ABOUT THE SHOP

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MERIDIANS
WINE | BEER | FOOD
166 Main Street
Fairfield, Maine

 
 

Meridians is a fun, friendly neighborhood shop, and we carry a wide variety of wine, beer, and grocery items. We (David and Josh) opened Meridians in 2014 with the intention of providing central Maine with fine wine, beer, and foods that deliver not only fantastic tastes and experiences, but also stories about land, people, and places. Through tastings, events, research, and dialogue with our customers, we’ve pushed the envelope for what a wine shop in central Maine can be. We’re always happy to chat and help you select what you need.

We’re proud to say that a large portion of our wine is farmed and produced through biodynamic, organic, or at least sustainable methods. As farmers ourselves, we understand that low-impact, low-intervention, and low carbon footprint farming and production are important trends to support for the health of the environment and the health of the workers who produce your wine (not to mention your own health!). Natural wine constitutes much of what you’ll find on our shelves.

We support many family-owned breweries from right here in Maine, along with other domestic and import brewers that are experimenting with more sustainable brewing and bottling technologies, and more farm-to-bottle (or can) practices. We also carry groceries from local family farms producing everything from meat, cheese, and milk, to grains and miso. And we have the best cheese selection in Central Maine, hands down!

We're hiring! We need someone to function as numero uno and hold it down for us in the shop. This is a full time (but flexible) position to be our assistant manager, core employee, jack/jill of any and all trades. We'll pay up for the right person, a
We're hiring! We need someone to function as numero uno and hold it down for us in the shop. This is a full time (but flexible) position to be our assistant manager, core employee, jack/jill of any and all trades. We'll pay up for the right person, and no hard experience in wine/beer needed (though it's a huge plus). We can train folks about the nuts and bolts of boozy beverages, but you have to come with a genuine desire to be involved in wine-beer-cider-food-farming-etc. Opportunities abound to cross-pollinate with our restaurant And farm as well. Hit the DM if you want to start a convo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #bottleshop #wineshop #beershop #cheeseboard #watervillemaine #fairfieldmaine #augustamaine #portlandmaine
We've always carried coffee, and we recently added herbal teas...so why not true black and green teas? We fixed that problem with organic, fair trade teas from @littleredcuptea so you can now find their Wuyuan black tea, green eyebrow, and white peon
We've always carried coffee, and we recently added herbal teas...so why not true black and green teas? We fixed that problem with organic, fair trade teas from @littleredcuptea so you can now find their Wuyuan black tea, green eyebrow, and white peony teas on our shelf. Enjoy! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #bottleshop #tea #artisanaltea #fairtradetea #blacktea #greentea #mainemade
New cheese: Fraffie from @springdaycreamery is 110% our favorite blue cheese at the moment. It's like a butty pecan pie somehow acquired beautiful blue veining. A dab of honey and a glass of port and you legit have the most decadent dessert on the pl
New cheese: Fraffie from @springdaycreamery is 110% our favorite blue cheese at the moment. It's like a butty pecan pie somehow acquired beautiful blue veining. A dab of honey and a glass of port and you legit have the most decadent dessert on the planet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #mainefarms #mainecheese #mainemade #cheese #bluecheese #cheeseboard
It's always the right season to drink pet-nats, but sometimes they're a bit tough to come by. We've got a whole bunch here and more coming in. These two beautiful newcomers are books worth judging by the cover, courtesy of @goncwinery and @bosmanwine
It's always the right season to drink pet-nats, but sometimes they're a bit tough to come by. We've got a whole bunch here and more coming in. These two beautiful newcomers are books worth judging by the cover, courtesy of @goncwinery and @bosmanwines and they join morphos from @oysterriverwinegrowers foam and prosa from @meinklang_farm as well as others. Come grab some bubbles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #realwine #bottleshop #petnat #southafricanwine #slovenianwine
Behold. A brand spankin' new beer fridge. Our old clunker finally went to beer shop heaven (or hell, it never ran that well). We'll be more capable than ever of slinging some frosty boys from here on in. Cheers 🍻 . . . . . . . . . . . . #beershop #b
Behold. A brand spankin' new beer fridge. Our old clunker finally went to beer shop heaven (or hell, it never ran that well). We'll be more capable than ever of slinging some frosty boys from here on in. Cheers 🍻 . . . . . . . . . . . . #beershop #bottleshop #coldbeer #mainebeer
On top of our Valentine's Day promo, here's some more ❤️ coming your way. Kate from @living.symmetry will be here for a pop up market selling her jewelry on Friday from 3 to 6. We highly suggest you take a look at her work because it's gorgeous. A lo
On top of our Valentine's Day promo, here's some more ❤️ coming your way. Kate from @living.symmetry will be here for a pop up market selling her jewelry on Friday from 3 to 6. We highly suggest you take a look at her work because it's gorgeous. A lot of women in the Meridians family (and a few dudes too) rock her jewelry on the regular. Come check it out.
Love Day promo coming right at the heart 💘 We've got you covered for your partner, your buddy, your sibling, mom or dad, your secret crush, you, whoever needs some love. Here's the scoop: $25 for a gift bag that includes a Meridians wine tote, two w
Love Day promo coming right at the heart 💘 We've got you covered for your partner, your buddy, your sibling, mom or dad, your secret crush, you, whoever needs some love. Here's the scoop: $25 for a gift bag that includes a Meridians wine tote, two wine glasses, a bag of herbal soaking salts, and chocolate (a $30 value). That purchase then gets you two bottles of wine of your choosing at 10% off. We can also choose the wines for you ahead of time or accommodate a curbside order. We start processing orders for our V-Day gift bags on Thursday. Call if you'd like to have one reserved for you, as we have limited supplies! Please no requests here. Our number is 207-238-0254. . Herbal soaking salts from @new.moon.massage.apothecary . Chocolate from @tazachocolate
Think outside the box for cold season libations. It's not all about table wine and beer. Vermouth, amaro, aperitifs, all that we carry are beautiful on a cold winter night neat or over an ice cube. Not to mention port, Madeira, sherry, and other fort
Think outside the box for cold season libations. It's not all about table wine and beer. Vermouth, amaro, aperitifs, all that we carry are beautiful on a cold winter night neat or over an ice cube. Not to mention port, Madeira, sherry, and other fortified styles of wine. They're not all sticky sweet, and they're not all just for mixing. Dont knock em. . . . . . . . . . . . . . #bottleshop #wineshop #realwine #amaro #vermouth #port #sherry #fortifiedwine
Snow day: we're finally gonna look a little more like the winter Maine wonderland we aught to be this time of year. While this storm isn't the beast they predicted, it looks as if it's gonna dump this afternoon so we're gonna stick with the plan for
Snow day: we're finally gonna look a little more like the winter Maine wonderland we aught to be this time of year. While this storm isn't the beast they predicted, it looks as if it's gonna dump this afternoon so we're gonna stick with the plan for the day which is to enjoy the long weekend and buckle down starting tomorrow. Enjoy the snow if you can, keep warm, and we'll see you another day.
New Wine Alert 🌈 We're bringing in some fresh faces for 2021. From Cali to Austria, we've got new expressive, lovely, o'natural reds gracing the shelves waiting to get guzzled with some winter fare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #naturalwine #vinnat
New Wine Alert 🌈 We're bringing in some fresh faces for 2021. From Cali to Austria, we've got new expressive, lovely, o'natural reds gracing the shelves waiting to get guzzled with some winter fare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #naturalwine #vinnaturel #realwine #bottleshop #californiawine #austrianwine #spanishwines #frenchwine #italianwine
We're hiring! We need someone to function as numero uno and hold it down for us in the shop. This is a full time (but flexible) position to be our assistant manager, core employee, jack/jill of any and all trades. We'll pay up for the right person, a We've always carried coffee, and we recently added herbal teas...so why not true black and green teas? We fixed that problem with organic, fair trade teas from @littleredcuptea so you can now find their Wuyuan black tea, green eyebrow, and white peon New cheese: Fraffie from @springdaycreamery is 110% our favorite blue cheese at the moment. It's like a butty pecan pie somehow acquired beautiful blue veining. A dab of honey and a glass of port and you legit have the most decadent dessert on the pl It's always the right season to drink pet-nats, but sometimes they're a bit tough to come by. We've got a whole bunch here and more coming in. These two beautiful newcomers are books worth judging by the cover, courtesy of @goncwinery and @bosmanwine Behold. A brand spankin' new beer fridge. Our old clunker finally went to beer shop heaven (or hell, it never ran that well). We'll be more capable than ever of slinging some frosty boys from here on in. Cheers 🍻 . . . . . . . . . . . . #beershop #b On top of our Valentine's Day promo, here's some more ❤️ coming your way. Kate from @living.symmetry will be here for a pop up market selling her jewelry on Friday from 3 to 6. We highly suggest you take a look at her work because it's gorgeous. A lo Love Day promo coming right at the heart 💘 We've got you covered for your partner, your buddy, your sibling, mom or dad, your secret crush, you, whoever needs some love. Here's the scoop: $25 for a gift bag that includes a Meridians wine tote, two w Think outside the box for cold season libations. It's not all about table wine and beer. Vermouth, amaro, aperitifs, all that we carry are beautiful on a cold winter night neat or over an ice cube. Not to mention port, Madeira, sherry, and other fort Snow day: we're finally gonna look a little more like the winter Maine wonderland we aught to be this time of year. While this storm isn't the beast they predicted, it looks as if it's gonna dump this afternoon so we're gonna stick with the plan for New Wine Alert 🌈 We're bringing in some fresh faces for 2021. From Cali to Austria, we've got new expressive, lovely, o'natural reds gracing the shelves waiting to get guzzled with some winter fare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #naturalwine #vinnat

OFFERINGS:

  • CUSTOM CASES: We can put together cases on request; simply call ahead and tell us what you enjoy and give us a price range, and we can put together half or full cases with relatively short notice. We can offer curbside as well.

  • BULK DISCOUNTS: Another incentive we offer our customers is a 10% discount off all wine purchases over six bottles, and we’re able to offer steeper discounts on substantial orders for parties, weddings, events, etc.

  • KEGS: You can order kegs through us, and while we prefer to work with craft beer, we can also supply kegs or larger quantities of conventional domestic beer when the occasion calls for it.

  • TASTINGS: Our tastings are fun experiences that we host periodically (see tastings page for more info).