Worldwide Wine & Spirits

I just don’t understand how such a nice liquor store with a great selection of wine and helpful employees has to play extremely loud and unpleasant music while your trying to shop. Your a liquor store, not a night club! I had a lot of wine to buy but had to leave because it was just so distracting and unpleasant. The music was so loud and harsh the day I was there, I couldn’t even hear myself think! I don’t understand how management could think this type of atmosphere is conducive to a pleasant shopping experience. Needless to say, I will not be returning.

I refuse to buy my beer, wine, or liquor at any other store. I’ve never entered without being greeted by name and with a smile. Mark (manager) always has great suggestions based on preference, and spends time talking and getting to know what types of beer you are looking for, very friendly, knowledgeable. He actually let me go upstairs and grab some leftover swag as a donation for a fundraiser for the high school football team I coach for. The generosity was much appreciated. Stephanie (beer manager) is the best at what she does. She gets every (craft) beer you would ever want to buy. Lawsons, Grey sail, NEBCO., because of her, my beer fridge is an I.P.A lovers dream. Very friendly, knows her craft, and is a brewer in the making herself. Ben (sales associate) offers great insight on a variety of beer types. Faith (front end associate) very sweet, welcoming, will talk and get to know about you in the short time you’re cashing out. There’s one more young lady with curly hair and glasses (her name slips me) always willing to help you find something, high energy, really nice.
Between the great staff, incredible selection of beers (which I go there for) extensive liquor and wine selection, tasting table, specialty wine room, chilling machine, beer suggestion board, and drive-​thru delivery, the only thing this place is missing is hot food and a jazz band. Any time I’m somewhere besides here and have to buy alcohol I kick myself for being unprepared and not going here prior. I know any beer I can possibly buy is sitting on their shelves. There isn’t one bad thing I can say about this place. Clean, well organized, well run. Top notch facility.

I currently reside in North Carolina, but was in the Hartford area to meet up with some friends and run a trail race. I called Southington my home base for the weekend, and wanted to find a place where I could try singles of local breweries’ offerings. Enter Worldwide!
Location: 4 out of 5
Primo space right off of the highway with easy on easy off access. Grocery stores, gas stations, restaurants, motels, etc. are all around in a 5 minute drive. Plentiful free parking is always a plus, and the space itself was large, open, and inviting.
Customer service: 5 out of 5
Each of the employees I met was courteous, friendly, and helpful. Not being from CT, I didn’t want to break any state rules inadvertently, so they put up with my probably stupid-​sounding questions, like, «Can I just buy three cans of beer?» or «Is there a minimum number of fluid ounces that a person must purchase in this state?»
Selection of CT and Regional brews: 4 out of 5
Heck, I don’t know anything about beers from the area. Instead, all I know is that I was able to find stuff from CT and the region that looked interesting. Thomas Hooker, 2 Roads, City Steam, Stony Creek, Wachusett were the ones that I saw that I remembered.
Interestingly, it’s amazing how far the world of beer distribution has come. I spent most of my adult life in Chicago where Goose Island is a local brewery. Several years ago, they agreed to be distributed, and now it’s neat to see the beers in local liquor stores, even if not all of the beer is brewed in Chicago anymore (gong).
Value: 5 out of 5
Pricing-​wise, the beers essentially came down down to 1.67 for a 12 oz can (or a 6-​pack for 10 $), plus the 5 cent deposit per can.
Overall: 5 out of 5
Rare 5 star experience from me, from the perspective of a visitor. The flexibility of purchasing just a few cans of beer at a time was nice, as was the freedom to use the ice water bath chiller device. They also had a little drive in area to shop from the comforts of your vehicle, but I didn’t take advantage of that service.

I do mail orders from them. They’re website isn’t very functional, and they are re-​doing it quite soon. But the customer service (Mark) has given me makes up for it. Always there to help me out with my orders and process them quickly.

I was able to speak with the shipping manager Mark and he was very helpful. There was a small mix up with my order but Maxwell and Mark were very helpful in resolving the issue in a helpful and positive way. Some of the best customer service I’ve had recently.

CRAFT BEER DRINKERS!!! Everything in the store is make your own 6 pack. You can break up six packs from the cold cooler. Even warm six can be broken up. EVERYTHING is make your own. Thats why you’ll notice one missing is cooler six packs. IF YOU LIKE TO TRY DIFFERENT CRAFT BEERS, THEN THIS IS THE PLACE TO GO. The staff is always friendly. They are willing to order something if they dont have it. Store is clean and huge.

Awesome place! Very large selection of anything you could possibly want! They also have a very nice gift selection! The staff are without a doubt very knowledgable and have excellent customer service skills! We purchased a number of things today but my favorite is going to be the 50 shades of grey wine!

I’m a wine drinker, but no difference, they must carry EVERY variety of wine allowed into the state.
They do have people cruising the asiles ready to make suggestions, but I have never needed them, but I’ll assume them to be excellent.
Last time I was there I noticed they have a separate wine room for the higher sticker stuff… I was on my way out but I will check it out next time, maybe not my price-​class, but good to know!

Incredible beer selection, tons of hard to find brews, especially Belgians. Helpful staff, good prices, and believe it or not they have a drive-​up window so you can pre-​order your booze if you’re in a hurry.

I go there for the craft beer selection because they have lots of rare beers you don’t find anywhere else in the area. Same goes for the rum, scotch and bourbon whiskies. Theres bottles I’ve only seen online, and now i know where to get them. Amaro and liqueurs you don’t see at any other store I was really excited to see. I dont drink wine but the huge store is atleast half wine. They also have ice wine i guess its cool and expensive and trendy maybe. Not only is the store awesome, the people are awesome! Very friendly staff and they even do wine tastings offering knowledge on 3 – 5 different wines. Cool shit people, this is the spot. AND its clean unlike that other spot, you know.

By far the best selection in the area. Friendly and super knowledgeable staff. You will be satisfied!

Best wine selection that I’ve come across in the area. This place knows good wine :-)
Definitely a place you have to check!!!

Our go-​to beer store with a wide selection that is always expanding. Beer prices are good and expected for the beer you buy. Thy have a beer cave for access to cold beer. The craft a six pack has quite a large selection but, like all the rest, it can get pricy. Good selection of all the common liquor I’ve needed for boozing or cooking. The staff is always friendly and willing to assist in finding a beer I’m looking for or suggest a beer based on my tastes.

It’s a large, convenient store that has a great selection of booze they sell cheap. If they don’t have it, they order it.
Tastings weekly.
Not sure what else you can say.
Thanks for the blackouts and bad decisions?

one of my new favorites. vast beer selection. so many that i haven’t crossed paths with. this is dangerous, i could spend a lot of money here. pretty large selection of cold beer too, even the domestic boring beer selection was big.
liquor and wine sections seemed pretty large as well, and it is super convenient easy off the queen street exit on 84.

The staff is always extremely helpful!
The pricing is extremely competitive and I buy my wine from here exclusively since my usual bottles are always 10−12% cheaper here than they are at the other large store just down the road.
Definitely give this place a shot!

This is a new package store conveniently located right off the 84 on Queen St. They have a great selection of beer and wine! Always super friendly and helpful.

Located in the old Jaguar dealership in Southington right off route 84, this store had its grand opening weekend recently (November 9 – 11, 2012). Thanks to having been a car dealership there’s ample parking and a lot of room inside the store.
The selection is wonderful, with a large variety of wines, a section dedicated to local beers and one of the larger hard cider/​gluten free beer selections I’ve run across in Connecticut so far. Pricing is competitive with anywhere else in the area, and often a little lower than other large area options (such as Crazy Bruce’s in Bristol).
The store hosts free tastings seemingly every day of one kind or another (I’ve been there on days of wine and bourbon tastings so far.) The staff is knowledgeable, friendly and really very helpful.
The also seem to be converting the maintenance garage into a «drive up delivery» area where you can call an order ahead. I’m not entirely sure how I feel about that or how it will work out, but once it’s up and running I’ll give it a try and update the review.