Pour Richards Wine & Spirits

Love this place! You always get good suggestions if you need them. We had a delicious rose last night, and it was only around $ 12. Don’t wast your time at other stores that don’t know their product. You’ll find yourself going back again and again. What a great find!

Pour Richards is a unique wine/​liquor/​beer shop in Franklin right near 495. There is always something going on and the events are community-​minded. They truly dedicate themselves to their surrounding communities. Stop in… even if you don’t enjoy alcohol, they have specialty tonic water and sodas too.

Don’t miss this Wine and Spirit Shop!
Ann and John have demystified wine and bring one of the largest value based selection of wine and spirits you will find. DAILY tasting — expand your horizons! Also a great selection of craft beers where you can MIX & MATCH your own six pack!
I have been coming here since it opened and have yet to be disappointed! Now that they know my tastes — I will even get an email letting me know when they have discovered a fantastic wine at a fantastic price!
Follow them on facebook so as not to miss an event — but check them out — it will be your new favorite place to buy your beverages! …(when was the last time a wine and spirit store owner truly took the time to help you select a fabulous wine!) Go there and be special!!!

Thank you for opening your business. You are helpful, knowledgable, generous to the community and in my opinion, ROCK!
I love that everything is outside of the box. No cookie cutter options here.
I love the events you have too!

Overall, this place is ok. Unfortunately, I had a pretty weird experience here about a week and a half ago.
Went in looking for a bottle of Jose Cuervo for an after work party, and after some discussion with the owner ended up buying a bottle of higher grade tequila. The owner seemed very nice until I pulled out my California driver’s license (I went to school in California.) She didn’t have a problem with it initially, but after I paid for the alcohol and started to walk out the door she started to yell at me to come back. Apparently she changed her mind about accepting the California ID and ordered me to give the alcohol back. I’ve had issues with MA liquor stores accepting my ID before, so that was nothing new, but I was surprised at her changing her mind after accepting my money. I was a bit taken aback, but I told her I’d give the bottle back if she refunded my money. At that, she became very upset and started telling me how irresponsible I was for not having a Massachusetts ID. (Like I said, I just got back from California) She also went on a rant about how I was putting her store in jeopardy of losing its liquor license. (I understand, but then why take my money up front?)
I understand that some places don’t accept out of state id’s, but to condescendingly chastise me while witholding my money is a different story altogether.
Bottom line, I got my money back but after that five or six minute lecture I won’t be back anytime soon.

RUN, do not walk, here! hopefully you’ll get there in time for whatever tastings they’re pouring that day, and you’ll try something of which you’ll want to buy cases. because the wine is tasty, and prices are that good.
it’s not a huge selection, but the bottles they do have are literally jaw-​dropping. I found a domestic bottle that a) I cannot find anywhere, and b) would go for twice the price elsewhere. the couple owner-​operators clearly have a passion for wine they’re not afraid to share. I can only hope they continue to make a profit so that I can visit over and over again! it’s prob a good thing I live across the country because otherwise we’d have no more money, but a lot more wine.
ps don’t forget to check out the bargain boat.

Love this place! Ann and John are great — very knowledgeable and helpful. Whenever I go in, I always end up staying for a while chatting with one of them. Great local business!!!

There are plenty of liquor stores in and around Franklin, but Pour Richard’s is so different from the others that you can’t put it in the same category. Let me tell you why.
First of all, there’s Ann, who is one of the owners. She’s been in the beer/​wine/​liquor business for many years, not as a retailer, but as a distributor. A distributor gets to see lots of stores, and knows what works and what doesn’t. She also works with the producers, giving her inside knowledge of wines, beers and liquors. Because of this background, she can answer questions about what she stocks from her broad and deep knowledge. Knowing all those things also means that she can stock her store with things that many other retailers don’t know about, like micro-​distillers who are new and small, but produce excellent whiskeys. And of course, the same goes for beers and wine. You’ll have choices you don’t have at other stores, and an extremely knowledgeable sales person to help you make the choice that is right for you. Plus, it’s not too busy and you have the time, you can get a great education from Ann about everything from the history Scotch to why a particular winery make unique wines.
The other thing you have at Pour Richard’s is a store that it is part of the community. They sponsor fund raisers for many organizations within Franklin. They get to know their customers, and most of all, they like what they’re doing. The store itself has room for people to move around and talk during the daily (yes, daily!) wine tastings. There’s a boat of wine (literally) that contains bottles from incomplete cartons. Ann gets them cheaper that way, and you get a good wine at a better price because of it.
The place is not the easiest to find at first, but once you’ve been there once, you realize that it’s really easy and fast to get to. It’s actually no further from West Main Street than half the stores in Franklin Village, but with much less traffic and parking that is much closer to the door.
Highly recommended.

Awesome wines. Ask John or Ann for a recommendation.
Give the LVW Red (Peppery, spicy, rustic red with great red and black fruit) a try.

Went in for Father’s Day weekend (My dad is a beer drinker) and was looking for something new to bring to him. John the owner showed me the deals they did, as well as how you can build your own six pack and then we ended up picking a combo of wheat beer and an ipa which my dad loved. It was something new and paired great with the BBQ! Thank you to John for the assistance! Would definitely shop here again!

I just checked this place out after reading the other review. Its a really interesting wine store in franklin. As far as I can tell the best place to get interesting wine in the area. I met the coowner in the store and she seems really friendly and knowledgable. They have a lot of hard to find wine with prices that seem reasonable to me.

This new business in Franklin is the place to shop for wine and beer if you are looking for good advice, an out of the ordinary selection, and very fair prices. I stopped in for the first time out of curiosity and left with two bottles of wine that were recommenced by the owners. Both were wonderful. I did a little checking on line for price and was pleasantly surprised. I would have been happy to pay a few dollars more for local availability and support a local business, but in fact, I paid less than so called «on line discounters». They do tastings during the week. I am definitely a fan of this place. It’s a «hard to find» place that carries «hard to find wine», but once you find it, you’re onto something special.