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Market Street Wine Charlottesville's newest/oldest wine shop. (re)Opened early April, 2018
Wines with stories since 1

Market Street Wine is an independent shop for wine, beer, and gourmet products in Charlottesville, VA. We aim to serve our customers with personalized attention and tailored recommendations. With our combined forty years of experience in wine & food, our goal is to satisfy, enhance, inspire and delight the tastes of every customer that walks through our shop door. We sell the best of what is local

as well as exceptional products from around the world. We draw heavily from small producers, quality craft breweries, natural and organic vineyards, and wineries of established excellence. We are experienced in tracking down the off-beat and the hard-to-find, and we particularly love finding products with unique stories. Whether you are looking for a natural wine from a small producer, the perfect beer for a meal with friends, or to add to your private wine- library, we have what you need. There has been a wine shop in the cellar of 311 East Market Street since 1979. Market Street Wine continues the tradition of this location as a cornerstone of the downtown Charlottesville community.

02/07/2025

Friday Tasting - South Italy Flavor
Wines from Campania

Campania, on the southeastern Italian coast (the “shin” of the boot, as it were), is famous for many things — the Amalfi coast, the archeological sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum, Capri, Napoli, and James Bond occasionally engaging in car chases. However, it is also a region that sports wonderful wines.

Campania is a hilly region, drenched in sun, enjoying hot summers and mild winters. The sea breezes keep things from getting too hot to impede grape production. Much of the soil is clay and limestone, but there’s also volcanic soil, especially around Mt. Vesuvius. For reds, look for Piedirosso and, of course, Aglianico. For white grapes, look for Fiano, Greco, and Falanghina.

Tonight, guest pourer Jose Perea from distributor Le Storie Wines returns to sample you on some wines from Campania. This is another of our fabulous, free walk-up tastings. Please join us any time between 5:00 and 6:30 PM.

02/06/2025

Thursday Tasting: The Rice is Nice!

This Thursday, we set aside the beers to return to the world of nihonshu - more commonly known in the U.S. as sake! Please join us anytime between 5:00-6:30 for our free walk-up tasting.

02/06/2025

Beer of the Week! - 'Tis the Season for a VA IPA Classic!
Alewerks Bitter Valentine

Normally $14.99 /
Now on Sale for $13.96 (16.9 oz can four-pack)
Hazy DIPA 8.3% ABV)

Generously hopped with Citra, Simcoe, Columbus, Zythos, and Galaxy hops (and sporting our favorite label so far!) the Bitter Valentine is one of the classic Virginia IPAs — a seasonal event from Williamsburg’s Alewerks Brewing Company for years now.

Clean, off-dry malt is the background for a lovely mix of citrus, pine resin, and tropical fruit. It’s a great bridge between the classic American craft IPAs and the modern juicy brews.

Blue Ridge Beverage Company, Inc.

02/05/2025

Thursday Tasting -- Sake Tasting⁠
The Rice is Nice!⁠
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This Thursday, we set aside the beers to return to the world of nihonshu — more commonly known in the U.S. as sake! Please join us any time in the hour and a half for this free, walk-up tasting.

(”Sake” is the Japanese word for alcohol in general. “Nihonshu” translates to “Japanese alcohol,” and is the term the Japanese use for the drink that we (inspecifically) call “sake.”)⁠⁠

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02/05/2025

Pinot Deep Dive on Wednesday!
5-6:30 pm

02/04/2025

Wine Wednesday Tasting
Winter Wines

Wines for Winter Time
Though we have a blessed respite from the arctic temperatures, spring is still far away. You may still feel the need for some vino to get through what is, ironically, both the shortest and longest month. As always, we have you covered.

Please join us this Wine Wednesday to taste wines for your Winter time. This tasting is another of our great free, walk-up tastings. Stop by any time between 5:00 and 6:30 PM.

02/04/2025

Wine of the Week: Our Favorite Lambrusco!
Lini 910 Labrusca Lambrusco Rosso
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⁠Normally $21.99 /
Now on Sale for $17.96

85% Lambrusco Salamino 15% Ancellotta (Emilia-Romagna IGP)

Four generations after 1910, the Lini family is still running our favorite Lambrusco winery in northeastern Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region. They sparkle this wine using the Charmat Method, and one of the things that distinguishes Lini is their dedication to longer than normal secondary fermentation times to allow the bubbles to more fully incorporate into the wine.

You think Lambrusco and you think, “sweet,” but Lini’s lambruscos are more off-dry than sweet. Plum-like and blackberry fruits mix with citrusy acid to make a savory treat.
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Winebow LINI 910

01/31/2025

Friday Tasting: Vino Italiano

Got a very special tasting tonight. Some high-end Italian wines will be poured by from . You don’t want to miss this tasting!

Fun and free, 5:00-6:30
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agr.sottimano

01/31/2025

Friday Tasting - Globe Trotting
Wines from around the World

Join us tonight from 5:00 - 6:30 PM as guest pourer Jose Perea from distributor Le Storie Wines covers Italy with wines from the north to the south.

As an extra special part, we'll have wines from famous Piedmont winery Azienda Agricola Sottimano!

We're making it worth you stepping through the raindrops for another great Market St. Wine Friday tasting!

01/30/2025

Thursday Tasting: Brew York

Woah. We love our beer tastings but we are especially psyched after trying these picks for our New York tasting.

Free and fun, 5:00-6:30, 1/30

If you miss our tasting, you can recreate it for your home consumption. All our beers (and we mean all our beers) you can buy as single cans.

01/30/2025

Thursday Beer Tasting - New York Beers

Although we don’t get to see much beer from some states, we do have a couple of distribution avenues into New York craft breweries.

Join us tonight to taste some beers from Grimm Artisanal Ales, The Drowned Lands, and Wild East Brewing Company. This tasting is a free, walk-up tasting. Please join us any time in the hour and a half.

Hop & Wine Beverage Allied Craft Distribution Grimm Artisanal Ales Drowned Lands Brewery Wild East Brewing Co.

01/29/2025

Wednesday Tasting: New York’s Finger Lakes!

New York State is the major U.S. wine region you may not know about it. Though California and Washington State produce the most American wines, New York state is … third. Yes, third. (Virginia is eighth, tied with Vermont and Kentucky. Who knew?)

Join us from 5:00-6:30 with guest pourer Nik Vukaj from for our free walk up tasting!

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01/29/2025

Beer of the Week! - Advance to the Next IPA Level!
Basic City Advance

Normally $14.99 /
Now on Sale for $13.96 (16.9 oz can four-pack)
Hazy West Coast Style IPA (7.2% ABV)

This is a stunning IPA from Basic City as it features a fun and vibrant hop flavor!

Basic City double dry-hops this IPA and then leaves it unfiltered after having hopped it with West Coast superstars Cascade, Citra, and your favorite hop blend, Falconer’s Flight.

( Drink it cold but not ice cold, to really get into the hop flavor cavalcade!)

Basic City Beer Co. Blue Ridge Beverage Company, Inc.

01/28/2025

Wine Wednesday Tasting
The Finger Lakes!

New York State is the major U.S. wine region you may not know about it. Though California and Washington State produce the most American wines, New York state is … third. Yes, third. (Virginia is eighth, tied with Vermont and Kentucky.)

New York State has two major wine growing regions — the North Folk of Long island and the Finger Lakes up around Syracuse and Rochester. In the Finger Lakes, look for cool climate grapes like Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir, and, of course, Riesling.

Come join us this Wednesday with guest pourer James Kutemyer from distributor Lanterna Distributors for a sampling of wines from the Finger Lakes!

01/28/2025

Wine of the Week: Palermo White
Baglio di Pianetto Timeo Grillo
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⁠Normally $20.99 /
Now on Sale for $16.96
100% Grillo (Sicily DOC)

Baglio di Pianetto organically grows these grapes in southern facing vineyards just south of Palermo, sitting just under 2,000 feet above sea level.

After giving this wine some air, what we get is a keen balance between that deep grillo citrus fruit and the zippy acid woven together.
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01/24/2025

Local winemaker Riaan Rossouw’s Pinotage is in!

Pinotage is a cross between Pinot Noir and Cinsaut. The smoke and bramble you would expect from the Cinsaut side of gene pool is balanced by a delicious, velvety cherry of its Pinot Noir parent.

Riaan is a small batch producer and we are always excited to get what we can of his skilled wines. Grab your bottle before they run out!

01/24/2025

Friday Tasting: Around the World in One Tasting

For this week’s tasting, we throw our wine net wide in a great big global toss.

Please join guest pourer from distributor as we go around the world in one tasting. Fabulous and free, please join us between 5:00-6:30 for our walk-up tasting.

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01/23/2025

Friday Tasting - Globe Trotting
Wines from around the World

For this week’s Friday tasting, we throw our wine net wide in a great big global toss.

We will feature a selection of wines from around the world — Europe, North America, and South America.

Please join guest pourer Gregory Beigle from distributor Banville Wine Merchants as we go around the world in one tasting.

This tasting is another of our famous free walk-up tastings. Pop in any time between 5:00 and 6:30 PM. See you in the shop!

Banville Wine Merchants

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311 E Market Street
Charlottesville, VA
22902

Opening Hours

Monday	11am - 6pm
Tuesday	11am - 7pm
Wednesday	11am - 7pm
Thursday	11am - 7:30pm
Friday	11am - 7:30pm
Saturday	11am - 7pm

Website

http://marketstreetwine.com/

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Welcome to the new/old Market Street Wine

Market Street Wine is an independent shop for wine, beer, and gourmet products in Charlottesville, VA.

We aim to serve our customers with personalized attention and tailored recommendations. With our combined forty years of experience in wine & food, our goal is to satisfy, enhance, inspire and delight the tastes of every customer that walks through our shop door.

We sell the best of what is local as well as exceptional products from around the world.

We draw heavily from small producers, quality craft breweries, natural and organic vineyards, and wineries of established excellence.

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