The Wine Shop

Great place. I actually saw this place mentioned on Reddit yesterday, and then saw the positive reviews here, so I had to stop by. Located in a long indoor market. They've got a good amount of stuff, mostly wine. Some cheeses and other snacks. A good-sized corner is devoted to the beer. VERY good local selection. That's where they shine. A few non-local and foreign. I easily filled a case and then some. Customer service was exceptional. Two different employees offered me help, held my beer for me while I found and ate lunch, and all the employees were very friendly. Prices good and 10% off of 6+. And they let you break packs, but it looks like most everything was already singled out, so not really a need. WV beer stores have long been a... wasteland, so it was nice to find a good store in Charleston. Highly recommended.

I was passing through Charleston and on a whim stopped at this place because it was mentioned in a Men’s Journal article as one of the 50 best beer stores in the US. Parking was a bit of a challenge because a farmer’s market was in full swing on a gorgeous fall day. The shop is Inside a long former railroad building which houses a number of shops and restaurants. The layout is light and airy with a large selection of West Virginia and Kentucky craft beers available as singles. I scooped up 18 and was on my way. Nice stop.

A good selection of beer. I love that they have a West Virginia beer selection section. They're the first place that I have been to that has a section just for West Virginia beers. Love that it is located at The Capital Market. The Capital Market is one of the most unique places in West Virginia.

Cool shop inside a farmer's market type layout. Allows individual bottle sales. Also has a growler station. You can try before you buy, but no onsite consumption allowed. Worth a stop, for sure.

Pretty typical market bottle shop with wine and beer. Notable because it brought me my first West Virginia rating. They had singles of locals and typical craft. The market is cool and I’d definitely try to stop on my way through.

Plenty of parking on either end of the Capital Market the place is about in the middle of the building. Atmosphere is a repurposed railroad transfer dock. This place is primarily wine and has some cheese. Good selection of singles which is distributed in WV, if you are looking for whales check the ocean. If you want a case of refrigerated budweiser go somewhere else. Not the cheapest in town, so make sure you get six singles to get the 10% discount. They don’t really have many if any six-packs though. State law on Sundays, no alcohol sales until after 1pm. This place now has six taps where you can get growlers filled.

I stopped here at noon on a Sunday. Not too crowded, even though the market was in full swing, so I was able to find parking; however, it’s an easy ten minute walk from CBC and the bars. This place in inside Hall One. Huge selection of wine, one shelf of beer. Only one local beer (from Bridge; $12 for 16 ounces of beer, ugh), and no local ciders or meads. Even more bizarre, they couldn’t sell me anything, because it was before 1 PM. Why is a wine shop open at noon if it can’t sell until 1? They had a tiny selection of cheeses, so I can’t imagine you’d shop for cheese only. Service score would improve slightly (only slightly) if I had been able to actually purchase something. Weird.

Located inside the Capitol Market. Only a couple of WV brews available but that’s more a comment on the state and not the store. 10% discount on a mixed six pack. Selection is enough to build a respectable sixer of new ticks. Very friendly staff. Probably the best place for bottles in Charleston too.

Stopped off the highway in the middle of the road trip looking for some West Virginia-native beers. Disappointingly, I think I only found 1 ... and only a couple other things that aren’t widely available. But they do stock singles, so worth a stop if you’re looking for a single example of something.

Located in the Capital Market which consists of 6 or 7 little market style stores. Not a big selection, but it is pretty all singles for the most part. Nice selection for this area. Probably the place to go around here.