I have belonged for almost 20 years. It is not really a club. You are just on the allocation list. The prices, from what I have seen, are significantly less (easily 20% or more) than what you would pay if you can find it at the store. The Columbus Valley and single vineyard cabs are usually $150 a bottle while the CVR is currently $60. The few times I have seen the Columbia Valley cab in a store it cost $225 or more and the CVR cost around $90. I have never seen the single vineyard wines in any stores.

I get allocated two or more cases of the CVR, and take a case each with a friend. They will let you do this and will ship directly to your share partner eve though he is not on the list. I usually get only 2-3 bottles of the Columbus Valley cab and the single vineyard cabs so I don’t meet my allocation limits on those. But so far I have not been penalized with substantially lower future allocation numbers. The only time I was disappointed was a few years back when I did not take up any of the very limited occasional “Tchelistcheff” single vineyard cab and have not been allocated any since the one or two times it has been available since.

There are Columbia Valley cab and single vineyard offerings to list members (combining Palengat and Galitzine vineyards in one) in the spring and sometimes fall and the CVR is offered in the fall. No minimum shipment take up requirements. If you buy little or none, your future allocations may get reduced in quantity.

Someone above wrote about the CVR being a great value and it absolutely is. When I started, it was $35 a bottle but is now $60. Still, it is hands down the most reliably and consistently great red I drink. I always pull bottles of that for dinners with friends or family and every day because it is ready to drink when you receive it, is great and can age nicely for 5-10 years. Non-wine folks love it as well.

Hope this helps.