineyards.com invites you as a Wine Society member to join our wine travel program - at special rates just for you - as together we aim to bring you the best of Australian wine and wine travel.

Find out more about who we are, what you get as a VisitVineyards.com Member and how to join and win Grange here »

 For our own VisitVineyards Members and subscribers:

VisitVineyards.com subscribers and Members will also be able to buy wines from the Wine Society's fabulous range of Australian and imported wines, starting in November.

For the first time ever The Wine Society's fabulous range of wines will be available to non-Wine Society Members. You'll be able to buy whatever wines you want, right here.

However, being a member of The Wine Society has many advantages, including subsidised freight and even cheaper wine prices, a monthly catalogue and lots more. Evey month there's a great gift for their new members, too.

How to join The Wine Society - it's easy:

All VisitVineyards.com Members and subscribers can join The Wine Society here, quoting the special promotional code VINE000 (zeros, not o's). It's only A$50 which is a one-off $50 joining fee, fully refundable should you ever decide to leave.

You can also join on the phone - simply call 1300 723 723 and speak to one of their friendly staff - and don't forget to quote the code VINE000 when you do!

By quoting the promotional code you will be entitled to special bonuses and other promotions that we will offer you from time to time.

Read about the benefits of joining The Wine Society and the special monthly gift for their new members here »

A special reward in November for VisitVineyards.com subscribers and Members who join The Wine Society:

The first 20 VisitVineyards.com subscribers who join The Wine Society this month using the promotional code VINE000 (three zeroes) will each receive a free double Membership of VisitVineyards.com, which retails at A$169!!

So be quick - take your wine travels to a whole new level and join both for only A$50 if you are among the first 20.

Already a VisitVineyards.com Member? Then we'll extend your Membership for another year for free, and make it a double if it's not already.

 To claim your reward:

Here's what you do - either click on the link to join or phone 1300 723 723, quote the code VINE000. Then simply forward a copy of your Wine Society new membership receipt to Kerry at members@visitvineyards.com

Or you can fax it to us on (03) 6248 4476, or post a copy to PO Box 488, North Hobart, Tasmania 7002, marked for Kerry's attention.

Be quick and you'll save A$169!

We are looking forward to a long and happy relationship with The Wine Society, which benefits you, our subscribers and Members of both organisations in many new and exciting ways.

Find out more about who we are, what you get as a VisitVineyards.com Member and how to join and win Grange here »

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