The Wine Shop

While probably not getting any points for originality in terms of name, the wine shop has bucked up it’s game in the past couple of years since opening. Originally going up against the vastly superior Beer Ritz in the market square, it always was going to be the poor relation in terms of range, quality and general knowledge of the staff — in fact after Beer Ritz shut down (sob…) I felt quite embarassed for the Wine Shop with their poor selection of beers.
But on this Christmas visit back to my in-​laws it looks like they may finally be turning it around with a great selection of local beers from the fantastic Ilkley brewery, super local Roosters and a fairly robust selection of core range beers from American crafts such as Sierra Nevada and Brooklyn (pretty expensive at £2.30 a 330ml bottle so going local is definitely the best option here)
My wife the wine queen says they have a fairly competitively priced range of wines and a fairly good selection so if you’re after alcohol in Knaresborough centre then this is your best bet!