About Us
About Us
Table Wine is local, family owned, and dedicated to our Asheville community.
Our Philosophy
WInes for the People
Table Wine Asheville opened in August 2010, and quickly established itself as the premiere wine retailer in Asheville, North Carolina. We focus on “wines for the people” and our tagline is “artisanal wines at affordable prices.”
Whether it be vin de table in France, vino da tavola in Italy, vina de mesa in Spain or just table wine in the U.S., every country has its own designation for honest, affordable and delicious wines that are consumed on a daily basis at the dinner table. Although we stock many premium wines, the average bottle price is about $15, and there are easily over 150 wines available for $15 or less. In total, we stock nearly 900 different wines so we’ve got something for every type of wine drinker.
Farm to Bottle
One of the other things that makes our work unique is that we focus specifically on what we like to call “farmer” wines. Put simply, almost all of our wines come from producers who farm their own grapes or from those who purchase grapes from small, family grape farmers.
These are the producers that subscribe to the notion that great wine is made in the vineyard with good, healthy, carefully grown grapes. In a sense, we offer a “farmer’s wine market”, and if you’ve ever shopped for your vegetables at one of Asheville’s many farmer’s markets, we think you’ll agree that the tomato purchased there far surpasses the quality, freshness and deliciousness of the one purchased at the grocery store. This same premise applies to wine!
Sustainability Tastes Better
We also feature Asheville’s largest and most focused selection of wines produced using organic, sustainable and biodynamic agricultural methods, but very few of the wines in the store are labeled as such.
Many producers have been farming their vineyards this way for many years, but prefer not to spend the thousands of dollars it takes to get this designation printed on their labels. To them, organics is a necessity, a philosophy and a way of life, not a grand marketing scheme. We could go on and on, but the best way to learn more about these types of wines is to stop by the store and have a conversation with one our wine-loving consultants, and make sure you’ve got extra time on your hands!
Our Dedicated Team
Josh Spurling | Owner & Founder
I must be honest. I got into this business by accident while I was enjoying my post-college “sabbatical” in Aspen, Colorado……aka goofing off before I had to join the real world. It was 1998 when I took a job at a wine shop/pharmacy called Sundance Drug and Liquor in Snowmass Village because the job provided me with a free ski pass. From there, store owner Barbara Wickes became my early mentor in the business. She gave me my first copy of Wine for Dummies, and I started shifting from a beer drinker to a wine drinker. These were blissful, heady days and it was in Aspen that I met Lynn, who is
Navied Setayesh | STORE MANAGER
Growing up good wine and good food were always present in my life. My father was a chef and restaurateur and I learned from a young age how food could transport you to other places and cultures. When I was old enough wine was added to this equation and a whole new world was opened up to me. My knowledge of grape varietals, regions, and producers was limited. However I managed to pick up, almost by osmosis, how flavors complement one another and how food and wine are the best ways to experience a place, short of actually traveling there. For many years, I balanced recording music and touring
Darius Mangum | Wine Consultant
I was introduced to the wine world by my mom, two of my aunts, and a dear friend of mine. In my last years of college, my family began to show me just how wonderful wine could taste, and shortly thereafter, my dear friend Marley showed me the rabbit hole that studying wine will inevitably lead you down. My professional career in wine began in Great Grapes, in Cary, NC. A short time after becoming a customer there, I realized I needed a job to fund my new wine hobby. I asked if they were hiring, they were, and once I took the
RILEY JOHNSON | WINE CONSULTANT
New to the job but not new to wine, I have always been captivated by the way flavor tells a story. My love of writing started long before my first glass, but somewhere along the way, I realized both are about the same thing -- paying attention, savoring the details, and sharing what you discover. Now I get to combine those passions everyday, one sip and one sentence at a time.Originally a Midwest native who grew up just outside of Chicago, I then spent the ages of 12-20 in Connecticut before ultimately landing in the Asheville area