HBC Curated Releases  ·  Inaugural Release 2026

Your blind wine tasting experience
is waiting.

Receive a curated selection of wines with the labels hidden. Taste without influence, then reveal the producer, region and story when you’re ready.

Inaugural Release Planned price: $300 + shipping Six bottles  ·  New Zealand delivery  ·  Limited founding cohort Registering interest is free. No payment now, no subscription — we’ll confirm details with you directly.
The Inaugural Release

What arrives at your door.

The Shipment

Six concealed bottles

Numbered 01–06. Wrapped, sealed, anonymous. Independently chosen wines, delivered to your door.

The Reveal

Six dedicated pages

QR tags link to individual reveal pages — one per bottle. Each page tells the full story of that wine, at the moment you choose to know it.

The Connection

Direct to the winery

Where possible, each reveal links you straight to the winery — their website, cellar door or mailing list. No intermediary. The relationship is yours.

Inaugural release2026 (date to be confirmed with those who register)
Planned price$300 NZD + shipping (to be confirmed with those who register)
ShippingNew Zealand delivery only. Rates confirmed before any purchase.
Cohort size10–20 founding members
CommitmentNone. Registering interest is free — no payment, no subscription.

How It Works

Three steps. One rule:
no peeking.

01
Receive the box

Six bottles arrive wrapped and numbered. No labels, no hints — just the tags.

02
Taste without bias

Pour, taste, argue about it. Your impression forms before anyone tells you what it should be.

03
Reveal the story

Scan the tag when you’re ready. The winery, region, story and tasting notes appear.


Why Blind?

The best tasting note
is your own.


No label bias. No price tag doing the talking. Just you, the glass, and the most honest opinion you’ll ever have about a wine — and then the reveal, which becomes the best conversation of the night.

“The reveal can wait.”

“Discover what you think before you discover what it is.”


What This Is

Not early access.
A founding group.


The first release will go to somewhere between ten and twenty members — a scale where the experience can be delivered properly, and where every member is known by name.

Founding members are not signing up for a subscription. You’re registering interest in the first release; each release after that is a separate decision. No obligation, no automatic commitment, and nothing is charged now.

Once we launch, each release stays available to buy while stock lasts — you won’t need to be a member or have registered beforehand to purchase. Founding membership is simply the first invitation.

Register Interest

Save your place
at the table.

This form registers your interest. When the founding cohort is being finalised, we’ll contact you directly with confirmed details and pricing.

Prefer email? hiddenbottlecollective.nz@gmail.com

Received

Thank you — your interest has been received.

We will be in touch as the founding member cohort is confirmed. Questions in the meantime? hiddenbottlecollective.nz@gmail.com

Legal notice: Hidden Bottle Collective sells alcohol. A New Zealand liquor licence is required prior to any sale. Licence details will be published here once obtained. All sales are subject to the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012. Alcohol will not be delivered to persons under 18. An adult signature is required on delivery. Please drink responsibly.