Tastings & Events

We’re turning one and celebrating with a weekend of free tastings and special discounts on wine, provisions, accessories and a Sunday VinoBurger special!
Come help us celebrate our first year in business, raise a glass, and enjoy deep discounts and special pricing for our biggest store wide sale yet!!

Deep Discounts All Weekend Long

Friday – Sunday
That’s right, we are open Sunday 12-5pm for our Anniversary

Wine Specials…!

  • Deep Wine Discounts! Up to 35% off by the bottle of special selections throughout the store.  PLUS on all other wine selections we’re upping our normal discounts to 15% off any 6 bottles or 20% off any 12 bottles or more (mix or match)!
  • Dibon Cava by the glass! Sparkling wine for only $2 a glass while you shop all weekend long!
  • WineStation Specials! 50% off all tastes and glasses poured out of the WineStation!

…And So Much More!

  • 25% off all provisions PLUS provision specials marked up to 50% off throughout the store!
  • 25% off all accessories including such items as corkscrews and glassware!
  • 15% off beer specials!
  • Get a chance to win free stuff with every purchase all week long!

Schedule of Tasting & Events

Come down and celebrate with us with free tastings of wine and provisions all weekend long while you stock up with our anniversary discounts. And don’t forget about our special hours on Sunday and a VinoBurger special prepared for the first time at The Raleigh Wine Shop!

Friday May 18th

  • Store Hours: 11am – 7:30pm
  • 5-7:30pm
    • Free Wine Tasting with Brad Beavers of The Country Vintner. Free wine tasting to kick off the anniversary weekend!
    • Free Provision tasting from our provision selection including Olli salami, new vintage olive oil, and cheeses!

Saturday May 19th

  • Store Hours: 11am – 7pm
  • 11-2pm
    • Free Wine Tasting with Andrea Fullbright of The Haw River Wine Man featuring wines of Italy.
    • Free Local Tomato Sauce Tasting with Neal “Nello” McTighe featuring his own family recipe, the perfect match to Italian wines.
  • 2-5pm
    • Free Wine Tasting with Bruno Arricastres of Wine Without Borders featuring wine from his French portfolio.
    • Free Cheese Tasting with the Hillsborough Cheese Company. French wine paired with fresh cheese? What could be better?

Sunday May 20th

  • Store Hours: noon – 5pm
  • 12-4pm
    • Eat a VinoBurger! For the first time at The Raleigh Wine Shop, Boxcarr Farms food truck will be making a guest appearance in our parking lot preparing and selling three different VinoBurgers from the popular cookbook by our own Jeff Bramwell. Choose between the Campania, Portugal and Napa burgers (or enjoy all three!), then get a by-the-glass special of the wine to match. Want a free burger? Purchase a copy of VinoBurger (the book) on Sunday and get a free VinoBurger of your choice while supplies last! We’ll also have sodas and other non-alcoholic beverages for sale, so bring the whole family for lunch.
  • 1-4pm
    • Free Wine Tasting with Amie Fields of Wisdom Beverage to finish up the weekend festivities.
    • Free Escazu Tasting for the perfect follow up a VinoBurger. Sample some of their locally made “bean-to-bar” chocolate and buy a bar or two with special anniversary discounts.