Jackson’s Wines & Spirits

Best all around selection of everything with great prices. Their staff are always friendly and helpful.

Among the absolute wine and spirits best service in the bay area with very knowledgeable staff. These gentlemen are indeed true gentlemen and loved by their Lamorinda community. Knowledgable, friendly and eager to share their experience and advice if asked. This is what all wine and spirits stores should be

Jackson’s is a wonderful spot for wines and spirits. The staff is knowledgable, and in the case of one guy super-​knowledgable on the background and history (recent and not-​so-​recent) of the various Scotches, Bourbons, Cognacs, etc that they stock. Very deep collection of high end spirits and a wide and interesting collection of wines, both local and imported. It’s fun just poking around at what they’ve got. Prices are competitive with BevMo and often beat it by a significant margin.
They also host regular tastings for a very reasonable price. Parking is easy; they’re in a largish shopping center and it’s almost never crowded directly around the store.

Best selection of bordeaux in the east bay, period. Good prices on rare liquors and wines. Occasionally incredible deals on tête de cuvée champagne and others. I don’t wanna say that the others who have said negative things about this business are idiotic dicks who don’t know shit about wine, but that’s basically the case.

This place has a very good selection of wines, beers and liquor. But, I have to agree with all the reviews mentioning how the old guys that work here are rude and dismissive. Maybe it’s their schtick, but I have been insulted just about every time I have encountered the old guy with the grey beard. Not worth the trouble to go to this place, spend your money on businesses that appreciate you.

They are extremely rude here and I won’t be returning.

I think this is the best liquor store in the Bay Area. Phonminal wine choices and prices.

I have gone here many times. My buddy used to work here. I like the place but it seems as of late I have been running into the same guy.
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MAUREN Y.
Also encountered this guy. This guy never smiles. He is never friendly. He looks like he hates his job and the customers that come in. I went in today and politely asked if there was any Pliny. He told me if there was none on the shelf then they do not have any. Not true. I have asked before (4 times to be exact) and they had some in the back. He never looked up from his stocking work to even try to make a sell. He could have offered me any one of the other beers in stock. Nope. Zero F***s given. I have had good experiences in this store with many other employees. However, today was the last straw with no smile guy. I have to give this bad review.
They have a great selection and ok prices. However, the staff (most all of them dont smile and seem like that dont give a S*** about customer service) but no smile guy is the worst.
I will go in an shop from them again but if I see him in there I will turn around and leave. I can go other places to grab my booze. I would rather not be around him.

Great selection of fine wines and craft beers at reduced prices. Knowledgable staff with good customer service.

Went in tonight to get a bottle of a special wine… asked the jerk behind the counter if they carried it. He pointed in the direction it might be. My husband found it and went to purchase it. The same jerk responded in such a rude manner… I will never return to that store as long as I live… I rather never drink alcohol than purchase from this store ever again… thank God for the lovely folk who work at the Bev Mo’s in the area. never have I been treated this way there… get your head out of your A** you stupid little establishment in Lafayette!!!

Best liquor store in the Lamorinda, Walnut Creek, Alamo and Danville area. If you are searching for a good liquor store in the area, search no more as I’ve been to all of them and Jackson’s is the best! This is my go to spot to stock up on brown liquor, wine and beer. Super knowledgeable staff and their prices are very competitive. Same owner as Moraga liquors and Monument liquors.

Large and quality variety of spirits and wine. If you like French wines, this is your spot. Great prices and knowledgeable staff.

I dropped into Jackson’s Wines for the first time because they are local and seem to have a good collection of wines, per Unilocal reviewers. I was wondering about the customer service, given some of the reviews.
The Unilocal reviews were pretty accurate.
1. They have a reasonable variety of both domestic and foreign wines, with both high cost and low cost wines. There prices are ok, not great. You can probably get much better prices at Costco or Safeway. However, they do have wines, such as Dumol, Beaux Freres, Round Pond, and Pahlmeyer, that are not a readily available at the other places. However, the Safeways have a very good collection of high end wines for a very reasonable cost.
2. The customer service is not horrible because it was basically non-​existent. You can not say they delivered bad service when no one evens acknowledges you or says anything to you. I was in the store for over 20 minutes, on a weekday morning. There were 3 – 4 employees present, and maybe one other customer the whole time. From the time I walked in till I left, no one came by to see if they could help or if I had any questions. Employees walk right past me without saying a word. I was looking at their high end wine section also. I left but actually came back 10 minutes later because I did have a specific question about if they carried certain specific high end wines. So, I went up to an employee and asked. His responses were «Don’t know» and «Don’t know». He did not bother to ask any of his colleagues or the manager. So I think that I’m getting my wines from somewhere else. Maybe it was because I was dressed casually in jeans and a sweatshirt and I’m Asian. They need to realize that they can’t entirely judge a potential customer by appearances. When I buy wines, I usually dropped anywhere from $ 100 – 10 000 at a time. In fact, I’m going up to Napa next week to pick up $ 1500 worth of wine (one case) that I bought directly from a winery. May be I’ll go to Solano Cellars instead for wines not available at Safeway. They’re further away, but maybe the service is better.
The two stars is only because they have a decent wine selection.

The Best Wine Shop East of the Tunnel
When I have the energy to stand the Whole Foods Lafayette Plaza (it requires fortitude as you dodge the loaded new Beemers and Benzes driven by the entitled 1%) I will come here to find a good bottle of wine. They carry Turley Zin on occasion, and at excellent prices. However, Bubba behind the counter acted like I was asking for kryptonite the last time I asked for it here. And then, he looked like he was going to punch me for accusing him of wearing pink underwear when I asked for Muscat de Venise, which I also had previously found here. I didn’t risk asking about Zind Humbrecht.
So, while you will find some excellent wine (Chablis Premier Cru; Vouvrays, Rhones, other Burgundies, Tuscans, Alsacians) you will often find the personnel cave men who act like knowing about fine wine is an accusation of being French, eating quiche, reading books, or wearing lace hose. They’d clearly be more comfortable selling beef jerky and PBR.
If you can look beyond the personnel, and fend for yourself, great wine is to be found here. Small talk with the personnel isn’t allowed unless confined to monosyllabic conversation, preferably about sports. In other words, there is a severe absence of a service mentality here and some inherent loathing of the product people come here to purchase. It’s sort of like going to Costco/you’re on your own. At Costco, however, they don’t make you feel small for liking nice things or having a three digit iq.

I love this local business. They have such a huge selection on wine, beer and liquor. The wine tastings are affordable and fun. The people who work here are always incredibly friendly and helpful. They will recommend anything based on what you are looking for. Their prices are also competitive.

Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble. Not so much toil nor trouble actually. Just bubbles, lots and lots of bubbles.
Jackson’s has an outstanding selection of Champagne. Big bottles, small bottles, medium bottles. You can get your Cristal on or a little less than swaggy Moet. If you’re not sure, the employees are always here to help.
Trying to find something unique? You should usually call down here first to see if they have it because they just might. That goes for all types of booze. Not just champagne either.
The staff if pretty awesome. And funny I might add.

I went in here to search for cider upon my return home from London. I was with my mother, and a man who I think is the owner came up to us and harassed us in front of the refrigerators about how we would get in trouble because I was underage. This was ridiculous because I AM ACTUALLY 21. She was buying but I did have to show ID, which I understand, but there was no need to be so damn rude about it. If you’re going to pull something like that, kindly wait until the customer gets to the counter, maybe?
The prices were just okay, and it was a kind of nasty experience. I probably won’t be back.

Local business, friendly and knowledgeable staff plus super competitive prices on booze… oh and walking distance to my house. What’s not to like, actually I do wish they were open a bit later, they close too early, I believe 8p.
I have yet to attend the wine tasting on the weekends, shame on me! I will soon… especially since they carry an assortment of wines I’d be more than happy to sample! All in all you can’t go wrong here.

Why oh why can’t I find a store like this closer to home?
3^rd stop in my bay area hunt for St George Spirits’ Single Malt Whiskey. Jackson’s held a bottle for us based on a call from their sister store in Concord, and we headed right over. Whiskey was worth the trip, and I need to come back when i’m in the area again and get a better look at the selection.
Jackson’s came through with the gift my girlfriend was hunting for me… win.

Not a chain.
I buy all my booze here. Good prices, they are usually lower than any other local establishments. Best price on my manhattan staple, carpano vermouth.
The old guy behind the counter thinks he knows more about alcohol than he actually does. While spouting his made up facts, he also is as cantankerous as Methuselah.
Ya feel me?