Clever Nicknames to Up Your Wine Game (For Wine Clubs & Wine Lovers!)

Naming yar wine club is a bit like uncorking a new bottle of wine – it has all the potential to be great, but also has the potential to end up a fizzled-out mess with serious vinegar vibes. It’s a delicate dance between the delight of champagne and the devastating tasting notes of dime-store box wine.

So, let’s sidestep the sediment and pour forth a name that’s got legs, a name that won’t leave ya with a hangover of regret, but instead fills each member of yar club or wine crew with the bubbly effervescence of pride.

Whether ya’re toasting to the Nectar of the Gods or just clinking glasses in the corner of a cozy cafe, make yar wine club’s name one for the ages – preferably ages that go by in the finest oak barrels.

Funny Wine Club Names

First up on our wine list, let’s raise a glass to names that would be described as “chuckle-worthy” in our sommelier’s tasting notes, perfect for those who believe every pour should come with a punchline.

• Aroma Mafioso
• Barrel Buddies
• Blend Benders
• Blend Bunch
• Bottle Boutique
• Bottle Throttlers
• Bouquet Brigade
• Bouquet Society
• Cask Cohort
• Cask Crusaders
• Cellar Dwellers
• Cellar Masters
• Cheers Chums
• Clarified Companions
• Clink & Drinks
• Cork & Glass
• Cork Crew
• Cork Pops
• Cork Twisters
• Cru Crew
• Crush Pad Comrades
• Cuvee Collective
• Decanting Companions
• Epicurean Sippers
• Essence Explorers
• Estate Assembly
• Ferment Fellowship
• Ferment Flock
• Ferment Frolics
• Fermented Friends
• Full-Bodied Friends
• Goblet Guild
• Grape Enclave
• Grape Origins
• Grapevine Gossipers
• Harmony in Bottles
• Must Mates
• Noble Rots
• Oenophile’s Order
• Palate Partners
• Palate Pioneers
• Pour Professors
• Profile Pourers
• Reserve Revelers
• Sip Circle
• Sip Society
• Sip Stewards
• Sommelier’s Selection
• Spirited Sippers
• Swirl Syndicate
• Tannin Club
• Tasters’ Choice
• Tasting Collective
• Terroir Tasters
• Terroir Troopers
• The Bottle Consortium
• The Cellar Keys
• The Enology Group
• The Maceration Society
• The Wine Almanacs
• The Wine Chronicles
• The Wine Narrative
• Tipsy Troupers
• Uncorked Comrades
• Varietal Guild
• Velvet Vintners
• Viniferous League
• Vino Virtuosos
• Vinology Varsity
• Vintage Quest
• Vintage Sages
• Vintage Voyeurs
• Vintner’s Circle
• Viticulture Collective
• Wine Affinity
• Wine Arcana
• Wine Follies
• Wine Odyssey
• Wine Wafters
• Winemaker’s Choice

Clever & Pun-Based Wine Club Names

Next up on our wine list, a flight of clever twists and playful puns that could make even the most serious sommelier snicker. A witty bouquet, these names prove, when it comes to wine club names, a pun in the hand is worth two in the barrel.

• A Midsummer Night’s Drink
• A Tale of Two Sippies
• Barrel Selects
• Booze Clues
• Bottle in a Haystack
• Bottle Royales
• Bottled Up
• Caskablanca
• Cloud Wine
• Cork Jesters
• Decant Even
• Fifty Shades of Grapes
• Flights of Fancy
• Giggle Juicers
• Glass Half Fulls
• Gone with the Wine
• Grape Expectations
• Grape Guffaws
• Grapeful Deads
• Grapes of Laugh
• Jest Vino
• Jurassic Cork
• Neverending Poury
• Noble Grapes
• Once Upon a Vine
• Piquette Fences
• Planet of the Grapes
• Pour Decisions
• Pour Decisions
• Prime and Dined
• Raiders of the Last Aperitif
• Raiders of the Lost Cask
• Rebels Without a Cork
• Sip Happens
• Sip Teases
• Sips Ahoy
• Spirited Away
• The Good, The Bad, and The Bubbly
• The Grape Beyond
• The Grape Gatsbies
• The Grape Pursuit
• The Grapefathers
• The Infinite Zest
• The Sipping Point
• The Unfermentables
• Twisted Corks
• Uncorked
• Uncorked Potential
• Vin-tertainment
• Vine Romance
• Weekly Wine-Down
• Wine Down Zone
• Wine Not?
• Wino-saurs

Wine Club Names Based on Wine Types & Regions

Pouring next in our tasting flight, names that play off the rich variety of wines themselves. From robust reds to crisp whites, these names are steeped in the character of the wines they represent, blending a sip of playfulness with a dash of distinction.

For Merlot Wine Clubs

• Merlot Mischief
• Much Ado About Merlot
• The Merry Merlots

For Chardonnay Wine Clubs

• A Chardonnay to Remember
• Chardon-Hee Hee
• Chardonnay or Neigh
• Charming Chardonnays

For Pinot Wine Clubs

• Pinot More Time
• Pinot Patrol
• Pinot Pleasures

For Cabernet Wine Clubs

• CaberYay!
• The Bold Cabernets

For Shiraz/Syrah Wine Clubs

• Sassy Syrahs
• Shiraz Sharp
• Shiraz-lot
• Syrah Syrup

For Riesling Wine Clubs

• From Riesling with Love
• Lord of the Rieslings
• Riesling to the Occasion

For Malbec Wine Clubs

• Enigmatic Malbecs
• Malbec My Day

For Rosé Wine Clubs

• Radiant Rosés
• Rosé All Slay
• Rosé Roadshow

For Bubble (Sparkling Wine) Clubs

• Bubbly Brigade
• Silence of the Lambrusco
• Spirited Sparklings

Other Red Club Names

• Bordeaux Banter
• Brunello Bunch
• Claret Cadets
• Daring Dolcettos
• Grenache Grins
• Mourvèdre Mavens
• Noble Nebbiolos
• Petite Sirah Parade
• Sangiovese Squad
• Sangria Soirée Syndicate
• Tantalizing Tannats
• Tempranillo Tango
• Vermentino Vagaries
• Zesty Zinfandels
• Zinfan-Delight

Other White Club Names

• Chilled Chenins
• Cinsault Circle
• Elegant Albariños
• Gewürztraminer Gang
• Muscat Mirth
• Pristine Pinot Grigios
• Sauvign-Yawn No More
• Sauvignon Secrets
• Semillon Says
• Trebbiano Trivia
• Viognier Ventures
• Whimsical Whites

Region-Based Wine Club Names

• Alsace Alliance
• Bacchus & Bordeaux
• Barolo Brigade
• Burgundy Brotherhood
• Champagne Campaign
• Chianti Chronicles
• Douro Dynasty
• Finger Lakes Fables
• Game of Rhones
• Loire Liaisons
• Marlborough Monarchy
• Mendoza Memoirs
• Napa Narratives
• Piedmont Platoon
• Rhine Revelations
• Rioja Rendezvous
• Sonoma Saga
• The Bottled Brunellos
• The Grape Gatsby
• Tuscan Tales
• Willamette Wisdom

Club Names Based on Group Dynamics

Uncorking camaraderie, every wine club has its own unique blend of personalities. Our next list of names celebrates the very essence of these group dynamics. Whether ya’re seasoned connoisseurs or fresh enthusiasts, these group names are chosen to reflect the spirit and style of yar collective palate.

Young Professionals

For the up-and-comers who uncork to unwind, welcome to the Young Professionals’ wine club picks.

• Business and Bottles
• Corporate Corks
• Deal Makers & Grape Shakers
• Entrepreneurs’ Elixir
• IPO Vinos
• Market Meritage
• Merger & Merlot
• Network and Nectar
• Portfolio Pourers
• Prospect Pinots
• Startup Sipsters
• Suits & Sips
• The Boardroom Bottles
• The Bonding Bordeaux
• The Briefcase Barrels
• The Executive Decanters
• The Fiscal Fermenters
• The Grapevine Climbers
• Venture Vintages
• Vintner Visions

Parents

Where parenthood and pinot coexist in perfect harmony, these are our Parent Group pours.

• After-School Syrah
• Bedtime Bordeaux
• Bottle Time Tastings
• Carpool Cabernet
• Crayons & Chianti
• Diaper Duty Decanting
• Homework & Merlot
• Kinder-Whine Club
• Lullaby and Vines
• Nappy Noir
• Naptime Nebbiolos
• Pacifier & Pinot
• Playdates & Prosecco
• Preschool Port
• PTA & Chardonnay
• Sippy Cup Sippers
• The Parents’ Pour
• The Stroller Sommeliers
• Timeout Tempranillo
• Toddlers & Tannins

Seniors

Vintage spirits meet vintage spirits in our Senior Sippers collection.

• Aged to Perfection
• Classic Corkers
• Drinkin’ Grans
• Elder Vines
• Generations Glass
• Golden Grapes
• Legacy Libations
• Patina Pourers
• Prime Vintage
• Sage Sippers
• Seasoned Sippers
• Silver Cellars
• Sip of Experience
• Sip Seniors
• The Ancient Barrels
• The Genteel Grapes
• The Refined Palate
• The Senior Sommeliers
• Timeless Tasters
• Viniculture Vets
• Vintage Pioneers
• Wisdom & Wine
• Wisdom in Bottles

Newbie Wine Drinkers

Diving into the grape unknown with a toast to our Newbie Tasters.

• Barrel Beginners
• Beginner’s Blend
• Budding Bottles
• First Crush Crew
• First Sip Fellowship
• Fresh Press Posse
• Grape Beginnings
• New Age Nectar
• Novice Nectar
• Palate Pioneers
• Sip Starters
• Tasting Trailblazers
• The Entry-Level Oenophiles
• The Green Grapes
• The New Vine Society
• The Rookie Reds
• The Young Vines
• Uncorked Understudies
• Vine Virgins
• Wine Wave Newcomers

Eco-Drinkers

Raise a glass to a greener planet with our Eco-Drinkers’ selections.

• Biodynamic Bottles
• Clean Crush Community
• Conservation Cuvee Club
• Earth-Friendly Vines
• Eco Barrel Buddies
• Eco-Cask Connoisseurs
• Green Grape Guild
• Nature’s Nectar Network
• Permaculture Pourers
• Planet-Friendly Pinots
• Sustainable Sips
• Terroir for Tomorrow
• The Conscious Cabernets
• The Eco-Vintners
• The Green Cork Collective
• The Natural Wine Enthusiasts
• The Organic Oenophiles
• The Renewable Reds
• The Sustainable Sommeliers
• Viniculture for the Earth

Nicknames for Wine Lovers

We all know that person who whispers sweet nothings to their Sauvignon or serenades their Syrah. (Let’s be honest, it’s probably us.) Celebrating the aficionados of the vine, these nicknames are for those with corkscrews on their keychains who’ve made loving wine a personal trademark.

• Barrel Buccaneer
• Barrel Buff
• Barrel Seer
• Blanc Buddy
• Blend Whisperer
• Blush Bard
• Bottle Bard
• Bottle Bearer
• Bottle Buccaneer
• Bottle Maestro
• Bouquet Buffoon
• Cask Conductor
• Cellar Sage
• Cellar Scholar
• Cellar Sentinel
• Chateau Chieftain
• Claret Clown
• Claret Connoisseur
• Claret Crusader
• Cork Composer
• Cork Crusader
• Cork Savant
• Cru Captain
• Cru Commander
• Cuvee Comedian
• Decant Diva
• Decant Doyen
• Decanting Daredevil
• Dionysus Disciple
• Ferment Fanatic
• Ferment Fiend
• Ferment Philosopher
• Fizz Fanatic
• Flask Fiend
• Fruity Fool
• Gargle Gladiator
• Glass Gladiator
• Goblet Gargoyle
• Goblet Gladiator
• Goblet Guru
• Graft Magician
• Grape Guru
• Grape Sage
• Grape Whisperer
• Harvest Hero
• Libation Luminary
• Magnum Mogul
• Malbec Minstrel
• Merlot Maverick
• Must Magus
• Must Muse
• Noble Rot Nutter
• Oak Oracle
• Oak Oracle
• Oenophile Oracle
• Palate Explorer
• Palate Pirate
• Pinot Pioneer
• Piquette Pioneer
• Piquette Poet
• Plonk Prophet
• Port Prophet
• Pour-meister
• Quaff Quipster
• Quaff Quirker
• Reserva Ranger
• Riesling Rogue
• Rosé Renegade
• Sauvignon Squire
• Sip Sage
• Sip Savant
• Sip Sensei
• Sip Siren
• Somm Seducer
• Swirl Scholar
• Swirl Specter
• Tanin Troubadour
• Tannin Tactician
• Tannin Tickler
• Tasting Tempter
• Terroir Tactician
• Terroir Tease
• Terroir Teller
• The Blend Buffoon
• Vine Virtuoso
• Vine Visionary
• Vineyard Vagabond
• Vinifera Vagary
• Vinification Vanguard
• Vino Virtuoso
• Vino Voyager
• Vinous Vanguard
• Vinous Viner
• Vintage Joker
• Vintage Vagabond
• Vintage Virtuoso
• Vitis Virtuoso
• Wine Whisperer
• Wine Wit
• Wine Wizard
• Zinfandel Zen Master

Get Sippin’

Well, we’ve reached the end of the row, and we hope we’ve harvested a full-bodied list of wine clubs and wine lover names with the perfect bouquet of humor, creativity, and a finish that lingers on yar tongue.

Whether ya’re a budding wine enthusiast or a seasoned sipper, may yar glass always be half full and yar wine club name be the toast of the town. Cheers to the vine times ahead!