Peterson’s Spirits and Fine Wines

Horrible experience here. THE OWNER IS RUDE AND CONDENSENDING. I will never give a dollar to this store or any other of their locations.

I’ve visited several times for events, such as the local career center wine tasting, but never really paid attention to the place until last weekend. It’s close to my crib, so when a friend indicated that he was stopping by for a libation, I ran out and picked up some brewskis.
This place is a planned retail space, specializing in the sale of wine and spirits, as opposed to a vacant space that someone decided would be a cheap venue to make some money selling liquor from-​as is often the case with neighborhood liquor stores. Evidence includes the spacious, walk-​in cooler and the professionally displayed, and vast wine selection. Additionally, the help is of drinking age, has drunk the wares, and can offer input to assist you in making a selection. I found the best beer I’ve ever tasted here-​Oskar Blues G’Knight. But don’t buy any, because I want it all!!! I don’t think you’ll find any bargains here. The national brands are fairly competitive (my friend drinks Miller Lite, so I bought a case) but my new love, the G’Knight is $ 14 for 4 cans. But good lord, the stuff is incredible. Again, Don’t Buy Any, or I’ll track you down and drink it all.

So, some friends of mine invited me to this wine and cheese tasting in Naperville tonight, so I figured, «Why not?» and went with them. All in all, the tasting was pretty good — decent people from the distributors doing the pourings, they knew their wines and were willing to talk about them, the cheese/​fruit/​bread was good.
But something was really wrong with one of the staff members — I did some checking and found her name is Carrie Cinnamon (not a stage name!). Apparently she’s the manager over there, but boy is she doing a disservice to the store! I saw her harassing two different groups of people who just wanted to sit down for a few minutes.
The first couple included this guy who’d been doing yardwork today and stressed his back — he and his friend were out of the way, not blocking the aisle or anything, and this Carrie person comes along and tells them to move. The poor guy needed a few minutes just to sit & rest and was moved on. Not cool.
Worse yet, she did it again! This time, it was another guy/​gal couple, and the gal had some kind of nerve problem in her leg that was causing her extreme pain. These two were about as removed as could be, wedged in an area where nobody was trying to go, and Ms. Cinnamon comes along and tells them that people are complaining. I watched the whole thing and lemme tell ya, there was NObody around — she was making this sh! t up!
This would’ve been a rather pleasant experience, but for this obviously unhappy person who needed to go around and make other people unhappy. The Petersons need to give consideration as to whether or not this is the caliber of person they want running stores with their name on it (if they’re still owned by people named Peterson…).

Was scouring in the area looking for a rare beer and just happened to stop here, just in case it was there, even though I knew it was a long shot. I think I dealt with one of the Peterson’s and she was so nice professional. When it seemed like she never heard of this particular beer I was looking for, she insisted on making a few calls to some distributors, even when I said that it wasn’t necessary.
Inside was big, well-​spaced out, like the rest of their locations. Prices were also decent overall.