Wine was once such an expensive commodity that the rich conspicuously spilled it on their golden capes instead of wasting it invisibly in their stomachs. Afford enough wine to braggadociously spill it with today's Groupon: for $40, you get $85 worth of wine from MyWinesDirect.com. Shipping and handling are free, with orders usually arriving within two to six business days. You must redeem the entire value of this Groupon in a single order; it can also be applied toward tax.

MyWinesDirect's expert research and careful wine-selection process is the antidote to your snakebite of guesswork and fretting consternation. Start your journey down the wine bottle with the popular member's favorites pack ($84.95), a six-strong squad of four reds and two white wines. Or nab one of the intro packs, such as the all red tasting pack ($84.95). In order to secure a prime position at holiday feasting table, try bribery and send the most popular gift ($84.95) or other smile-inducing wine gifts to your favorite apron-clad host. Naturally, MyWinesDirect's full catalog of wines is also available by the bottle ($9.99-$29.99) in increments of six, 12, and so on, so customers can mix-and-match to create customized packs of reds and whites.

Combining both the preference of its customers in blind taste tests and the tongue deliberation of its experts, MyWinesDirect ensures quality with each sip and for every three wines on the site, close to 200 were tasted. Many of its wines are produced on small, family estates, hardly known outside their quaint lost valleys of time filled with uncounted herds of grapes and dinosaurs. Place your order, settle into your drinking chair, and await the arrival of your Bacchus-approved bundle of libations from MyWinesDirect.

You must be 21 years of age or older to order and to receive wine. MyWinesDirect.com ships to 37 states, with respective state sales taxes applying.