University Wines

My favorite wine shop in Seattle! Knowledgeable staff and curated selection.

A great small wine shop in the shadow of Laurelhurst. The proprietor has an extensive knowledge of smaller French wineries that offer great wines at really fair prices. Very helpful. Specializes in France, but the selection is rounded out with other old world wines. Highly recommended.

Great selection of French wines at reasonable price. Proprietor is great at finding small producers. This is a must wine store if you enjoy fine wine by itself or with dinner. The owner and staff are helpful without being pretentious about pairing a wine with your meal at your price point. Just go! Also try to go for the in store events when the producer is there as well.

Whenever I want a distinct, small-producer wine to share with my wine-loving friends, University Wines remains one of my top choices, especially if I'm seeking something from the Burgundy region.

The staff is impressively well-informed about wines and we often find ourselves picking up additional wines--there are some fantastic bargains--before we reach the register.

I highly recommend checking out their Facebook page and following them for updates regarding new arrivals and free tastings on weekends.

Guess I can't check in from where I am...but I just placed an order for 6 bottles with Gordon. Excellent service, super friendly and so not your typical snobbish wine merchant. Gordon knows his stuff. He knows it so well, I tell him what I like and he recommends 6 wines for me to try. This is my second batch of 6 and I usually tell him to surprise me.

I'm in the Vancouver, BC (Canada) area. Wine is not cheap here. In fact, to get the level of wines I'm seeing at University wines, I'd have to pay through my teeth. I have some friends heading down and I placed the order. A day later, the selection was ready and packed for pick up. A $40 bordeaux is easily $90-$120 here IF I can even find the label. So well worth whatever marginal expense there is to have it picked up or shipped/delivered - which I believe they do.

Their selection of wines, at least what I'm lead to believe, is from a few select producers in France where Gordon travels to, samples and selects. Sounds like a hard life but I take solace in reaping the fruits of their labour. Sigh. Their selection, I'm guessing, is updated year over year and that's a good thing.

If you're in the area, check them out. You don't know how good of a neighbourhood wine merchant you have until you live far, far from one.

Not only is the selection of wines broad and exceptional, I leave having gotten another education in all things French wines. Stop by on the right day and try free samples. I'm a huge fan of Gordon, his team, and his love and knowledge of good wine.

How wonderful is the owner of this business. My husband and I were at an appointment and had our three week old daughter with us. We parked in front of his shop, When we came back he came out and gave us a bottle of Rose congratulating us on the birth of our daughter. It absolutely made our night. We will definitely be back to shop there. 😊

Wonderful wine shop. The owner has so much knowledge and experience about French wines. Highly recommend!

Great people! Imported wines with old country panache. Owner is well connected in France.

Excellent location to find a variety of French wine and champagne styles. The sales staff is extremely knowledgeable and is helpful.

These people care about wine, and making the best suggestion for you irregardless of price; they don't push the most expensive, that aside, they have a lovely selection.
Cant say enough, I regularly travel out of my way to go there.

Perfect wine! Thank you so much!

My favorite wine place in the city. Always an excellent selection, very affordable prices, and all of the staff are very warm and approachable.

Very nice, very knowledgeable staff. Good prices and a great selection of European wines.

Deep expertise on french - in particular Burgundian wine, in a helpful, unpretentious environment. Awesome wine shop.

Excellent selection of fine wines at reasonable prices and a very knowledgeable shop owner, Alex Pedersen.

Great selection of mostly French wine, knowledgeable staff

Unique wine store that sources it's wines at the sources in France.

Great local shop for french and Italian wines

Great selection and super helpful staff.