My Account & Benefits
For special discounts exclusive with your membership, scroll to the bottom of the page.
Membership Benefits & Savings
Members of Opening a Bottle can more than recoup the cost of their subscription by utilizing these exclusive offers. Want to take an unforgettable vacation (and have Kevin plan it for you)? Want to expand your wine education with the Wine Scholar Guild or locally in Denver at Grappolo Wine School? Scroll below. More offers will be made as I broker more exclusive partnerships for you.
Fora Travel Advisor
$100 credit toward travel planning services
From wine country escapes to once-in-a-lifetime journeys, exceptional trips begin with expert planning.
Editor-in-Chief Kevin Day is now a Certified Fora Travel Advisor, applying his signature curatorial eye to crafting and booking memorable travel experiences for subscribers, their families, and friends.
As an exclusive benefit, members receive a $100 credit toward Kevin’s travel planning services. Be sure to mention your member status after clicking “Book with Kevin” on his Fora page.
Wine Scholar Guild
Save 10% off enrollment ...
With all of Wine Scholar Guild’s Independent online certifications. Understand the history, culture, geography, geology and regulations of Europe’s most pivotal wine nations like never before. This is the program I’ve gone through for Italian, French and Spanish wines, and I highly recommend it to all of my readers.
Peruse from a selection of courses on the page linked below. The discount code is automatically applied when you click through to Wine Scholar Guild’s website.
Grappolo Food & Wine School
Save $50 on programming
Do you want to learn the ins and outs of Italian wine with a world-class, in-person instructor? Sign up for sommelier Scott Thomas' Certified Italian Wine Consultant class and save as a subscriber to Opening a Bottle. Designed for professionals and enthusiasts alike, this class in Denver, Colorado dives into one of the most complex and celebrated wine cultures in the world, all while providing in-depth insights that will elevate your understanding of Italy.
Save $50 when you use the checkout code OAB50 upon registration.
Anthony Giglio’s Side Gig SUPERSALT
10% discount on 2-packs and 4-packs
My good friend Anthony Giglio (wine writer, sommelier, proud Italian-American) has created his own line of Sicilian sea salt that has quickly become indispensable in my kitchen. But don’t take it from me ... take it from my 16-year-old daughter. Every time I’ve used Anthony’s SUPERSALT on meat, fish or roasted veggies at home, I get rave reviews from her. (Few things make me more proud than seeing my ravenous teenager eating roasted vegetables like they were Doritos).
I asked Anthony if he’d be willing to extend an exclusive discount to Opening a Bottle members and he said “of course!” Use promo code OAB10 at checkout for 10% off 2-packs and 4-packs. This salt also makes for a great gift.
Wine Photo Prints & Stock Photography
50% off downloads
My photography is available for purchase through an extensive archive hosted by Photoshelter. Registered members of Opening a Bottle are entitled to 50% off purchased downloads of high-res images, which includes an international royalty-free license for use in marketing.
Just use the coupon code OAB-DISCOUNT at checkout. All images are priced at $60, so this reduces it to just $30.
Galleries include Sicily (300+ images), Veneto (300+ images), Piedmont (200+ images), Tuscany (200+ images), Trentino-Alto Adige (100+ images) and Bourgogne (100+ images).
Images are taken with either a Leica Q3 or Canon 5D MKIV and capable of enlargements exceeding 40 inches wide.