Excellent service! They had just what I needed and were kind enough to hold it for me until I could…read moreget there later that day!

Ownership and name change for this small local wine shop in roughly January 2023 when Erickson Fine…read moreWines became Eagle Wine Merchant with Kent Schmidtke at the helm. If you recognize Kent when you walk in, it probably means you've been a regular shopper (hand raised) at the remarkable Boise CoOp Wine Shop at that Boise downtown store where Kent was on staff. Wine Merchant in the new name for this Eagle neighborhood store is apropos with Kent as new owner as he is a man who knows his stuff about wines to source good ones across all price points and recommend them to buyers. CUSTOMER CARE: It took me a beat to place Kent when we walked in here for the first time since the name change given he was out of context from the usual place we'd see him at the CoOp shop. That he recognized my husband and me instantly and greeted us warmly might tell you two things: first that we were frequent shoppers for wine at the Boise store and second that Kent has excellent customer care skills. The latter is definitely a true thing! ENJOYABLE SHOPPING LAYOUT: The shop seems lighter and brighter with layout easier to navigate. Wines are organized by country for foreign and for domestic wines by state and there are ample shelf / hang tags with information on many of the wines. All of this makes it easier to hunt if you're on a mission for something specific and fun to gather if you're wanting to browse for something to strike your fancy. EXPERTISE MATTERS: Kent is in the house every day to provide as much assistance as you need or to leave you to your own devices if you just want to wander. On a recent "we need whites" visit he was helpful in recommending two wines to complete a mixed six pack we were buying; bottles we might not have considered without his first hand knowledge of drinking them himself. There are a lot of places in Eagle to buy wine, a good number of them grocery store shelves, but the reason to shop at store run by a merchant like Kent is for the knowledge that comes along with the great customer service. SATURDAY TASTINGS: Saturday afternoons there is wine tasting between 2p and 4p. Sign up for Kent's email when you're in the shop and you'll get a heads up on what is being poured each week and other new finds he's added to inventory. Our first visit was, serendipitously, on a Saturday and we got to sample Day Wines, boutique bottlings by a woman winemaker in Dundee who has been getting NW wine press coverage, Brianne Day. (Oregonian wine writer: "... working with 25 grape varieties from 32 vineyards in the Willamette Valley and southern Oregon. "I don't have strict regulatory systems like they do in Europe telling me what I can and can't make. I'm a wild card with the freedom to satisfy my curiosity," Day said.") This coming Saturday when we pop in to pick up a bottle of Portteus (Rattlesnake Hills AVA) that is a fav of my dad's to tuck in a gift for early Father's Day visit to him, we look forward to trying one of the wines being poured, a WS 93 pt Syrah from Unnamed Series. PRICE POINTS: 10% discount on six or more bottles. Pricing is competitive and we noticed, as one example, his price for Robert Sinskey Vineyards Abraxis was two bucks lower than the competition. TIMING IS EVERYTHING: For a new merchant building inventories, your business matters now. Vote for local expertise with your feet and wallet! LOCATION: In a strip mall next to nail salon and across a double wide parking lot from The Griddle breakfast / lunch eatery. ACCESSIBILITY: Shop is level in the door and all on one level with ample floor spaces to look at, taste and pay for wines. Just right for ADA compliant equal access for shoppers like me (I have had MS since college days) who might be winos using wheels...umm...oenophiles with mobility challenges. PARKING: The private lot is generously sized. ACCESSIBLE PARKING: Lot violates ADA. This is the lot owner's error to fix not the store owner's. The only accessible parking spot in entire lot and is around the corner tucked in a side alcove of the building requiring disabled persons to travel further to get in the door. Per US ADA and Idaho code there should 2 spots in the main lot (given the number of total spaces) so shoppers with disabilities have the same equal access route to the building door. NICE GUY STORY: When in store one afternoon, a couple of young women walked in at brisk pace, laughing together then stopped short and went silent once the door closed behind them. I thought they might just be enjoying the wine "ahh...roma" but Kent intuited right away that they were lost. He asked, cheerfully, if they were looking for someplace else. They asked if he sold tequila. He explained Idaho liquor sales were by state run stores (there are two Hilton hotel chains nearby that get out of state visitors) and provided directions to the nearest one. :-)

Very friendly & helpful staff. I'm not much of a drinker so I think the staff get a kick out of me…read morewhen I come in 1-2 yr for holidays- to get drinks to bring for my relatives or even for me to try in my hot cocoa hee hee! I appreciate that they share info on maker, history & comparables. Thry have excellent selection of sample/small size items too.

End of loooonnngggg day. Leftovers heated in hotel room microwave and a gin and tonic were calling…read moreour name at 7:30pm. Had the leftovers in the hotel room fridge. Had no gin or tonic. A quick google of liquor sales in Eagle informed us that like our current home state of Oregon, liquor can only be purchased in state run stores in Idaho. (As the good people of Washington state now know, there are advantages to the state run system. See This n That. ;-)). Made our way to this Eagle liquor store (one of two in the city) with about ten minutes to spare before their 8pm weekday close time. Spacious store. Nice selection of gin and other adult beverages. Delightful, friendly young woman behind the counter who being only 19 couldn't offer us any advice on whether the local distillery gin that was on the shelf with others was good. In Idaho you can sell liquor when you're 19 although you can't buy it until you're 21. Go figure. We bought a favorite gin, price was a couple of dollars less in Idaho than we'd pay in Oregon, a bottle of tonic and we were good to go. We'll be back when bourbon season rolls around. THIS N THAT: 1) PARKING: Street parking right in front of store was easy to find. I think there is also a lot in back. 2) ACCESSIBILITY: Level in at door and throughout. 3) HOURS: Closed Sundays I think. (Although there are other liquor stores in the area that are open Sundays.) Mon - Thu 10a - 8p. Fri - Sat 10a - 9p. 4) POLITICAL RAMBLING - STATE RUN ADVANTAGE (?): I am a life long, card carrying Capitalist and on the face of things it might have seemed like a good idea to me too, were I still a WA state registered voter as I once was, to get the State out of the liquor sales business. A couple of years ago when the good people of Washington state passed measure 1138 to privatize liquor sales, I thought it would be an interesting experiment to observe since we keep talking about putting a similar measure on Oregon's ballot. Alas, what has happened is that liquor prices have gone up, in some cases WAY up, in Washington state post 1138. Folks drive to Oregon, across the border from Vancouver into Portland for example, to buy booze since it is lower priced here at our State run stores. As illustration, Portland area liquor sales have gone up dramatically since WA passed 1138. Another example is a liquor store that opened up in Kootenai County Idaho, right across the border from Spokane Washington. Since 1138 passed in Washington state, that Kootenai County Idaho liquor store has had an astronomical increase in liquor sales, thanks to folks making the less than 30 minute drive from Spokane to get there, and is now among the highest grossing liquor stores in the state of Idaho based on a recent revenue report. Politics can be enough to make you drink, don't you think? For now I'm thinking if Oregon did float a ballot measure, like Washington's 1138, to privatize liquor sales while I'm I still voting here I'd toast to "NO" looking at what's happened to our neighbors to the north.

Didn't have what i was looking for, but great customer service. Staff engaged me, new the product i…read morewas seeking (& had drank it before), They looked it up in the state computer system & let me know a different location (nearby) that i could purchase. Thanks !!!

We all know that state run liquor stores suck. But in Idaho, what's the alternative besides buying…read moreyour booze in another state and bring it home. Hmmmm....sounds like "bootlegging" to me. I love this liquor store. They recently (in the past few years) expanded and that brought a smile to my face. I no longer feel claustrophobic in this location anymore. The variety and stock is ample. The staff has always been super friendly.

so just cause I called due to YOURE listing on google saying you were open all I got was someone's…read moresaying "we're closed" didn't even get a chance to ask anything and they hung up I'd like to speak with management in regards to their person working today as of 9pm 12/6 Thank you, if not a investiagtion will be filed. Why was your sister store closed at 5pm no online interaction I had multiple people show up behind me with no clue it was closed. Please explain this.

Being that liquor stores are run by the state in Idaho, it would be easy to assume they're all the…read moresame. Not so! Some have better selections of certain liquors (I'm looking at you and your stellar Scotch selection, Kuna), some have more knowledgable staff (downtown Boise), some have an overall expansive selection (Vista), and some, like this one, differentiate themselves by their kind and thoughtful service. Came in here looking for vermouth for Manhattan making. Now, I've consumed many a-Manhattan but haven't mixed many. So, as I stood there gazing at the Vermouth selection--I was flummoxed. Sweet? Dry? I was unsure. That's when the gentleman working approached and asked if he could be of help. He was also unsure (more of a martini guy), but immediately busted out a bartending guide and looked up the answer for me. I've been to other liquor stores in town looking for advice and have been met with shrugs when the worker was unsure--this was definitely above and beyond the usual service. The only oddity I found was that typically, one can go to the vodka section and all bottle sizes of a particular brand are grouped together--here, the smallest bottles of various types of liquor (not minis, but smaller bottles) are grouped together in a separate section. Parking is convenient (practically door to door) and hours are until 9pm on Fridays and Saturdays. Get to it!

I like this location on McMillan - The staff is great and the variety is pretty good.read more

There really isn't much to write about a liquor store other than 3 key things: selection, service,…read moreand price. I feel like with my unique experience here, this location killed it in all 3. I was looking for something specific, Black Raspberry Cîroc. I was talking with my local liquor store in Nampa, they told me they only knew of 2 locations in Idaho that received shipment (and by shipment I mean 1 bottle...), this location being one of them. I called this place up, the woman working knew EXACTLY what I was looking for and put the ONLY bottle they had on hold (without me even asking). I was already in the area (was doing some shopping nearby), so I hurried down to pick it up. Right when I walked in, I asked the woman working (which was the woman I spoke on the phone with) for Black Raspberry Cîroc, and her only response was "Are you George...?". From then on out, I knew I had to write a review for this place, just to spotlight the loyalty of her. I'm confident that she would've held it for me if someone else came through looking (of course unless I didn't come by within a respectable time period). I literally spent less than a minute in there, in and out is what I like, primarily because it's super hard to NOT to get tempted in there (or any of these magical stores in general). The plan is to never visit this or any of the other liquor stores again (one of my New Year Resolutions) but knowing that this was my resolution last year as well, I feel like there's a high chance I will be back. Overall the selection, service, and price were A1. Nothing comes to mind in terms of improvement, other than Diddy shipping more Cîroc to Idaho. Everyone who tried it loved it, felt nice bringing something unique to our holiday get together. 5 stars ALL day EVERY day, much thanks to the woman working (I regret NOT asking her for her name).

Make sure to check expiration dates on juice. Mine was dated 2019!!!!! Threw up all night…read more Expected an exchange or my $ back. Manager didn't give two shits. Such bad customer service. I'll be sure to buy my juice at Albertsons from now on.

Had an employee in there swearing in the back room! Then moved furniture out in front of me just…read morebefore I was leaving, she stepped aside and I left. Right after I walked out the door she yelled "There's another door!!!!!" Customer service at its worst! Hope this place fires this very angry person!!

Idaho is one of the few remaining states that has state owned liquor stores. Many states have ended…read morethis socialist experiment, but the Liquor Stores in Boise keep the tradition alive. This store is located between downtown and the airport and is large with lots of parking. These stores are the only place to purchase spirits in Idaho. Beer and wine are available at supermarkets and other stores, but you must come here for the hard stuff. Fortunately the selection is rather impressive with lots of options and sizes. Prices are rather high although most neighboring states have high taxes on booze too. I found a great selection of Idaho potato vodka here which is perfect! This location is large with a nice staff, but the hours and prices are difficult. You have to buy booze from the government Liquor Stores so you don't really have a choice anyway.

It's a Liquor Store. The have liquid delights of all varieties. Better yet, you don't have to put…read moreyour money through a turn stall and you don't have a fear of getting robbed or stabbed. You can be in and out in just a minute if you know what you want or you can peruse the aisles for a while. What more can I say? It's clean and the staff are friendly... And oh yeah... THEY HAVE LIQUOR! WHY ARE YOU STILL READING THIS? Step one: Liquor. Step two: there is no step two. End of story.

This wine shop is awesome and the staff and owner knows their wines well. They get you whatever you…read morewant. They aim to please. Very friendly atmosphere. I love this place. A gem for sure.

If you want to try some great wines with a great atmosphere, you need to try this wine shop. If…read moreyou're looking for gift idea, you'll find it here!

I walked into the shop, but no one was available. When someone finally came out, they seemed put…read moreout. Did not offer any help. Just stood at the counter waiting for me to bring bottles to him for payment. This was not a good experience. I could get behind this shop if the staffing were more considerate. There are too many high-priced European wines and slim Pickens on domestic wines. Domestic wines can be less expensive and sometimes better than their European counterparts. If you enjoy a glass of wine with your meals daily like most Europeans do, you would not find anything like that here. Nor would you see a "cocktail" wine (no food necessary to enjoy) at this shop. I would visit Trader Joe's in Boise for acceptable wine with a smattering of name brand top-of-the-line wine vendors. Many great wines come from Oregon, Washington, and California, a short distance from Boise. Consider carrying this lot in addition to the current stock. Buying American is a "great thing," as it's being thrown around these days.

From across the country I was able to order some wines for a friends birthday. Not only was the…read morewine selection outstanding (I wish there was a place like this close to me) but the sommelier was incredibly knowledgeable, warm, friendly and accommodating. I'm very very very much so looking forwarding to coming here in person when I visit Boise. TLDR: A WINE DELIVERY INSTITUTION - ORDER YOUR WINES HERE!!!!!!