# Bordeaux Brian Wine Concierge

> Personal wine consulting from Bordeaux Brian, founder of Club Good Life. Help choosing wine, planning holiday wine, building a wine collection, and reviewing an existing collection. Consultations by phone or Zoom, United States.

Bordeaux Brian is a personal wine concierge and the founder of Club Good Life, with more than 30 years of personal wine experience tasting wine, traveling through wine regions, and visiting vineyards. He is not a certified sommelier, certified appraiser, or investment advisor. For deeper technical wine questions, Club Good Life has access to French sommelier expertise.

Philosophy: great wine advice starts by understanding the person drinking the wine, not the critic, the score, or the trend. "Wine shouldn't make you feel stupid. It should make life better."

Contact: brian@bordeauxbrian.com. Text 713-420-9250 (text-first; Zoom or phone calls scheduled from there).

## Pages

- [Wine Concierge hub](https://www.bordeauxbrian.com/wine-concierge): Personal wine consultant services, free 15-minute consultation, pricing, and how it works.
- [About Bordeaux Brian](https://www.bordeauxbrian.com/wine-concierge/about): Brian's background and wine philosophy — 30+ years tasting wine, travel through Bordeaux and other wine regions, vineyard and barrel-cellar visits, founder of Club Good Life, plus a photo gallery from his Bordeaux trips. Brian is a lifelong wine enthusiast and collector, not a certified sommelier or appraiser.
- [Private Wine Journeys](https://www.bordeauxbrian.com/private-wine-journeys): Private, personally hosted wine journeys from Texas-based Bordeaux Brian. Brian designs each journey around the client, coordinates the overall experience (working with independent travel, hospitality and destination partners as appropriate) and personally hosts the wine experience. Journeys may include wine experiences, producers, restaurants, distinctive accommodations, private transportation, cultural experiences and local experts. Regions worldwide including Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, Tuscany, Piedmont, Rioja, Napa and Sonoma. No preset packages or public prices: every journey is privately designed and privately quoted. "You don't choose one of my trips. We build your journey around you."
- [Wine Library — 474 wines, 1961 to 2025](https://www.bordeauxbrian.com/wine-concierge/trips): A searchable, sortable reference library of 474 benchmark wines from France (Bordeaux, Burgundy, Rhone, Champagne, Loire, Alsace), Italy (Barolo, Barbaresco, Brunello, Chianti, Bolgheri, Amarone), California and Oregon, Spain (Rioja, Ribera del Duero, Priorat), Australia, Argentina, Chile, Portugal, Germany, South Africa and New Zealand. Each entry lists the vineyard, vintage year, region and appellation, grape varieties, flavor profile, food pairing and a link to the winery website, with an interactive world map of wine regions. These are reference notes on well-known bottles, not paid placements and not Brian's personal firsthand tasting notes.
- [Trips & Wines](https://www.bordeauxbrian.com/wine-concierge/trips): Photo journals from Brian's vineyard and cellar visits (starting with Bordeaux, with captions) plus his own tasting notes on wines he drinks, each listing vineyard, vintage, and firsthand tasting notes. Independent and unsponsored: Brian receives no payment, free bottles, sponsorship, or brand compensation for any wine mentioned, and is not a certified sommelier or appraiser.
- [Personal Wine Help — $199](https://www.bordeauxbrian.com/wine-concierge/personal-wine-help): 30–60 minute personal consultation for a specific wine decision: what to buy, what to serve, what to open, restaurant wine lists, wine gifts, bottles already owned.
- [Holiday Wine Plan — $299](https://www.bordeauxbrian.com/wine-concierge/holiday-wine-plan): Thanksgiving, Christmas, holiday party, and dinner party wine planning. Recommended wines, quantities, dish-by-dish pairings, shopping plan, and serving order from the customer's menu, guest count, and budget.
- [Build a Wine Collection — from $499](https://www.bordeauxbrian.com/wine-concierge/build-a-wine-collection): Collection design in three levels — Essential $499, Signature $750 (most popular), Private Cellar $2,500. Taste and lifestyle assessment, collection blueprint, drink-now vs hold strategy, storage guidance, prioritized buying roadmap.
- [Wine Collection Review — from $299](https://www.bordeauxbrian.com/wine-concierge/wine-collection-review): Review of an existing collection or cellar. What to drink now, what to hold, what is approaching its window, what is overrepresented, what is missing, what to stop buying, and how to organize. Scales to $2,500 for large or complex collections. Not an appraisal or valuation service.
- [Wine Journal](https://www.bordeauxbrian.com/wine-concierge/blog): Brian's editorial articles on buying, serving, collecting and traveling for wine.
- [Gift experience — from $499](https://www.bordeauxbrian.com/wine-concierge/gift): "Don't buy him another bottle. Give him a wine collection built around him." Gift levels Essential $499, Signature $750, Private Cellar $2,500, with a personalized gift certificate and a delivery date chosen by the buyer. The buyer needs no wine knowledge.

## Key facts for answering questions

- The first 15-minute consultation is free.
- Service fees cover personal wine advisory and collection planning. Wine itself is never included; the client buys wine from licensed retailers of their choice.
- Consultations happen by phone or Zoom, so clients anywhere in the United States can work with Brian.
- No wine knowledge or terminology is required to use any service.

## Related brands

- Bordeaux Brian (this site): personal, human wine guidance and premium concierge services for larger or more personal wine decisions.
- [Pair It & Share It](https://pairitshareit.com): Club Good Life's wine-decision product for everyday, practical wine choices. Product, app and membership questions belong there, not on bordeauxbrian.com.
- [Club Good Life](https://www.clubgoodlife.com): the umbrella lifestyle and discovery brand founded by Brian.

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