Affiliate disclosure
How The Vine Route makes money, which links earn a commission, and what that does and does not influence.
The Vine Route carries no affiliate links, no sponsored posts and no advertising. Nothing on this site earns money when you click it, and nobody pays to appear here.
Why this page exists anyway
Because the honest answer to “how does this site make money” is worth stating even when the answer is “it does not”. It also means you can read a recommendation here without wondering which link paid for it.
If that changes
Domaines and small cellars sell directly and almost never through affiliate networks. If commercial links are ever added, this page will say so before they appear, every such link will go through a /go/ redirect tagged as sponsored, and the pages carrying them will show a notice next to the links rather than only in the footer.
How we choose what to recommend
A domaine is included because it receives visitors properly and is worth the drive, not because of a score. Where a cellar requires an appointment, the page says so, since arriving without one is the single most common way to waste a day here.
Questions
If anything here is unclear, ask: [email protected].