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Individual membership

Get the one year website & magazine subscription for only $49 until 31 May (enter code NEW49 at checkout to SAVE $10), AND get a free 1001 Wines Under $20 eBook worth $9.95 with every membership purchase!

Purchase your subscription to Wine Companion and discover the best wines and wineries in Australia. Get access to over 70,000 wine reviews covering over 10 years of wine tasting, with over 8000 tasting notes added this year alone. You'll also get access to bonus content covering all of Australia's richly diverse wine regions, plus all the great features listed below. You'll also recieve a free eBook of James Halliday's 1001 Wines Under $20.

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    Exclusive member benefits:

  • Unlock over 70,000 wine reviews

    Access over 70,000 tasting notes and wine ratings and make informed decisions on the wine you buy. Subscribe today and all wine ratings and reviews across the site will be unlocked instantly.

  • Discover the best new wines, FIRST

    Get the inside story on the best new wines. 100 new tasting notes are available exclusively to members, every month.

  • Build your own Virtual Cellar

    Create your own personal virtual cellar and take your interest in wine to the next level. Add delete, store all your favourite wines and even set alerts to remind you when to drink them.

  • Get a FREE eBook of James Halliday's 1001 Wines Under $20

    All subscribers to Wine Companion will receive a free eBook copy of James Halliday's 1001 Wines under $20. A link to claim your free ebook will be sent to you in your membership confirmation email.


  • Unlock members-only search tools

    Wine Companion subscribers get the competitive advantage. Unlock great new search tools including the ability to sort and refine results by rating and price to help you discover all the highest-rated wines and stay one step ahead of the pack.

  • Discover Australia's wine regions

    Your membership will allow you to unlock bonus content, found in the 'wineries' section, covering Australia's rich and diverse wine regions, taken from James Halliday's Wine Atlas of Australia RRP $79.95


  • Exclusive news

    Discover previously unpublished material including articles, news and commentary. 

  • * Please note that memberships including the magazine &/or book are only available to Australian residents. Please use a street address to ensure delivery, NOT a PO Box number.


    If you're an overseas resident please email info@winecompanion.com.au to find out how we can assist you.

     

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  • One year website & magazine subscription*
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  • One year website & magazine subscription, plus the 2012 Wine Companion book*
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  • Five year website
    Save over $45 membership

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Winery Membership

Discover our new Classic and Vintage Winery Memberships and let Wine Companion help build your winery brand, help you sell more wine and drive visits to your cellar door.

Become a winery member on Wine Companion and start showcasing your winery to the 80,000 wine enthusiasts that visit Wine Companion every month, from end consumers right through the wine trade. Our new Classic ($299) and Vintage ($399) membership options mean thereʼs a perfect package for every winery. The benefits include:

    Exclusive winery membership benefits:

  • Download and use James' tasting notes

    One year usage rights to your wines' reviews, tasting notes and winery review in your own marketing and promotional material. Select and download your reviews in a specially co-branded PDF format, perfect for your cellar door, or download a spreadsheet of your reviews.

  • Customise your winery listing

    All members can now customise their winery page by adding information about your winery, image galleries, a logo, a Google map, opening hours, a link to your website and a contact form as well as provide stockist and sales information. Now, get even more customisation options with a vintage membership.

  • Connect directly with customers and the trade

    Add your email address and let customers contact you through WineCompanion.com.au. We've already seen lots of activity from users (consumer and trade), contacting wineries to find out cellar door information, sales and distributor information and much more besides. Make sure your customers can access you through our website.

  • Free subscription to Wine Companion Magazine

    Winery members receive a FREE subscription to the new Wine Companion Magazine delivered directly to your cellar door.

  • Trade discounts

    Option to bulk purchase copies of James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2012 at trade discount of 35% off

  • Provide sales information

    Whether you want to send sales traffic to your cellar door or to your favourite retailer, all winery listings now feature the ability to link to a retailer of your choice meaning customers can always find the best place to purchase your wines.

  • Advertise with us

    To request a media kit and discover advertising options on winecompanion.com.au, please email info@winecompanion.com.au

  • Find & claim your winery to become a member

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Retail Membership

Become a retail member on Wine Companion and use Jamesʼ tasting notes in your marketing.

James Halliday is Australiaʼs leading wine critic and vigneron and his reviews influence many of Australiaʼs serious wine buyers. A retail membership to Wine Companion will grant you a license to quote and use Jamesʼ tasting notes in your marketing and sales material both online and offline.

  • Convert sales

    Use Jamesʼs reviews to help convert traffic and footfall into sales

  • Download tasting notes

    Choose the reviews you want to use and download them in PDF and CSV formats

  • Use review across your store

    Options are available for licenses covering the usage of up to 250 and 1000 tasting notes per year.

  • Use up to 2000 tasting notes Membership $5000

    Retail

  • Up to 250 tasting notes Membership $1000

    Retail

Gift a Membership

From only $39 including a free eBook of James Halliday's 1001 Wines Under $20 worth $9.95, a gift membership to Australian Wine Companion is the perfect great value present for the wine lover in your life.

From the discovery of the best new top drops to stunning classic vintages, a gift membership to Wine Companion unlocks it all.

    Exclusive gift membership benefits:

  • Personalise your gift

    Create a special ʻGift Membershipʼ email, delivered to your recipient on a date you specify containing their brand new Wine Companion membership and a personalised message from you.

  • Give them a bonus gift at no extra cost

    Your recipient will recieve a free eBook of James Halliday's 1001 Wines Under $20, worth $9.95.

  • Give the gift of wine discovery

    Your recipient will get access to over 70,000 wine reviews and 100 new reviews exclusively for members, every month.

  • Their own Virtual Cellar

    Your recipient can create their very own virtual cellar to take their interest in wine to the next level and track the wines they drink, buy and wish to try.

  • Exclusive news

    Access to previously unpublished material including articles, news and commentary.

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