Bottle shopWestern Road

Wine Barrel

Excellent Western Road bottle shop, friendly knowledgeable staff

6.5/10

Local score

No. 15 of 43 shops on r/brighton, from 16 locals across 13 threads.

100% would send a mate.

An independent bottle shop on Western Road repeatedly recommended for its range of craft beer, wine, mead and 0% options, with several Redditors praising the knowledgeable, friendly staff. One person found its choice of non-alcoholic wine thin, though the non-alcoholic beer selection was good.

Go for
Finding an interesting craft beer or wine
Heads up
Limited non-alcoholic wine options

What locals say

Wine Barrel near Brunswick square has arguably the best booze selection in town, not sure about whisky but for beer and wine they’re amazing.. so probably worth a shot!
u/likes_rusty_spoons, 20203 upvotes“Recommendations for whisky or rum tasting?”
I'd suggest * Wine Barrel * Higgins of Hove * Quaff * The Bison Beer shop down near the Town…
u/likes_rusty_spoons, 20218 upvotes“Best Place to Buy Craft Beer (retail)”
…on five-ways is now my closest which I would also highly recommend. I think this one is Quaff2 since they also have one in Hove-actually. Trafalgar Wines is also great, although I'd rate it for beer more than wine (ironically), and also on Western Road there is The Wine…
u/JamLov, 20181 upvotes“Best wine shop in town?”
Wine Barrel in Hove isn't a great resource for this unfortunately. They have a good selection of non-al beers but only a couple of wines.
u/Resident-Yellow8791, 20251 upvotes“Where can I buy some decent non-alcoholic wine?”

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