A monthly wine club, curated by Co-Owner and certified Sommelier, Ed Buffington

While we are lucky enough to taste loads of beautiful wines on a weekly basis at the Tap, only a small percentage of these ever make it to our shelves. ROOTS gives us the opportunity to share the experience of trying our favorite bottles. 

Your monthly ROOTS subscription will include six bottles of wine in a reusable wine tote, notes by Ed including information on the producers, grapes and growing regions, and (bonus & crowd favorite) a recipe selected by Ed to pair perfectly with one or several of your wines for the month.

Ed, why do you love wine so much?

“Way back in the year 2000, my wife Kim and I were living in The Netherlands and during a trip to France – Provence to be exact, the wine bug bit me. 
 
We were enjoying a pizza with niçoise olives on it and the server brought a carafe of rosé. As one those people who says ‘I only drink red’, I thought ‘why not, it’s what everyone around us is drinking’ and voila – I was hooked! 
 
Fast forward ten years and as we were opening Greenville’s first craft beer focused store, I wanted to add wine to the mix, because, well, it’s delicious. 
 
A few years later, as I started going further down the rabbit hole of the wine world, I decided to go for and achieve a Certified Sommelier status with the Court of Master Sommeliers – a rigorous process no doubt. 
 
As I wrote in the notes of a recent Roots wine club collection, to me wine is, in a way, a method of exploration – in each bottle we can visit the vineyards where the grapes are grown and taste the fruits of the labor from the people and the place that made the wine, each one truly a special event.”

Membership Options

The O.G. Roots bag is for wine lovers who can’t pick favorites — and shouldn’t have to. Mostly reds, with a couple of guest stars from the white, rosé, or orange crew. Equal parts cozy and adventurous.

Annual – $1200 + tax/yr

Quarterly – $330 + tax/qtr

Monthly – $115 + tax/mo

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For those who believe “I’ll have red” is a lifestyle, not a preference. Skip the guessing game — our Red Collection delivers rich, moody bottles that pair well with steak, solitude, or your best attempt at sophistication 

Annual – $1380 + tax/yr

Quarterly – $360 + tax/qtr

Monthly – $125 + tax/mo

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New for 2023

  • Pickup for Roots will be at our North Main or Travelers Rest location.
  • We have changed to a new subscription platform called Billsby that will better allow you to manage your monthly subscription plan and recurring payment. All subscriptions will auto renew through Billsby moving forward.
  • You can sign up at any time, however, if you sign up after the 5th of each month, your membership will start the following month.
  • Annual plans are billed the day the customer signs up. Quarterly and monthly plans are billed the 6th of each month.
 
If you have any questions, please email [email protected]
 

One Time Trial or Gift

Shop our North Main online store to purchase a one-time, three month trial or gift of our Roots Wine Club.