The Gold Medal Wine Club is offering free bonus gifts this Valentine’s Day when you purchase a Wine of the Month Club from the Gold Medal Wine Club. Free Bonus Gifts will be included in the first shipment.

3-month gold wine membership:

• Wine Country Gift Box
• Personalized Gift Card
• 8 pieces of Jessica Foster’s Handmade Chocolate Truffles
• A $22 Value!
• Use Promo Code VDAY3 when ordering

6-month gold wine membership:

• Wine Country Gift Box
• Personalized Gift Card
• 8 pieces of Jessica Foster’s Handmade Chocolate Truffles
• 2 Styles of Italian Cheese
• A $42 Value!
• Use Promo Code VDAY6 when ordering

12-month gold wine membership:

• Wine Country Gift Box
• Personalized Gift Card
• 8 pieces of Jessica Foster’s Handmade Chocolate Truffles
• 2 Styles of Italian Cheese
• Cheese & Wine Pairing Book By Janet Fletcher (Hardcover)
• A $67 Value!
• Use Promo Code VDAY12 when ordering

Learn more at the Gold Medal Wine Club website

Give ‘em the Valentine’s Day gift that keeps on giving… a Gift of the Month Club!

How about a Beer of the Month Club or Cigar of the Month Club for him?

And she’ll LOVE a Flower of the Month Club or Chocolate of the Month Club, no doubt.

Save $5 on any Gift of the Month Club at Gourmet Monthly Clubs. Beer, Wine, Chocolate, Cigars, Flowers or Cheese. Click here and use code VDAY5.

Check out all the great gifts from Gourmet Monthly Clubs…

Offer valid through Valentines Day, 2012.

Treat yourself – you earned it! Save $5 on any Gift of the Month Club at Gourmet Monthly Clubs. Beer, Wine, Chocolate, Cigars, Flowers or Cheese. Click here and use code TREAT5.

Offer expires 12/31/2011

Another delicious shipment of microbrewed beer from the Craft Beer Club. You can see for yourself what we got. Such a nice variety.

Wouldn’t this make a great gift for someone special this holiday? Visit the Craft Beer Club website to learn more.

Indica IPA from the Lost Coast Brewery in Eureka, California:

Alleycat Amber Ale from the Lost Coast Brewery in Eureka, California:

Oak Barrel Stout from Old Dominion Brewing in Washington, D.C.:

Dominion Ale from Old Dominion Brewing in Washington, D.C.:

Visit the Craft Beer Club website to learn more about this beer of the month club.

If you want to add a unique spin to a Fruit of the Month Club, try an “exotic” fruit club. It’s a nice change of pace from the usual pears, apples and oranges.

The following photos of fruit are some of the shipments we received from The Fruit Company’s “Harvest Club Exotica“…

Star Fruit and Kiwi:

Pomegranites (note: the kumquats were delayed, so we opted to receive all pomeganites and get our shipment faster):

Cara Cara Navel Oranges and Blood Oranges (darn… forogt to take photos of their flesh to show the nice, red color):

Red Bananas and Fingerlings (yes, they are supposed to be that dark):

To learn more about this Exotic Fruit of the Month Club, visit The Fruit Company website.

The 3-month Fruit Stand Club from Cushman’s offers great value and makes a perfect gift. The club is only available once per year, and includes Navel Oranges in December, HoneyBells in January and Ruby Red Grapefruit in February. Each shipment has 8 – 9 lbs of fruit, which means you get a lot more than the average Fruit of the Month Club.

Here is our shipment of Navel oranges from December:

12 beautiful, juicy oranges. Mmmmm……

Citrus keeps a long time in the refrigerator (the card from Cushman’s says citrus will last for several weeks in the fridge), so it’s okay if you don’t eat it all at once.

The Fruit Stand Club is the best value we’ve found on Fruit of the Month Clubs. And for well under $100, you can give a great gift that lasts into February.

Cushman’s is offering Free Shipping on all Fruit Clubs through 12/31/2011. Use coupon code CUSHFSD.

»Visit the Cushman’s website

Save $25 on any 12 Shipment Wine Club Membership at Cellars Wine Club. Use code 25CWC12.

Offer expires 12/31/2011.

Get Free Shipping on ANY order (no minimum required!) for 3 days only!!!

Send a Harry and David Fruit of the Month Club this holiday to brighten their day… again and again and again.

Visit the website and use coupon code: SPARKLE

Offer valid 12/16 – 12/19/2011

We received a sampling of goodies from the Month Club Store.

The Month Club Store offers more than 40 different Gift of the Month Clubs. They have so many unique and fun ideas — from pickles, jerky, and potato chips to soup, pickled veggies, and hot sauces.

Stay tuned as we write more about each of the samples we received….. or visit the Month Club Store website to learn more.

Get 12 Free Angus Steak Burgers when you purchase a Steak of the Month Plan from the Chicago Steak Company (or on any order of $99 or more). Visit their website to learn more. Offer expires 1/13/2012.

The Gourmet of the Month Club from Clubs Galore includes a variety of unique, gourmet items delivered each month. This month, we received gourmet breakfast items. I love the gift packaging… it looks so festive and pretty!

Our Gourmet Gift of the Month package included these four items from the Stonewall Kitchen, along with a nice little note:

• Blueberry Muffin Mix
• Crepe Mix
• Cinnamon Apple Syrup
• Sour Cherry Jam

We haven’t tasted these items yet, but are planning a fun breakfast to try them out! Stay tuned and we’ll let you know what we think….

To learn more about this Gourmet Club, visit the Clubs Galore website.

Get free bonus gifts this holiday season when you purchase a Wine of the Month Club from the Gold Medal Wine Club. Bonus Gifts include luxuries such as:

• Custom Woven Basket Carrier
• One-of-a-kind, artist-commissioned, illustrated Wine Country gift box
• personalized 100% leather binder
• Vinturi Wine Aerator
• 2-piece wine accessory set

Learn more at the Gold Medal Wine Club website

I loved this soup!!! Well, not just the soup, but the whole package. The Soup of the Month Club from Gourmet Station includes soup, baguette, and a cookie. It makes the perfect meal, especially on a chilly day.

The first soup we tried was Italian Wedding Soup (pictured above). Just pour the soup in to a sauce pan to heat it and you are ready to go. There were plenty of meatballs and lots of flavor! This is a soup I don’t usually make for myself, so it was a treat to try something different.

The other soup we sampled was a Tomato Basil soup. Yum yum! Just the right combination of spices. Hearty enough to leave me feeling satisfied, but not too full.

In typical Gourmet Station fashion, everything comes packaged concise, convenient, and beautiful. The soup is easy to prepare from canister to stove top (or microwave – but I prefer stove top).

The bread and cookies come ready to pop in the oven.

Pop the baguette and cookie in the oven for a truly fresh-baked taste. The warm baguette is such a nice, home-y accompaniment to the soup and really makes it a meal. The fresh-baked cookie with its gooey caramel and chocolate topped it off perfectly.

This Soup of the Month Club includes 6 individually-sized servings of soup, 6 baguettes and 6 bake your own gourmet cookies every month. Gift recipients can choose from a menu with lots of selections, including other tempting choices like Lobster Bisque, Ginger Butternut, or Rustic Beef Stew. Available in 3, 6, 9 or 12 month memberships.

To learn more about this Soup of the Month Club, visit the Gourmet Station website.

Save $25 on any 12-month membership from Clubs of America. This is a great deal if you want to purchase a full year of gifts for someone special. Choose from 8 different clubs:

• Beer of the Month Club
• Wine of the Month Club
• Flower of the Month Club
• Fruit of the Month Club
• Cigar of the Month Club
• Coffee of the Month Club
• Chocolate of the Month Club
• Pizza of the Month Club

This review covers the mangoes we received from the Organic Harvest Fruit Club from The Fruit Company. Five mangoes were included in the shipment.

They were large, ready to eat, and delicious! Seriously, these were some of the best mangoes I’ve ever had. They were sweet, juicy and just the right amount of ripe.

I was super-pleased with this Fruit of the Month Club selection. We enjoyed mangoes for several days and they were such a treat!

If you want to learn more about this The Fruit Company’s Harvest Fruit Club, visit their website.

We got to try The Original Craft Beer Club for the first time last week. Boy, were we impressed!

The Original Craft Beer Club includes 12 beers (4 different varieties) from small-production, independent brewers.

What we really liked about this Beer of the Month Club were the extra gifts — the beer opener, the nuts, and the set of four tasting glasses. It adds a really nice touch when giving this as a gift. This is something you won’t find in other Beer Clubs out there.

Here is a breakdown of what you need to order to get the free gifts:

• 2 – 5 month memberships: Free beer bottle opener
• 6 – 11 month membership: Free beer bottle opener + four packages of tasty nuts
• 1 year membership: Free beer bottle opener + four packages of tasty nuts + four tasting glasses (and you save $25)

All four varieties beer were really tasty. I mean, they were really tasty. Sometimes microbrewed beer can have a bitter after tastes. But every one of these beers was super smooth. Here are the four different varieties included this month:

The next photos will give you an idea of the different colors of each beer.

Southern Pecan from the Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company:

Oktoberfest from the Lancaster Brewing Company:

Reb Ale from the Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company:

Hop Hog from the Lancaster Brewing Company:

And we also put one of the tasting glasses to work as a dish for the tasty, flavored nuts.  These were yum-my in between beers.

Also included in the package was a helpful newsletter describing all of the beers we received.

All in all, this is a very cool club. I know lots of guys (and gals) who would be totally psyched to get this gift.

To learn more or place your order online, visit the Original Craft Beer Club website.

The Dinner of the Month Club from Gourmet Station is the ultimate treat. It’s easy, convenient, and delicious!

Gourmet Station sets the expectation from the moment the package arrives. Everything is bundled beautifully and kept cold in a sturdy, insulated box with ice packs included. Your meal can either be eaten within three days of receipt, or you can freeze it and eat it at another time. We enjoyed ours on the day it arrived.

Our dinner was from the Americana Menu and consisted of an appetizer (for two) with Portabella Puffs and Mushroom Tarts, 2 main entrees – salmon and beef tips, and 2 triple chocolate parfaits for dessert. Everything is packaged individually and it is a cinch to prepare. I love that the containers are foil — not plastic. Just remove the lids and pop everything into the oven.

Our appetizers were ready first, so we enjoyed them while the entrees finished cooking.

Both Mushroom appetizers were scrumptious. I love having a small appetizer before my meal, but don’t want to deal with the extra effort (and mess) that come with preparation. So it’s nice to enjoy a sampler without any fuss.

We had two different entrees – salmon with dill sauce on the side (sauce not pictured) and beef tips.

Both meals included a side of potatoes, which were yummy! The salmon was very good, but the beef tips are what really stood out for me. They were so tender and moist and full of flavor. I would definitely order those again.

Time for dessert… I just love these individual-sized parfaits. Light and chocolaty and just the right size to end our gourmet dinner.

The best part about this meal may have been that that there was no mess to clean up afterward!

A Dinner of the Month Club is definitely a treat and makes a perfect gift, especially for busy couples, new parents, or anyone who likes good food but doesn’t always have to the time to cook. Gourmet Station offers a wide menu selection to choose from, so gift recipients can chose the meals that appeal to them.

Give them the gift of good food and convenience this year – it’s sure to be a hit!

To learn more about this Dinner of the Month Club, visit the Gourmet Station website.

Enjoy a Pasta and Cheese of the Month Club and save!

Get 5% off orders of $50 or more using coupon code:TFF100

Or save 10% on all orders of $100 or more using coupon code: NC5FF

Visit the Pasta Cheese website for more info.

Get Free Shipping until Dec 2, 2011 on all Fruit of the Month Clubs at The Fruit Company! No code is required. Visit the website…

Get 15% your first order at Artisinal Premium Cheese of the Month Club.

Click here and use code CJ15 during checkout. This is a great deal, so don’t delay!