Wine Bar
Unclaimed profileWedgewood Cheese Bar
Carrboro, NC · $$
Inebrious
Beverage Program Score
The editorial take
A wine bar, cheese shop, and dinner-party hybrid where the beverage program leans on a curated wine list and a sommelier's pairing work. Bottles on the wine list are half price every Thursday during lunch and dinner, the clearest reason to plan a visit around the calendar. Beer and cider are curated rather than incidental, and zero proof options include a cherry tomato soda tied to a tomato-themed week.
- What should I order?
- Prosecco, the one wine a customer singled out as wonderful, is the safe glass to start with. If you come on a Thursday, the half-price bottle promotion applies to every bottle on the wine list at lunch and dinner, which makes a full bottle the better-value route for two or more drinkers.
- Who will enjoy this place?
- People who want wine pairings handled by a sommelier, and groups who treat a cheese counter and a bottle list as one outing. Beer and cider drinkers are covered, and anyone skipping alcohol has zero proof options rather than a token alternative.
- When should I go?
- Thursday lunch or dinner, when every bottle on the wine list is half price. The promotion is the venue's most concrete draw, so build the visit around it rather than treating it as a walk-by stop.
- What should I expect to spend?
- Ordering by the bottle on Thursday is the clearest value play; other visits carry full list pricing.
- What makes the beverage program distinctive?
- A cheese shop and wine bar that also frames itself as a dinner party, with a reported sommelier, Paula de Pano, curating wine pairings for the menu. The weekly Thursday half-price bottle promotion applies across the entire wine list, and the program extends to curated beer, cider, and zero proof drinks.
Beverage categories
We only score what a venue sets out to do. Categories a venue doesn't attempt are left unscored rather than penalized.
Wine
A curated wine selection anchors a venue that presents itself as part wine bar, part cheese shop, part dinner party. Sommelier Paula de Pano was reported to curate wine pairings for the menu, and every bottle on the list is half price on Thursdays at lunch and dinner.
Menu strengths
- — Sommelier Paula de Pano was reported to curate wine pairings for the menu, linking the list to the food.
- — All bottles on the wine list are half price every Thursday during lunch and dinner.
Standout selections
- — Prosecco, described by a recent customer as wonderful during their visit.
Pricing: All bottles on the wine list are half price every Thursday during lunch and dinner.
Beer
Beer sits alongside wine as part of a curated beverage selection rather than a token tap list. The venue describes a curated selection of beer and cider, and beer is listed among its additional offerings.
Menu strengths
- — The venue provides a curated selection of beer and cider, positioned as a deliberate part of the program.
Standout selections
- — It provides a curated selection of beer and cider.
Nonalcoholic
Zero proof beverages are a curated part of the drink list, not an afterthought. A recent customer account describes a cherry tomato soda served during a tomato-themed week, showing the zero proof side follows the kitchen's thematic direction.
Menu strengths
- — The venue provides a curated selection of zero proof beverages alongside wine, beer, and cider.
Standout selections
- — Cherry tomato soda, described by a recent customer as part of a tomato-themed week.
How it sits with the food
Sommelier Paula de Pano was reported to curate wine pairings for the menu, tying the wine list directly to what the kitchen and cheese counter serve. That pairing role is the strongest link between the beverage program and food.
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