Locals & Nomads Wine Subscription Club

What's in the box: Expect a selection of natural wines from the shop's range, which includes exclusive and harder to find bottles.

Locals & Nomads is a natural wine shop and bar in Lisbon that also sells online through a store priced in euros. The focus is natural wine, and the shop points buyers toward its exclusives and rarer bottles as well as its general range. Besides single bottles, there is a Wine Bundles section, which is the closest thing to a curated box on the site. There is also a small range of merch and books, plus a wine blog.

The site does not explain how the subscription club works. It does not say how often shipments arrive, how many bottles are in each one, what it costs, or whether you can skip or cancel. Ask the team before you sign up. They list an email address and a Portuguese phone number, so you should be able to reach a real person.

The bar is a real plus. If you are in Lisbon, you can taste wines before you buy and tell the staff what you like, which helps when picking future orders. If you sign up for the newsletter, you get 15% off your first order.

This is a small specialist shop, not a large subscription business. It suits curious natural wine drinkers, especially in Portugal. If you want a clearly defined recurring box, you may find the details too thin for now.