Veer off the beaten path just a tad, and if you’re lucky, you’ll end up at Rayr, the wine shop, in Rockport, Maine. Quirky and stylish, it’s a treasure trove.
Rayr is the perfect pairing for all the great food sources bubbling up in mid-coast Maine. Great food deserves great wine.
It’s bursting with an amazing selection of wines and beers from all over the world. Just perusing the labels can be great entertainment in itself.
They have 250 wines under $25, as well as oodles of higher end selections. You’ll also find foreign and domestic beers, ports, aperitifs and desert wines
The charming, and talented, owners have eclectic backgrounds, and have lived, and worked, all over — Europe, the West Coast, and even Texas.
When one of the partners came to Rockport to attend the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, they just couldn’t leave. (Sound familiar to anyone else?)
When you go, have some of their delicious, locally roasted, Rock City coffee, and Vermont Tea Company teas. The perfect compliment to browsing their stacks of wine, and the furniture craftmanship on display in the back.
As the days get shorter, Rayr would be a terrific spot to meet friends for coffee, delve into the mysteries of wine, and pick up the perfect red for your Boeuf Bourguignon.
Rayr, the wine shop – 67 Pascal Avenue, (just off of Route One) at the corner of Pascal and West Street, Rockport Village, Maine, 207-230-7009.
