Welcome to Acton/Marlboro Wine & Spirit Co.
Valentine’s Day Flash Sale!
For this Valentines Day Weekend Flash Sale we are selling all 750 ml bottles of our fine wines at 25% off on quantities of 12 bottles or more, mix or match, through February 15th. Excluded are Sale Wines, Everyday Low priced wines, and French Champagnes. What better gift for your sweetie than a case of… Read More
Everyone knows that nobody drinks Merlot anymore.
Roger and I tried this wine a month ago and were, once again, completely floored by the price/value relationship available in wines from the Maule Valley in Chile. The Maule River runs directly through the valley. It is amazingly like Bordeaux, where the Gironde cuts through the region. Wines from the north (let’s say Right… Read More
Wine Tasting
I was recently conversing with one of our regular wine customers (let’s call him Mike). When the topic of our Grand Wine Tasting was brought up, Mike told me that in the 15 years that he’s been shopping here, he’s never attended it. He occasionally comes to our Saturday tastings, but he confided that he… Read More
Gifts for Collectors
These are special wines that are sought after by collectors and aficionados, that have been stored in our temperature controlled wine cave. They are available in the Acton store in extremely limited quantities (sometimes just a bottle or two). They must be picked up at the store; we do not ship. This list is accurate… Read More
Paul Hobbs Pinot Noir from Patagonia
People in Acton (one in particular) give me a lot of grief for saying that Pinot Noir is my “desert island” wine. In other words, if stranded on a desert island with only one grape to choose from, I would drink Pinot. That was true when I wrote it a couple of months ago, and… Read More
Hudson Single Malt Whiskey
Hudson Single Malt Whiskey is made from 100% whole grain malted barley, then it is aged in heavily charred new Missouri white oak barrels, aged under 4 years and bottled at 92 proof. All though it shares the same grain bill as Scotch, American rules require new oak barrels be used for every batch. Unlike… Read More
News from the Beer Department
At Acton Wine & Spirit Co.(and Marlborro Wine & Spirit Co. as well) we love more than just wine. We have a couple of talented guys here who love beer. REALLY LOVE BEER. And they buy A LOT of beer. So much so that we have to do a little “thinning of the herd”… Read More
“The Best”
Everyone loves to complain about their job. Even if they love what they do, they’ll find something to gripe about around the water cooler. If you’ve ever seen the film “Clerks”( a favorite of retail workers everywhere), you’ll already know that those of us in the trade LOVE to complain about our customers…. Read More