Piazza Discepoli Wine & Food Merchants

Guy is the best. Very informative. If you ever need help picking out wine or beer for an occasion I would highly recommend starting here.

I really like small little wine shops like this. Piazza Discepoli’s interior seems miles away from White Oak Shopping Center. In fact, it reminds me a great deal of Ludlow Wines in Clifton’s Gaslight District.
As far as wine shops go, variety is the name of the game and there’s a decent selection of wines here. However, none of the bottles have prices listed on them. This can make it a bit difficult to keep track of what you’re spending. They also sell a fair amount of craft beers, with a lot of easily recognizable breweries like Left Hand and Rhinegeist. A number of beers and some wines are available refrigerated, along with various cheese products. All in all, a cute little store you wouldn’t expect to find on this side of town.
While the gentleman working there was pleasant when I came in, he tried incredibly hard to sell me more items as I was checking out. I ended up buying a bottle of wine placed next to the register (along with some IPA I was already planned on buying) and he then proceed to really talk up the chocolate and other bottles of wine that were on sale. I’ve spent a fair amount of time in retail and I understand sometimes you have to talk things up, but this just seemed excessive.
There are wine tastings on Friday afternoons, but I don’t know how likely it is that there’s a good crowd for them. They also offer pours for $ 5, which is pretty cheap. I’ll definitely start coming here more regularly, though hopefully there will be less persuasion attempts in the future!

Stopped in here on the recommendation of a friend. Gentleman working was very friendly and offered to help pick out a wine or give recommendations. I was very impressed with their selection. They had a lot of off-​the-​beaten-​path wine makers and varietals. The Cotes-​du-​Rhone wines and Spanish wines were particularly impressive for their variety and value. They also had plenty of California and Oregon wines if that’s your thing. Despite the small size of the store, they really cram a lot in.
In addition to wine, they had a great selection of local and regional craft beers (warm and chilled). In the cooler case there were also cheeses and some chilled whites and sparkling wines.
On Fridays from 4 – 7:30 they have wine tastings (5 pre-​selected wines for $ 10). I have tried this yet, but would like to sometime. They also offer $ 5 glass pours on selected wines.
Definitely worth checking out! I know we’ll be back!

This place is awesome. Dropped by to see what they had to offer and it was well worth the walk in. Their selection does not dissapoint and is guaranteed to have wines and beer that you have not seen elsewhere.
The prices are reasonable and they are more than willing to talk about the selections and what might work best for you.
Definitely on the must-​go list for really nice wine and beer selections.