Gordon’s Fine Wines & Liquors

Great Beer Selection

This place is great. They have everything we need, the staff is knowledgeable and usually pleasant. They will order something in if they don’t normally stock it. Prices are always reasonable or comparable.
Parking can be annoying, but exits to both streets, so not too bad.

Not only is this the closest liquor store to my house, but I don’t think I would go anywhere else any more! The staff are wonderful and extremely helpful. I found my favorite wine that I have never been able to find in MA and got talking with their wine buyer about the vineyard (in Napa) and how he would look into their other wines to stock, and recently after a trip to Cisco brewery and I was hoping to find their wine, he offered to purchase wine if I wanted to order it (which i will be doing!). My most recent experience was this past weekend, I didn’t know about the beer tastings on Saturday night, so when I was offered of course you can’t say no! Turns out, I liked one of the beers so much that it was my beverage choice for the evening and they do 10% off on those brews being tasted. I have not had a single bad experience at this Gordon’s and would recommend it to anyone looking for a great selection of brews and wine!

Gordon’s is my new go-​to for wine and beer!
1. Their staff and management are extremely friendly and helpful. Case and point: Tom Smith. He is honest and extremely warm to his customers. Awesome guy!
2. Wine tastings 5:30−7 on Fridays and Beer tastings 5:30−7 on Saturdays. They have a room in the back where these go down, and they always have a nice selection to try.
3. Great selection, especially in their wall full of refrigerate craft beer.

Hours before leaving to go home for the holidays, I finally found some inspiration for a gift for my brother-​in-​law. As an avid beer drinker who currently lives in Australia (where, despite what you may think, the bulk of their beers is no better than MGD), I figured I’d treat him to some local New England beers as well as other craft beers. I walked into Gordon’s for the first time for this purchase. $ 94 in beer and mead later, I had a nice big gift! I can’t believe this place sells Mead– and multiple types! Same for gueze! I’m so impressed at their selection, the knowledge the staff has, and the reasonable prices. I selected «pricey» for this place because you come here if you’re going to enjoy your beer, not chug it. I will be going no where else for beer so long as I live down the street.

Outstanding craft beer selection. Frequent deals on chamgagne. Very knowledgeable staff. One guy gave us a beer lesson that was as good as any brewery tour I’ve gone on.

ok, i am a mixed drink drinker. the corner liqueur stores don’t have what i want. Gordon’s does. it has everything you could ever want to make a yummy mixed drink. i only like 2 beers one is very hard to find. its a Belgium lambic beer and it tastes like raspberry (yum!) and the only places around here that have it are Gordon’s. the other beer i drink is only sold in France so i don’t have much luck with that one (yet!!)
ok this place is great. looking for an obscure liqueur you cant find at you regular old joe’s liqueur store? they will probably have it here.

Great corner store… literally. It is right on the corner of Watertown St. and California St.
The store is a bit small, but they make up for it in the size of their selection. Great range in prices, nice mix of beer and wine, and super friendly staff. I’m always asked if I need help when I walk in and they are quick to offer up suggestions for whatever I’m looking for.

Gordon’s is a great little joint in Watertown. Not the largest selection around, but what they do carry is good. Friendly, helpful, but not pushy staff.

Do you love beer?
Do you like wine?
Do you make use of liquor?
Answering in the affirmative to any of those three questions means you should go to Gordon’s in Watertown and purchase libations…
They have a good selection, decent prices (though on your basic 12 packs/​wines there’s a larger liquor store about a mile down the road that sells ‘em for 12 $ as opposed to Gordon’s 15 $), an eclectic and knowledgeable staff, pretty regular tastings and if they don’t have what you’re after they will make every effort to carry what you suggest… and if it moves they’ll keep it in stock…
So go there to buy tasty bits like Weihenstephaner, to knock back some (mostly) free tastings that will inspire you for your next purchase or to avoid the occasional headdache that is Soldiers Field Road…

Wine and I get along. Yep, we get along real good. This is despite the fact that I know approximately two things about wine, the first one being that «DOCG» or «Denominazione di origine controllata» means it’s a good bottle of Italian wine, even if it’s just $ 6. France has something similar («AOC»). It makes picking out a cheap bottle of good wine much easier.
As for the second thing… Ok actually apparently I just knew one thing (see above).
Anyway. Gordon’s definitely has a decent selection of wine. I saw everything from $ 7 bottles up to their «reserve» section in the back (read: out of my price range). Their wine choices are fewer than at their Waltham store, but still satisfying. I especially liked the fact they had more than two Malbecs to choose from. I did not like the fact that they didn’t have a special organic wine/​beer area. Sometimes I feel like a sulfite-​free organic red, ok?
Other than the wine, they have the standard liquor store fare — cheap beer, craft beer, alcohol, styrofoam coolers, and employees hollering to one and other about pasta. I don’t get it either.
Bonus: Buy 6 bottles of wine, get one of their special compartmentalized reusable wine bags for free!!! Score!!! Saving the earth and my sanity.
Conclusion? I’ll be headed back here next time I have a dinner party. so like next week.

Good prices and help full but not pushy. They told me about their other location where they have cooking classes which seems very cool. Just enough wine to not overwhelm a novice, good sales on liquor. Definitely like the feel of this place every time I go.

I get most of my wine at Gordon’s mainly out of convenience, seeing as it’s right around the corner from Stop & Shop and Blockbuster. But I also like the selection and I can find what I want or, occcasionally, something even better when one of their more knowledgeable staff members offers a suggestion. Don’t be intimidated when they approach you 30 seconds after you walk in, which they will. Tell them what you’re looking for or ask them for some suggestions. You may learn something about wine. They even helped me figure out what to pair with brie and gouda cheeses. (There’s not much!) As for prices, count on spending at least $ 10 per bottle… or significantly more if you want to get fancy.

Gordon’s is the best liquor store around. Not only are the staff friendly, but the place is nice and clean unlike other liquor stores that can be dingy. I go to Gordon’s all the time and am always impressed by the variety of great beer and wine. One great moment of customer service was around Halloween when I was looking for Shipyard Pumpkin Ale which they didn’t have. The manager promised that he’d bring a few cases over from their other store within days. Sure enough, he didn’t forget and it was there days later.