Best of Boston
Best Wine Shop
2013 Best Wine Shop, West
The Urban Grape
Chestnut Hill
You can try on clothes before you buy—so why not taste bottles of wine beforehand, too? At the Urban Grape, an Enomatic tasting machine dispenses [...] read more»
2013 Best Wine Shop, South
Esprit du Vin
Milton
The owners here specialize in wines produced in small quantities (fewer than 10 cases). Bottles from all over the world line the shelves, designed to [...] read more»
2012 Best Wine Shop
Central Bottle and Provisions
Cambridge
We've had it with snotty wine sellers. You know what? Sometimes all we want is an oaky California chardonnay. Instead of judging our palates or [...] read more»
2012 Best Wine Shop, North
The Vineyard
North Andover
You'll find hundreds of reds and whites at this small shop on Route 114, not to mention a great selection of rosé and dessert wines, [...] read more»
2012 Best Wine Shop, South
Bin Ends
Braintree
This emporium's selection depends solely on the weekly deals they score from their suppliers, so buy what you love now, because it may soon be [...] read more»
2012 Best Wine Shop, West
The Urban Grape
Chestnut Hill
If only wine bottles could talk. Instead, most languish on store shelves across the city, relying only on crumpled winemaker-written blurbs and outdated Robert Parker [...] read more»
2011 Best Wine Shop, West
The Urban Grape
Chestnut Hill
We're done wandering around wine shops, waiting patiently for a clerk to comb his mental archives for something we'll enjoy. Urban Grape sells wine the [...] read more»
2011 Best Wine Shop
Ball Square Fine Wines
Somerville
There are glossier retailers of rioja and champagne. But Ball Square's supreme approachability has us bubbling over. Once a perfectly respectable neighborhood store, this shop [...] read more»
2010 Best Wine Shop
Central Bottle and Provisions
Cambridge
We like to think we know wine. But like 99 percent of the population, we really just like to drink it. Thank heaven for Liz [...] read more»
2008 Best Wine Shop
Bauer Wine & Spirits
Boston
Here in the Hub, oenophiles generally have two types of stores from which to choose. There's the overly curated boutique, where every bottle warrants its [...] read more»