Total Wine & More — Restaurant in Brea

It has been a while since I shopped at Total Wine & More but had to go check out the prices compared to my usual grocery store "buy 4 and get discount" prices.

To my surprise their prices beat my local grocery story by almost $1.00 on a $20-ish dollar bottle of wine. Not too shabby but you did have to by 6 of any of the wines in the Pic 6 sale.

The selection is excellent at Total Wine & More and the staff is always very helpful and gives good advice and recommendations on items similar to what you are looking at. But by the time I got to the checkout line, I got a third "have you tried..." pitch to try and get me to buy some more. I don't blame them for trying but at that point my basket was already full!

They have a great spirits section and I had gone there a while back for some recommendation on bourbons and I certainly got a good lesson in what makes good bourbon and got a great recommendation.

When you go here, grab a cart and don't be intimated to ask questions of the staff. They all seem pretty knowledgeable and willing to help you spend your money on...

The manager would not sell to me even though i had a valid ID and payment. 5/30 8pm I came in to purchase Apple Pie Moonshine, as I havent tried it before. I came across a nice person stocking the shelves, and then went to pick some drinks. Mt friend and I went up to the register to purchase the alcohol, and the manager looked at my ID and refused me. My ID is valid and my friend (age 22 who lost his wallet not by any fault of his own) didnt have his wallet on him. The manager told me he does "group ID" and needs to see the IDs of everyone in the party. I then sent my friend out and went back in to purchase the drinks, as i still wanted to give them my business. Upon returning alone to purchase the drinks, the manager once again refused to sell to me. I'm a Notary Public, trusted by the state of california to verify people's identifications and even i say the measure this manager took were extreme. Shoutout to the one stocking dude who...

I came in with my husband (21) me (20) searched for an hour and a half for some beer he’s been eyeing for a while and at the register we were told they would not sell to us because I had no ID on me. Keep in mind I am not purchasing anything with my money. They mentioned that everyone there needed to be 21+ to even walk in the store. There is no sign outside that states that only signs inside so even if I saw the signs inside they wouldn’t of sold alcohol to my husband because I already walked in with him. So there is no way to know previous to walking in and it’s not obvious because my husband had been there with his dad before turning 21 so we assumed it didn’t matter. I don’t want to sound special but if there would’ve been a sign outside I wouldn’t have gone in. Then we let them know we didn’t see any sign and they said it would take too much space outside the on the door???? For a 5x5 sign ???? A...