The Wine Lovers Guide To Memphis
The Wine Lovers Guide To Memphis
February 18 is National Drink Wine Day! While I’ll spare you any jokes about how some of us live every day like it’s National Drink Wine Day, I will share with you this handy guide to drinking wine in Memphis. Updated Feb. 2020.
Memphis Wine Happy Hours And Wine Specials
If you want more happy hour specials read the Guide To Cheap Drinking post. Plenty of places offer $1 off during regular daily happy hours, but these are the ones I found that I thought were the best deals.
Everyday (ish)
Amerigo: $5 house wines, $2 off Italian wines, Mon-Fri, 4-6 p.m.
BarWare: $5 select wines, Tue-Fri, 4-7 p.m.
Blind Bear Speakeasy: $5 wines, Mon-Fri, 3-7 p.m.
Ciao Bella: bar only $4 select wines, Mon-Thu, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Corner Bar at the Peabody: $5 house wine, daily, 4-7 p.m.
Knifebird Wine Bar: happy hour specials Tue-Sat, 4-6 p.m. and all day Sunday
Local Gastropub: $4 wines, Mon-Fri, 4-7 p.m.
Marciano Mediterranean & Italian: $5 house wine, Mon-Fri, 4:30-7 p.m.
Maximo’s on Broad $3 house wine, Wed- Sat., 5-7 p.m.
The Silly Goose: $5 house wines, Mon-Fri, 2-8 p.m.
Terrace at the River Inn: $6 wine specials in winter, 5-6 p.m. daily
Tsunami: $6 wines, weekdays, 5-7 p.m.
Weekly Wine Specials
Automatic Slim’s: half off bottles of wine on Wed.
Babalu Midtown & East: $5 house wine and half price select bottles on Wed.
Corner Bar at the Peabody: Winedown Wednesday: $15 Master Taster’s Club Flight, featuring 4 wines of the month (excludes first Wednesday of every month)
Green Beetle: $4 house wines on Wednesdays, 11 a.m. - 7p.m.
Local Gastropub: Tuesdays: $10 select wine bottles from 7 p.m.-midnight
Terrace at the River Inn: Champagne Thursdays: $6 glasses of champagne
Wine Stores Specials and Tastings Obviously, these are not all the wine discounts in town and not all the liquor stores. If I missed a really good one, leave me a comment and I’ll add it.
- Buster’s Liquors and Wines offers periodic in-store tastings. Follow them on Twitter or Facebook to find out when.
- Doc's Wines and Liquors offers tastings all the time. Follow them on FB or Instagram for more info.
- Gaslight Liquor Shoppe has a “Ladies Day” every Monday with 10 percent off select wines for lady shoppers. Keep up on FB. - Joe’s Wines and Liquors not only has wines on tap at their growler station, but they offer regular tastings. Check out the calendar here. - Kirby Wines & Liquors has weekly specials and periodic tastings, which you can learn about by signing up for their email newsletter here.
Many of our fine dining restaurants have fantastic wine lists, regular wine dinners, or offer wine pairings all the time. I’m not going to give you a huge list, but if you have a favorite, leave it in the comments! And restaurants: if you have an upcoming wine dinner, add it to the calendar. Memphis lovers are a thirsty bunch. -- Did I leave something off? Share your additions in the comments. Drink responsibly, please. With Uber and Lyft so easy to use (and cab numbers easy to remember - 577-7777) there's really no excuse for driving if you've been imbibing. Cheers!
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