Metropolitan Wines & Spirits

Smallish wine shop in downtown nashville, decent wine selection and a variety of price ranges. Obviously Nashville is home of bourbon so selection of that was extensive. Am scotch fan so that selection was very very limited. Very helpful staff. Initial impression when walking in sets the shopping experience tone, there are huge barrels and several large flagons of wine on display. This shop is dark from outside and only the blinking light helped us find it. Could do with better signage for the visitors. Shop here if you want a bottle of something to take back to your downtown hotel room.

This hard to find, small carry out spot is a great one stop shop for all of your libation needs. The feature wine, but have a decent craft beer selection as well as you domestic favorites as well as a nice liquor selection. Being in Nashville, you can imagine bourbon being on the forefront as well.
One of the cool things about this spot was I was able to pick up a single barrel buffalo trace bottle that was hand selected by the owner of metropolitan wines from a recent visit to the distillery. And, me being on a bourbon kick recently, I found this to be pretty awesome and darn delicious.
Prices may be a smidgen high, but certainly not enough to keep me away. The staff was super friendly and helpful — you know if I need booze to go this will be where I stop.

A fair selection of wines, but all with downtown pricing, rendering the prices way over the actual value of the wine.
My suggestion: buy your wine on the way into town. You’ll pay 35−40% less

Talk about a license to steal. Needed to stock the bar at our hotel since the tax on drinks is 24% in the city. TWENTY FOUR PERCENT! Based on these reviews, I stopped in to get some beverages.
C’mon guys! $ 30 for a pint of Glenlivet? $ 19 for a pint of makers mark? Nothing like gouging your customers because you have a virtual monopoly on the downtown/​hotel area. And the sales tax for retail is 10%. That’s what I get for spending New Years in a Baptist town…
The only reason they have two stars is that they do have a decent selection of whiskeys. Didn’t shop the wine section or the beer cooler so I can’t comment on that.
They had a doorman checking IDs. Why not tell him to keep the store relatively easy to traverse by holding the folks at the door once you have about 20 in that tight space. When I got there, there were 20 in the cashier’s line. Plus another 30 trying to get around the store. And the aisles are not that wide.

They sell the Jack Daniels version of Fireball. Great souvenir, and only available in Tennessee and one other state.
Also, very helpful staff. Totally random to have a liquor/​wine store in the basement of what looks to be an office building, but I am glad we stumbled upon it, and stocked up on some take homes.

My husband is a whiskey drinker, when he knew I was going to Nashville for work, he gave me a list of whiskeys he wanted. Was walking around downtown Nashville one night, came across this wine store and I told myself I have to come back and look for the whiskeys. I came back, gave the cashier my list and in 20 seconds he brought me the three bottles, talk about customer service.

Good booze makes me happy. A well stocked wine store with good booze and craft beer makes me super happy. To top it off all this alcohol happiness was served up by the hottest guy I encountered in Nashville. Good wine + hot man = ridiculously happy me. But for reals; great wine selection from the cheapo stuff to high end bordeaux. I’ll be a repeat customer if I find myself in the area again.
DFTBA ~ chase

I always have a great experience at this liquor store. The staff is incredibly courteous and helpful, and you can get some decent selections for a reasonable price. Also — there’s an HG Hill’s market next door, so you can get your liquor and mixers (and snacks) in one fell swoop!

i was in Nashville on a trip this past weekend and stayed the first night in the vanderbilt loews, where much to the horror of myself and my friend we could not find a wine shop to indulge our after dinner craving. being that i am totally nola spoiled and he is from st. louis by way of nola we were pretty upset and ended up settling on some overly large brown bagged beers from a local shell station to enjoy our cigars with… two of the whitest people ever, dressed for dinner, wonder into a conveniently almost ghetto gas station and walk out carrying 40’s… there’s a punch line in here somewhere right? nope, sorry to disapoint, but it’s only the sad sad truth. this moment of desperation turned us both immediately a bit bitter about the south outside of our normal bounds and we lamented that there are never any good liquor stores convenient to a hotel.
well… we were wrong.
the next night we went to stay at the hermitage hotel (which i will rave about shortly i am sure) and much to our delight when walking around the fairly bleak and desserted area of downtown were pointed to this little cozy place by the rest of my family who found it the night before, albeit too late to get in.
i walked in expecting to severely pay out the nose for some cheap wine and to just suck it up because well… we weren’t in new orleans anymore now were we toto? i was pleasantly (code for ecstatic) to realize that i could afford this place even if i couldn’t afford the rest of this vacation. we wondered around a bit with my aunt who promptly purchased 3 large bottles to make it through the family gathering while kyle and i discussed boubron (they have a decent selection including both bullet and buffalo trace). we decided to come back after running some momentary errands.
and that is exactly what we did.
being that people always ask where you’re from whenever you’re obviously a tourist we chatted with the sales guy (brian) for awhile prior to even getting around to picking out wine. turns out my absolute adoring of the old fashioned is a completely acceptable pastime in both kentucky and tennessee and i suddenly felt more at home. discussion of bourbon turned to discussion of the must see men’s bathroom at the hermitage where brian had worked for some time and that i was actually allowed into such a room with our without an escort, and eventually to wine.
i’m a pinot noir drinker, kyle likes a cab (ick), so we were debating back and forth and brian offered some choices. he didn’t immediately point us to the most expenssive bottles, at first pointing out some around $ 20. since we planned on putting a hurting on our brains we intimated that we would prefer a slightly lower costing wine and about 3 bottles worth with some flavor to them. so that is exactly what brian point out to us. 3 bottles who’s names i should remember more than that one had a pink pig on it, another some oak leave, and a third a regular cream label that was new from their wine tasting the week before. all bottles were in the $ 15 — $ 20 range and he swore would keep the both of us happy.
he didn’t lie. they were good recommendations and all three bottles were leisurely enjoyed over the next 2 days without us having to be disgusted by the swill we were drinking as we were playing out the 1% at the luxury hotel my cousin was holding the wedding at.
beyond those notes i will tell you the place is lined with wine, the walls, shelves, on and on, if i had a large enough wine cellar it would look much like this with all shelves being about chest height and not obstructing your view and overwhelming you. brian had a very calming demeanor, even when some couples came in pulling their baby carriage down the stairs (yes, you have to go down stairs to get to the booze) and making a racket, which always makes me nervous in a LIQUOR STORE. i did notice they actually had moonshine on the counter (yes with a label and everything so i guess that’s somehow legal now even though i’m pretty sure that completely destroys the whole point of moonshine being moonshine… i mean… no one drinks that because they enjoy it… they drink it because its freaking white lightening, it’ll get ya drunk, and it’s illegal so it’s always a story on how someone got it… cause someone always got it from someone’s dad or cousin or neighbor or friend’s friend’s sister’s boyfriend’s grandfather… cause that’s how it should be done people) but anyway…
they have good booze, good prices, and friendly staff… what more can you ask for in a city, downtown with such a reputation. if we had to have liquor stores instead of grocery stores and rite aid to get our booze in here i’d hope my local store had what this one does.

There is a wine store within walking distance that sells box wine. Woah. Awesome. There is a grocery next door that sells beer, so it is even better than going to a real grocery store and having to drive to get liquor and wine. Also, the guy who works there is really nice.
TA

Great place, great variety located in the heart of downtown (if you happen to find yourself living here or passing by)
great wine selection, and has a great selection of spirits as well. but again, the location and the atmosphere when you walk-​in would definitely be worth the experience.

I just stopped by this new wine store on my way home, I had such a great time looking around at all the wines I wanted to see what other Unilocaler’s thought of the new place, and alas, no reviews.
They have a nice selection of wines, and even some liquors (no beer). There is a fair price for most bottles, which i was surprised because it is a super convenient location for downtown wino’s. Oh yea, if your in a hurry they have a nice selection of pre-​chilled wines as well;).
I know exactly where to go for my wine fix in a pinch, and mention your a new customer and you will receive 10% off your first purchase! wooo !