The Urban Grape - Boston, Massachusetts

Meredith M. Narcisi

If I could give this wine store and the entire staff a million stars I would. We recently hosted my friends bachelorette here at this incredible establishment and I was blown away by the support, kindness, and professionalism Urban Grape displayed from the moment I reached out to the actual night of. The overall team and event organizer (Brittany!!) were the best to work with throughout the whole process and helped to make the night oh so special. Above the impeccable customer service, the catered food and detailed (&customized!) wine tasting menu were out of this world and our bride to be (&all of our dear friends) are still talking about how wonderful it was. Thank you to the entire team at Urban Grape for making our night so memorable! You are the absolute best and cannot wait to come back!!

Lindsay

Recently worked with The Urban Grape team for a corporate networking event and had a fantastic experience! Not only did Brittany have a great handle on all aspects of our event but she has a great relationship with another local vendor (Boardeaux) that streamlined our vendor management tenfold! Everything from our first meeting, thoughtful wine selections, through to day of execution was wonderful! I also have to highlight Alyssa who was our wine educator for the event and received great praise from our attendees. Thank you UG team and hope to work with you all again in the future!

Janetha Dingle-Reid

I was extremely excited to come and explore the store. Chip, greeted my sister and we shared that this was our first visit to the store. he gave us an amazing experience! I must say he wasn’t the first person to great us and we were so glad he stop us from leaving ! He truly turned our experience around and quickly. he explained the how the store was set up and even educated us on a lot of wines. he also recommended a lot of wines (I purchased one) He even got me signed up to receive weekly newsletters from the store. I also spoke with Emily and she informed me about the special Tuesdays, let’s just say I can not wait to come back. I’m excited to be apart of The Urban Grape Community.

My favorite part of this visit was the staff weekly pick. How amazing is that! The owners value their employees opinions. It’s also the perfect pitstop in the store for when you just don’t know what to try next!

Celine Nie

Socially conscious and highly delicious. Best part of the experience here? The staff. Highly knowledgeable, personable, kind and helpful! Learning about the progressive drinking scale is a treat and the selection is insane. Everything is intentional, from the lighting fixtures to the counters. Big bonus: you can order online and they deliver on the Boston area! Can’t miss here, and can’t wait to go back again.

Benjamin Schwartz

Great store but wish they didn’t put “progressive scale” stickers on all of the wine bottles. They could show the (subjective) progressive scale using a little tag secured with rope or something like that, but it ruins the art of the bottle. The stickers are also very hard to take off, and if giving to someone as a gift, sticker is a bit tacky. The way they are sorted in the store by the scale is helpful and enough. Wine bottles are art, not meant for additional stickers.

Martin Ong

Great selection! Wife and I are always looking for new places where wine come from and they had a great selection of South African wine and will try a Long Island rose we bought. Overall great selection from around the world with a unique organization system for those intimidated by the wonderful world of wine!

Chris Roy

Incredibly knowledgeable staff and an amazing selection of wines beyond the same old, same old you’ll see at your local liquor store. I’m always impressed with the down-to-earth guidance I get from the team here—always helpful, never snooty.

Whether you want to select a nice bottle and trust that you’ll get what you’re looking for or explore a new wine based on types you’ve enjoyed in the past, you can trust that you’re in the right hands. I don’t know how they do it but everyone that I’ve come across here has been remarkably approachable and knowledgeable without remotely dipping into snobbery. Not the same for other shops that carry similarly off-the-beaten-path gems. They genuinely want to find you the wine that matches your taste and budget.

Jay Dernov

This shop is very clean and pleasant, with a wide variety of unique wines I haven't seen anywhere else.
However, although I know that the specific organization of the shop by "weight" of wine is the intended feature, it's not super helpful for finding specific bottles yourself. Fortunately, the employees were friendly and helpful, so asking wasn't a real chore.
Overall, a great place to find something new and different!

As an aside: another reviewer mentioned the stickers on the bottle - but the employee at the register peeled them off for me at checkout before I'd even noticed they were there! So perhaps someone just forgot in his case. And it looked very easy to peel them off anyway, so not a big deal in my book.