Meet the wine club made to taste

Most wine clubs send you wine. We send you confidence.

Ourglass is the Decanter award-winning British wine club for curious drinkers. Every bottle is chosen from small independent producers for what it can teach as much as what it tastes like. Every delivery includes the context to make that bottle meaningful: who made it, where, why it tastes the way it does, and what to eat with it.

We help you taste better wines, taste wine better, and enjoy better taste. Others intimidate. We liberate.

Ourglass is a monthly wine subscription built around curation, education, and taste development. Every box contains three to six bottles from independent producers, chosen by experts, with tasting notes written to build confidence rather than signal expertise. Rated 4.7 by members. Decanter Best Wine Subscription Club.

The best wines in the world are not hidden. They are just rarely explained or distributed properly. Most of what fills supermarket shelves is chosen by accountants. Most wine writing assumes you already know what malolactic fermentation is and why it matters.

Ourglass was built to close that gap. Not by dumbing wine down, but by making it legible. There is a difference between simplifying and explaining. We explain.

You sip first. The education follows, naturally, in the tasting notes that arrive with every bottle. By the time you finish a box you know something you did not know before, without having sat through a lecture to get there.

Three to six bottles depending on your subscription tier, each chosen from independent producers whose work we genuinely rate. With every delivery:

Tasting notes written to explain, not impress. Producer backstory that tells you who made this wine and why it matters. Food pairing suggestions that actually reflect how people eat. Guidance on serving temperature and glassware where it makes a difference.

Every box is packed in 100% recyclable materials and delivered carbon neutral.

The Ourglass promise applies to every delivery: love it, or your next box is free.

We curate. Every month our wine team selects bottles from small producers across benchmark regions. The selection changes constantly. No bottle repeats without reason.

You taste. Clear tasting notes, pairing suggestions, and producer context arrive with every delivery. The information is there to enhance the experience, not precede it.

Your palate develops. Exposure to variety is how taste is built. After six months you will notice things in a glass you could not articulate before. After twelve, you will be the one people ask to choose the wine.

I built Ourglass because the bottles and producers worth knowing are rarely the ones that get explained properly. The wine industry has spent decades making knowledge feel like a barrier. We are doing the opposite.

The best wine education happens in the glass, with enough context to understand what you are tasting and why it matters. That is what every Ourglass delivery is built around.

Benedict Johnson, Founder

MEET THE WINES☞

TEAM

• Benedict Johnson, CEO and Founder. Brand, growth, and wine obsessive.
• Dave Tokley, Design Lead. Award-winning designer.
• Julia Siegal, Community Manager. Wine storyteller.
• Nick Bailey, Community Lead. Certified wine expert.
• Matthew Gaunt, Customer Lead. Ex-CMO, Majestic Wine.

ADVISORS

• Amelia Singer, Wine Advisor. Broadcaster and wine educator.
• Rory Sutherland, Growth Advisor. Vice-Chairman, Ogilvy UK.
• Frank Cotroneo, Financial Advisor. Ex-CFO, Mastercard.
• Jasel Mehta, Investment Advisor. Ex-COO, Forward Partners and AKQA.
• Matthew Hogg, Partnerships Advisor. Ex-SVP, Criteo and LinkedIn.

Email: advice@ourglass.wine
Instagram: @ourglass.wine
YouTube: @ourglasswine
LinkedIn: Ourglass

• Winner: Decanter Best Wine Subscription Club
• Finalist: Drinks Retailing Awards Specialist Online Retailer of the Year
• Partner: SeedLegals Startup Awards
• Featured In: GQ, WIRED, Evening Standard, House & Garden, Stylist, YOU Magazine