Zora’s Wine & Liquor

3.5
Hopefully, by the time this review gets some eyes on it, the business listing is completed. Sorry, folks. I hate writing reviews of places without all the information available for your consideration/​consumption.
I’d driven past this older white house for years. Over the years, there have been many neon signs outside of it but I never felt compelled to stop in. On my way to a dinner party at a friends’ house, I decided to detour from my go-​to wine & spirits shop in this part of town and try something new.
I believe I found a replacement.
Zora’s has a large parking lot, ample selection and lots of charm. As Louisville/​Jefferson County business/​residence creeps ever closer to Shelby County, stores like Zora’s become more and more necessary. After dropping $x on a mini-​manse, you can’t expect folks to travel into the city limits for some vino. US 60E has needs. The night I stopped in, I chatted with the proprietress (Zora?). She asked me what I was looking for and my price point. At that time, I hadn’t come up with my sure-​fire wine system but I told her the crowd, the situation and how much I wanted to spend. She directed me to a Fat Bastard Cab (towards the upper end of what it should go for, price-​wise; the wine was drinkable and inoffensive for a casual dinner party with good friends) and a Three Winds Syrah (the better of the two by far; great price point, very popular with food and just drinking; palatable for red lovers of all kinds — ie fruity & spicy with a round finish).
She (I’m just going to call her ‘Zora’) knew her way around all the product, was very easy to talk to and offered great suggestions for future buys. For the majority of my time there, I was the only customer but by the time I left, a few other people walked in. Eastwood, Boston, Long Run, Fisherville… you have a nice place at which to buy booze.*
*Lookit Louisville with all these neighborhoods. I love it. I remember when Jefferson County/​Louisville neighborhoods = subdivisions.