Wine Rack

Positioned nicely at the coastal exit to head back home. Loaded with alcohol (of course), it’s a busy location.

I was in Ocean City for my boyfriends birthday (I am 22, he was turning 23) and we stopped by the Wine Rack to pick up a six pack of beer. As soon as we walked in the woman at the counter looked very rude and she proved me right when we walked up to the counter and she literally starts raising her voice at me about my ID since it was vertical (I am from out of state so the vertical license is not an issue where I am from). She would not even take my boyfriends ID which was not vertical. We were not that mad about it we were just going to pick up alcohol somewhere else. She kept going on about the ID in her loud tone. I have never in my life been treated so rude my anyone ever. I was still going to buy the Monster and Juice since I was there but the woman precede to keep talking about my vertical license being very rude, not to mention there were other customers behind me and she was causing a scene. I will NEVER return to this establishment when I am in Ocean City and I am telling everyone I know to stay away because they are beyond rude in here!!!

Very disgusted with this place. My fiancé and I (22 and 25 yo) were in this Wine Rack getting a 6 pack of beer last night (Christmas day 2015). As expected the cashier (named Monica) asked for our IDs. She took my fiancé’s first. Immediately criticizing her Florida driver’s license said temporary because of her citizenship status. I consider this a private matter and asked she just check the date and that the ID was valid and genuine. She looked at me, said she had a job to do, took the beer and said have a good night. I asked her why she is doing this calmly, she said because she has a job and we can get alcohol somewhere else. I did not get upset, I explained to my fiancé that is a personal matter and she did not have to lower herself to explain anything concerning her citizenship.
This, I consider to be a discriminating factor. My fiancé is Hungarian and has lived her uninterrupted since 2001. I am sorry our wonderful immigration laws treat her the way they do. We are in the process of making that all go away when we get married. We are both professionals on our fields and are no kids off the street like 90% of people our age. Neither party children that is the usual clientele of the area we were in. You could tell this by looking at us. I am a top of my class university grad, self made professional race car driver, race team owner and even have my Class A CDL. My fiancé works for a major airline. We both live in Florida (homeowner) and were up because my dog (who was living with my parents) passed away the previous day.
To the owners of this wine rack: I would file charges on this. However I am tired of the state of Maryland, Worcester county and their ridiculous laws. Ocean City is nothing more than a party town. I’m not going to lower myself to fight with this cashier or your business. I hope this will be one of my last times returning to this state. I told my parents of the situation and they agreed to never buy fuel or anything else from any wine rack in the area. I recommend others do the same. But I understand this is one of the selected few that can sell alcohol because of the ridiculous requirements to get a license to sell alcohol in this ridiculous state/​county.

I first off hate that I need a horizontal ID in Maryland, I am from DC and we are not required to convert our licenses. I did though, but we get them in the mail about two weeks later so they issue a scannable piece of paper with all the information. Wine Rack would not accept my vertical license in addition to my printed version of my new ID the DC DMV issued. So I went home and picked up my 60 year old mother to buy the beer I originally went to go get for her and my father. The assistant manager denied the purchase because I placed the beer on the counter instead of making my mother carry it. Just because they won’t accept my valid identification doesn’t make me any less than of age, but they said it was like I was purchasing it because I placed it there. They denied the sale. You are not police. You are not the government. Not the first negative experience here, but it will be the last. Liquid Assets was more than happy to accept my ID and gave lovely service. My parents maintain a residence here and we will no longer make any purchase from the Wine Rack.

This is not a one stop shop for all your alcohol needs. But for what they offer, they have the best! We talked to a man who may have been a manager. He offered great advice and tips on everything they had. And even recommended great spots to eat. We will be back here over and over.

For a gas station… this place carries a wide range of liquor.
This place is huge and of course convenient since you’re picking up gas and liquor along the way.