Wine + Market

I’m 29 days into a Whole30 and Wine + Market is the place I miss the most. Says a lot about my priorities, right?
I miss the nights where we decided to forgo dinner in lieu of amazing cheese and crackers and a bottle of wine from Wine+Market. I miss Friday night wine tastings. I miss macarons, and dark chocolate, and craft beer. And I miss the sandwiches. Oh the sandwiches! Really I’m just torturing myself now.
I’m lucky enough to live within walking distance of this awesome little market, but even if I didn’t I’d still be visiting often. It’s an amazing shop with high quality wines and delicious food perfect for a picnic or a date night at home.
You better believe it’ll be my first stop once I can splurge in my diet again!

Fabulous atmosphere. Got a charcuterie plate for the hotel and participated in the fabulous wine tasting. Tres chic

Wine + Market is a gem in downtown Lexington. I love coming here for a quick lunch sandwich or to pick up a bottle of wine. I always discover a new wine that I love during the free Friday night tastings, and I’ve increased my knowledge of wine on the extended tasting classes. It is a wonderful neighborhood business.

I just love this place. The selection and quality are top-​notch, as is the service. It feels so European to take a walk here, chat up the help for recommendations and leave to enjoy the goods. Plus, they do tastings, events and lunch!
If you haven’t been, GO. Now.

This is the first time I have been to this business and ended up meeting Halide after work one day. It is a really cute concept. They have a coffee shop with a little market/​deli on one side and a full blown wine shop on the other. If you check in on Unilocal,you get a free coffee or a Macaroon. I love getting free stuff.
On this specific night, they were doing wine tastings. The owner was giving out free tastings of 3 great wines she had hand picked for the evening. She had picked these specific wines to be tasted as a flight and to go with Thanksgiving if needed. I like that she was thinking ahead. Her palette was so refined. She had described nuances of the wines that my taste buds didn’t pick up on until she had mentioned it.
So from what I gather, every Friday night from 5 to 8 pm they do free tastings of some of the great wines they sell. The owner also mentioned wine classes that they teach. Love this concept.
If wine isn’t your cup of tea, your dreams are not lost. They also sell other random spirits as well, but the focus for the most part is their wine. The atmosphere is dimly lit in the wine room, but very bright and deli like in the café side. If you are in the area, stop in and check them out. The service here is outstanding as well. Questions are encouraged as well. This was a very much needed business for Lexington downtown area.

Great atmosphere and very good soup and sandwiches. The wine and sundries aspect were very cute and well thought out, if a bit pricey. We would definitely go back.

If you walk in knowing nothing about wine, you will leave knowing a lot more. With a great selection of wine and beer, the owner truly «knows her stuff». She asked us a few questions and then suggested a red wine that we wound up loving! When people come into town to visit, we always take them for a quick trip to Wine & Market… good wine, good beer, nice deli and attentive and knowledgeable staff.

We moved here from Louisville recently and Wine + Market is one of our favorite places to visit. The cheese selection is amazing and their sandwiches are great for lunch. My only complaint is the wait time. Usually there is only one person working so be prepared if you have little ones!

I totally have forgotten to write a review now that I’ve eaten here several times. The biggest compliment I can give is the great selection of beer and wine. I’ve ended up sourcing stuff that is generally sold out at other locations (Yamazaki 12, woot) and picked up some fantastic meat and cheese platters for work lunches. The sandwiches are good as well, and quite big!
My biggest complaint would be pricing for a few items ($ 85 for that Yamazaki), though the majority of the stuff I look for is reasonable for the asking. I wouldn’t be against more side options on the food either, but this is definitely one of the best locations for caricature, cheeses, beer and wine in town!

I come to Wine and Market frequently for lunch. The beer, cheese, and sandwich selection is great and the staff is very knowledgeable and friendly. The service is somewhat slow, however. Great price for high quality food and a chic, but low key atmosphere.

Fantastic shop and a great location. You definitely don’t feel like you are in Lexington in this shop.

We went on 4^th of July and were the only ones there. The guy at the counter greeted us right away. I got the KY Cubano which was really good. We also had coke in a glass bottle. A throw bqck to times past. I’ve eatten there before and haven’t been disappointed and wasn’t this time either. I’ll definitely be back to try another sandwich!

Stopped in W+M for a late lunch. This corner market has a remarkable feel and allows you to take the time and look through all of their fine products. My partner ordered a salad that was incredible, fresh, well dressed, and very large (made for a good lunch portion). I had a turkey and strawberry preserve and goat cheese sandwich, which really was the perfect lunch. The service was incredibly polite and friendly and whether I am looking for a light sandwich, grabbing a bottle of wine, or stopping in for a macaron I will be stopping back at this market.

I’ve been for wine tastings and I’ve been for the food and both are excellent.
I am a huge fan of the deli selection with wine. I appreciate all the beer selection and the staff is always super helpful. I ask a lot of questions and they are great at answering!

This place is hands down the best little market and wine shop this side of the Mason Dixon. Period.
Impeccable wine selection (hand picked by Lexington’s only sommelier), substantial beer options (hand picked by an avid beer drinker :)), and outstanding bourbon and small batch spirit offerings make this a top-​quality beverage shop.
Food-​wise, all the sandwiches are fantastic and made with top-​notch ingredients — all of which are also available to purchase. Great cheese and meat selection, and also small but good selection of dry and canned goods. Also, the olive oil they sell here is terrific.
Free wine tastings every Friday evening, frequent beer tastings, monthly wine and/​or cheese classes, and, occasionally, a meal and spirit pairing event offer good opportunities to sample something new and exciting.
Great place.

They have bread, local vegetables, wines (usually a sommelier is around to help with recommendations), chocolate and more. They have a really fine selection of wine.
They also do wine tastings, among other events. A really cozy place, and definitely a Lexington gem.

We were in town to finish up one of the last stops on the Bourbon trail. After all that bourbon we needed some sustenance and I saw that this place was nearby and how good reviews on Unilocal.So glad we stopped here. This is the best sandwich I’ve had in a year! They had a really good variety of sandwiches. They are made fresh after you order the. The bread was deliciously crusty, and they had Ale 8 to drink. The only bad thing is that they only had 2 girls working behind the counter so it was a bit slow, but the sandwich was so good it was totally worth it.

This is one of my favorite locations that makes me regret not living closer to downtown! I would visit this place every day if I could. The concept is such a unique one in Lexington combining a quality deli/​market with a wine shop, though I know similar places exist in the East coast and Europe. Deli sandwiches are tasty and unique. They offer several different beer and wine sampling events. Their wine tasting events are lead by one of the owners who is also a certified Sommelier. She is very knowledgable and passionate about what she does and she picks great wines to sample. Friday evenings they offer free wine tasting 5−8pm but they also offer more in-​depth wine classes on a regular basis.
Make sure you get on their e-​mail list to find out about the upcoming events!

This place is wonderful. Great sandwiches at lunch, amazing atmosphere, good service, solid deli selection, legitimate beer selection, and of course… walls of wine.
The setting is great right on the corner of 2^nd and Jefferson.
The staff is always courteous. The wait never long.
Two thumbs way up.

Why 4 stars? Because this adds a big city feel to Lex.
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I’d say Wine Market feels like New York, but it’s probably too large for that. Maybe SF?
Well, wherever it feels like, it’s not Kentucky. And that’s not a rip on Kentucky. I mean, I’ve spent all of 48 hours in the state, but Wine Market is definitely not what I expected to run into.
I had a prosciutto sandwich and enjoyed it. They have quite the beer selection here, as well as obviously a great bit of wine.
Definitely a vibe that I dig.