can’t wait to see you🙂‍↕️

hours
wed to sat 12-8
sun 12-6
closed mon & tues

Kian’s wines storefront design illustration showing awning, logo, and shop exterior in Chicago.

wines — means all sorts of drinks. fairly sure we read that in a poem once.

questions? do email or text us — we reply, untroubled. yet, we reckon we’ve gotta put you behind the ones visiting us on site. we ditched the phone line just to make sure of it. and we need sleep

anytime tasting™

tastings are fair game anytime we're open! as long as we're not being pulled in five directions for beer, sake, cocktail tips, or a bit of accidental oversharing — ask away! you and us together might even turn it into a shared moment if everyone's game.

wines and other quick-turn bottles change as we go. most spirits are already open to taste whenever you’re curious - the rest will join soon.

this week’s lineup, until the bottles reach the bottom — updating in read time (Jan. 14 - 18, 2026)

Tozai, “Typhoon”, Futsushu (“Table Sake”)

Shimane, Southwest Japan

Val de Loire Blanc, “Owl Collection”

Loire Valley, France

Oddbird, “Addiction“, Non-Alcoholic Red Wine

Ribera del Duero, Spain

max 3 samples per person per day. its the law… and the fragile $math behind it all.

we like to keep our part of the equation light-bodied from the start (because we hope to see you again), so our discounts stay modest and honest — a humble thank-you for seeing us again, and extra cheers to you for venturing something new*.

*we say that, but we panic at new things more often than we’d admit. and we wish our vendors still love us.

here it is:

our quiet thanks

[for everything]

- 5% off - come back and show us the Google review you left!

(that is, a modest $5 off if you spend $100. a bribe, or just local hospitality — we’ll leave that one to you.)

- the pact - 1 point per purchase, $5 credit every 6

(no loyalty sworn. just a quiet promise to see each other again — and trade tales of other lovely places, too.)

[for things that are $20+]

- 3% off - when you pick 3 different ones

- 5% off - when you gather 6 or more different ones

our shelf cards come from Kian’s tasting notes - scribbles turned into something calm and concise. what, where, and a few markers we track: body, fruit, acidity, earth, mineral, and friends of those. (so instead of “bright acidity” we might say 7/10, and “linear and focused acidity” maybe 9/10.)

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— Kian's wines (@kianswines.bsky.social) December 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM

a small dispatch

the awning may be tucked under the snow (it's kinda pretty...), but we're open and here. if anything unexpected ever comes up, we update our website right away - and you're always welcome to text us. we reply, untroubled. just forgive us if we're helping someone in the shop first.

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— Kian's wines (@kianswines.bsky.social) November 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM

as we continue to curate our spirits selection, we're delighted to share a few new arrivals from Campbeltown, Scotland — one bottle of each. they might be a little harder to find, but what speaks most to us is how true to their character they are. warmth to you in this snowy weekend.

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— Kian's wines (@kianswines.bsky.social) November 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM

wine shops — ours one of those — are made for you to enjoy at home: with your loved ones, in your solitude, or among your spirits.