Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant

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Address: 1605 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, CA 94702, USA

Phone: (510) 524-1524

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State: California

Zip Code: 94702

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Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Wednesday: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Thursday: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Friday: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Saturday: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Sunday: Closed

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Kermit is a great merchant. I've been doing business with him since he worked as a wine clerk for somebody else, 40 years ago. I bought a bottle of Cote Rotie from him for $4.95. (It costs $70 now.) I don't agree with all of his tastes, and he's a Yankee merchant who will skin you if he can, but he's brilliant. His secret, as some wine reviewer once said, is that "he trusts his own taste." He has wines that cost, and are I suppose worth, over $200/bottle. But what's appealed to me all these years since I was a starving grad student, is that he finds really good, inexpensive wines,  , $10 - $22, in unusual places like Corsica, (which is legendary for adulterated and vile wines.) Go in to the shop and ask the clerk to fill a case with 12 different wines, none  more than $22. Give him some idea what you like. Then taste the wines. You'll know what to do. But you won't listen! No one ever does.

 8 years ago (24-10-2017)

Great selection of French,Italian, & German wines from great values to wow I wish I could afford that one.  In any price range you can be sure you will be getting a good wine and good value for your money.  excellent friendly staff is knowledgable and helpful. HIGHLY Recommended!!!!!

 8 years ago (29-04-2017)

Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant is a blessing. When I walk into the store, I know two things: one, that every bottle is good; and two, that the more I pay for a bottle, the better it will be. What a concept! Sadly this is rarely the case in wine retail. I don't understand it -- KLWM shouldn't exist, but it does. If you live in the greater Bay Area, you can drink wine fit for kings every night of the week. Relish it -- it is a gift.

 9 years ago (28-08-2016)

This is the premiere wine shop in the country, in my opinion. It's worth a visit to the Bay Area just for this alone. 

 9 years ago (07-02-2017)

The place for wine. Discriminating.

 8 years ago (20-11-2017)

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