The Wine Merchant — Restaurant in Cary

The Wine Merchant is the friendliest wine store you'll ever come to love. Friends congregate here for a glass of wine or beer, open a bottle from the shop to share, or occasionally bring in food to share, or even invite their dog (well-behaved) to socialize. Tables, wine and beer taps and a TV in the back create a nice social atmosphere, where you'll see familiar faces happy to welcome a new acquaintance or folks enjoying the big game. Their weekly tastings (most Saturdays from 12-4 pm) are always a nice time to come in and get a feel for the shop.

Now, about the service...Kurt and Justin have spent years curating relationships with small producers and their distributors across the globe to bring us unique wines in every price range. They're happy to help you find a wine to pair with your next cooking occasion, and are very considerate about choosing wines in your price range (mine is modest). They'll also help you pick out a case if they've learned your tastes, or even choose a case for you, when you're enjoying time with friends.

Kurt and Justin support the idea that learning about wine makes you enjoy it more, and allow customers to bring in unique wines collections to open and share with patrons.

Cya...

I really like coming here because it has that small local business vibe. It's not like the big marts. It's much more personal.

You can always find some of the higher end wines and they have a nice selection from around the world. Anything that they don't happen to have on hand, they're happy to get for you, if it's in distribution.

You may pay a few extra bucks... it's not a discount house, but it's reasonable and they'll take excellent care of you.

By the way, they added a little sitting area where you can have a drink on tap. It's nice for friends to sit down together, relax...

I stopped by here after passing by on a Saturday afternoon. I wanted to sit outside with a glass of wine since it was such a nice day out and I had a few things to catch up on. I had never been here, and Kurt was immediately super accommodating, informational and helpful. He allowed me to taste a few wines by the glass and I was able to grab a bottle of sparkling wine that I could enjoy while sitting outside. I will definitely come back and am lucky that I found such a perfect place for what I was...