Brooklyn Barrel

Charming little wine shop with a diverse and affordable selection of wines. Average bottle runs for about $ 12 – 14 and you can trust that the staff only picks the best for that price range. Extremely convenient location and love how nice and lit up it is at night.

A good selection in this wine shop, a lot of California and American options. Fairly priced selections and a nice variety of white in the fridge.

Selection good. Prices fair. Owners knowledgable. One of them fancies himself quite the Don Juan with the ladies, but that’s fun. Makes the trip in the cold kinda worth it.

This might be the smallest wine shop I’ve ever been to, but it’s clean, bright and mighty convenient. In anticipation of the long week ahead, I wanted to be prepared with a bottle of gin for my nightcap. They only sell 3 – 4 types of gin (do people not drink gin anymore?), but seem to have a much wider selection of vodka (including Tito’s handmade vodka, one of my favorites!).
4 stars for being clean, not sketchy, strategically located right off of the Union St R train station, and … drum roll please… for the AMAZING hours: open until 11pm most days, open until 9pm on Sundays. Can’t beat that.

This place has become my favorite spot to pick up a decent bottle of wine. The store is small and intimate which never allows me to feel overwhelmed by the large selections that you encounter in other shops. The guy behind the register is friendly and knowledgeable. I always ask for his opinion and his response is usually, «My wife and I have been loving this bottle right here.» He knows his stuff and is always up to share a recommendation. I don’t know a lot about wine but as for a small business, this is as good as it gets for me. I also notice they’re always changing what they have in stock so there’s always something new to try. Also, it’s pretty convenient on the walk home from work when I need to unwind.

This place is the little wine shop that could. I’m not sure if the girl with the braces who sold me my wine is old enough, and I wish they watched better TV, but the service is friendly and I can usually find what I’m looking for. They could do better at selling inexpensive bottles ($ 10 or so) and having tastings.