The Wine Source — Restaurant in Baltimore

I've been here several times with friends, and every experience has been great! Not only is the customer service fantastic (very attentive, willing to check in on you, knowledgeable staff, etc), they have a nice variety of liquor and wines that are easy to find in the shop based on region. Additionally, they sell limes and lemons at the register which if you've ever had a few friends over for drinks, you tend to prioritize the alcohol and forget the limes/lemons. It's always a duh moment for me but because they have them right at the register, it's easy to remember.

What I think I like most about The Wine Source is how honest staff are about their thoughts on different wines. If they don't like it, they'll tell you and have enough knowledge to even recommend something based on your tastes.

Lot parking can be a little scarce sometimes but that's really out of their control and usually street parking is easy to find in the area.

In short, would highly recommend! My friend (who's the wine guy for sure) loves it here and says it's one of the best wine spots in Baltimore to him.

P.S. They also sell some food in the shop which I haven't tried yet but I'm...

We used the Wine Source for our wine, beer, and cocktail hour for our wedding day and they went above and beyond the call of duty for us. We live in the neighborhood, so we frequent the Wine Source on a weekly basis so it was a no-brainer to use them for our wedding! We were able to go and select meats & cheeses we loved that we could also afford to feed 165 people on our wedding day. Adam was our cheese & meat connoisseur and really helped curate our cocktail hour for us. They cubed the cheeses, put them on presentation boards, and delivered to our venue, all at an affordable rate! For wines we also had a private tasting with Kasmir who knows more about wine than anyone ever should. He was so professional and helped us pick wines that were both delicious and affordable! They also buy-back unused/untampered bottles! The Wine Source really went to bat for us when we were unable to secure enough beer for our wedding, devastating! We were able to order last minute kegs of Union and also keep the beer we bought cold in their refrigerators. They were life savers. 10/10 would use again. And...

In normal times, this place is fantastic. However during the pandemic there are concerns. There is little to no social distancing being done by the customers. Part of this is due to the layout of the store (if you want to go to the beer cooler there is a really good chance to be surrounded and cornered) and the other part is due to the nonchalantness of the customers. The staff isn't much better. They usually walk in between customers, don't have proper masks or are not wearing them correctly, and do not enforce any kind of distancing. I'm sure they sanitize touch points such as the cooler doors, but I have not seen them do this so it may not be done regularly. For comparison every time I walk past Mom's someone is sanitizing carts.

tl;dr Go here at almost any time of the day to closely interact with the public...