Hours - Xmas + New Year
+mon, dec 22, 12-8
+Tues, Dec 23, 12-8
~Wed, Dec 24, 12-4
-Thurs, Dec 25, closed
=Fri, Dec 26, 12-8
=Sat, Dec 27, 12-8

~Sun, Dec 28, 12-8
+Mon, Dec 29, 12-8
+Tues, Dec 30, 12-8
~Wed, Dec 31, 12-5
-Thur, Jan 1, closed
=Fri, Jan 2, 12-8

we’re here. can’t wait to see you 🙂‍↕️

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.

end-of-year lineup — dec. 23 - 31, 2025

Jean Bourdy, Cremant de Jura Brut

Jura, France

Hambledon, Classic Cuvee English Sparkling, Brut

Hampshire, Southeast England

COPPI, “Bollicinicheri”, Sparkling Rose

Puglia, Italy

bonus track: Fukucho, “Seaside”, Junmai Sparkling Sake, Hiroshima, Southwest Japan (Dec. 30-31st)

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 $15+]

- 5% off - when you pick 3 different ones

- 7% 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.