Welcome to the Madison Wine Shop in Madison, Connecticut. Home of Rick's Picks wine selections, educational wine tastings, and unusually fine wines at value prices!

My mantra—“Taste is the True Test”

It applies when I select wines to offer to you, my customer, and to you when you purchase wine from me. While we cannot offer you a taste of any wine you choose to buy, we do offer you many opportunities to taste wines, many that you will not find elsewhere.

I have been enjoying wine for nearly sixty years and my passion continues unabated. It motivates every member of the Madison Wine Shop team.

I rarely buy wine that I have not tasted and I never pass up the opportunity to taste wine of any description. I travel extensively in search of Rick’s Picks.

I do not judge wine by vintages, varietal, appellations, label or reviewers' numeric ratings, and experience has taught me that price is not a good indicator of quality. None of these criteria can substitute for my palate.

With time, wine changes for better or worse—slowly in an unopened bottle and quite quickly once exposed to oxygen in the air. I frequently evaluate a wine over a period of days to try to judge whether it offers pleasure now, may offer pleasure at some time in the future, or not at all. I use the word 'try' because we are talking about a subjective, qualitative judgment.

Rick’s Picks are wines selected by me for quality and value. They are what have made the Madison Wine Shop a Wine Lover’s Mecca for twenty years.

You will find Rick’s Picks on our shelves, in the Wine Editorial, our newsletter, in our email eWineBulletin, and at our Tasting Counter.

Rick Lewis

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How to Find Us
Take I-95 North or South to Exit 61;
South on Rte 79 to Rte 1 (about 1/4 mile);
Left on Rte 1; We’re 100 yards on right side directly opposite Cafe Allegra; (For back entrance and parking, continue to light, turn right, then right into lot)

Rick’s I-95 Express
Free delivery in person, by appointment, at any south-bound I-95 off ramp south of Exit 61, or south-bound Merit Parkway off-ramp. Call 203-245-1090 or email now!

Delivery
We can deliver to many states, including Connecticut, via FedEx. Please inquire!

Special Orders
We will special order any wine if it is available in Connecticut.

Pricing
You will never see the word “sale” at the Madison Wine Shop. We choose our wines based on quality and value and we price fairly. We give a 10% case discount mix-or-match.

Rick Recommends
Rick Recommends these businesses
when you visit Madison:
Madison Beach Hotel
Tidewater Inn

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