A very, very good wine shop run by someone who knows exactly what they're selling. A real rarity, now I think about it. The wines they sell are very well chosen and laid out in a logical way - a wine beginner will have an easy time here, as will a connoisseur.
Good selection of spirits too - alas, this is also the only local place which sells my favourite whisky, George Dickel - and I was heartbroken to discover that they've upped the price from $28 to $34 since I was there about six weeks ago. Why?! Seriously good place but that knocks a star off for me.
Love this place. Â We just moved here and I was worried about finding a wine shop that could meet the high standards of my old local. This wine shop is fantastic. Great variety, really nice owners, decent prices, good 'sales' and they actually have a kitchen in the back where they make little snacks to go along with some of the wines they offer for tastings. What a great place. Highly recommended to any wine snob.
Review Source:Great find on Beacon's Main Avenue.
The wine selection was broad, arranged by flavor profile, with reasonable prices and detailed and engaging descriptions displayed with every bottle. They offered a wide range of international spirits, with bottles that hailed from Australia to Austria.
The staff was knowledgeable and held a personal tastings with wine and a small but delicious food paring (free).
A really beautiful space with friendly and knowledgable owners who have clearly placed their focus on pairing food with wine, which is evidenced by the kitchen space in the back and weekly wine pairings with food.
Wines available in every price-point are organized by categories like lush, medium-bodied, full-bodied, crisp, sweet etc - and almost every wine has cards which describe the grape, region and wine in detail. A nice touch.
Great selection and the focus tends to be on smaller producers with a few lesser known areas represented. Â In all honestly, other than local wines that I am familiar with, I only recognized about 4-5 other producers, which is exciting for someone who likes to experiment with some new names.
When we visited, we tasted a lovely lighter red from Lanzarote, which is one of the Canary Islands! Â Not really a place that you hear much about in terms of wine.
I also love that they store bottles on their side, which is better for the cork.
First of all, a big shoutout to Lydia L. for giving me a mini-tour of downtown Beacon and gladly assisting in getting my shop on!
We got our coffee and bagels.
We dropped by a few boutiques and consignment shops to get some gift shopping done.
Hmm...something's missing....wine!
The Artisan Wine Shop has such an interesting variety of wines to select from - wines from small, regional vineyards as well as California and Europe. Â Wines are organized by flavor profile and body, which is so helpful if you're looking to pair a wine with a particular meal. Â Even if you're not an oenophile, the selection of other spirits and liquors is impressive and worth a look.
The full-bodied reds section made it very easy to locate the Riojas. Â I was ecstatic to find a Rioja I had with dinner not too long ago, and at a fraction of the restaurant price.
Next time I'm in the area, Â I'll have to pick up a bottle of sparkling sake!
Since I am so close to my 600th review, I find that I am needing to ration my reviews until that One... LOL. But I can and will do updates on some businesses I have visited in the past.
One such business is Artisan Wine Shop. Still as wonderful as ever, this time I had the benefit of a seasoned Spanish wine expert and yelper extraordinaria, Dana F., with whom I passed the afternoon recently in Beacon. I love to see familiar places through the eyes of a new visitor. :)))
Artisan's selection is well thought out and very user friendly. I found two reds that I just had to have, very well-priced and labels I had not seen elsewhere. Tis the season!
Whatever your occasion you are bound to find the perfect bottle to go with your whatever at Artisan.
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I decided to walk in one morning with no real idea of what I wanted. The owner said if I needed anything I could just ask. The store had a beautiful layout. Sections were labeled "full-bodied," "medium-bodied," "lush..." But I still felt lost because I don't know a lot about wine.
I thought about what type of dinner I'd like to have with wine. I decided I wanted to make pork chops with a blackberry wine sauce. The owner must have picked up how lost I looked because she stepped forward and asked if I needed help.
When I told her my dinner idea, she suggested three wines that would go well with the fruit in the sauce. She said I didn't want to get a wine that would overpower pork chops. I ended up buying an Argentinean wine.
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