Aspen Wine & Spirits

What Aspen Wine & Spirits does

Aspen Wine & Spirits is an independently owned, single-location retail liquor store operating at 300 Puppy Smith St in Aspen, Colorado. The business sells wine, spirits, and beer to a mix of local residents and visitors in a high-income resort market, with a staff of 1-10 employees and store hours of Monday-Saturday 10am-9pm and Sunday noon-6pm. The core proposition is a curated in-store assortment supplemented by knowledgeable staff recommendations, recurring monthly wine picks, and weekly promotional specials designed to drive repeat walk-in traffic.

The technology footprint is minimal: the company operates a basic WordPress website and supports phone-order curbside pickup as the principal non-walk-in fulfillment channel. There is no disclosed e-commerce storefront, no mobile app, and in-house delivery has been suspended due to staffing constraints. No proprietary technology, data platform, or automation is described.

The business model is straightforward retail: gross margin is earned on the spread between wholesale beverage cost and retail price, with revenue driven by foot traffic, supplementary curbside orders, and promotional cadence. Customer reach is constrained to a single physical location and a phone line (970-925-6600), with no digital sales channel currently active. The company is privately held with no disclosed funding, ownership structure, or leadership team in the available data.

Name

Aspen Wine & Spirits

Legal name

Aspen Wine & Spirits

Website

https://aspenwineandspirit.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Aspen Wine & Spirits is an independently owned, single-location retail liquor store in Aspen, Colorado, selling wine, spirits, and beer to local residents and visitors via in-store and curbside pickup.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Beverage Retail (Wine, Spirits, and Beer)

NAICS

Beer, Wine, and Liquor Retailers (44532), Beer, Wine, and Liquor Retailers (445320), Beer, Wine, and Liquor Retailers (4453)

akta.pro primary industry

Liquor Stores (General Off-Premise) (CRANAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Wine Shops (Off-Premise) (CRANAAAB), Wine Retail (Bottle Shops & Wine Merchants) (CRANABAB), Fine Wine & Luxury Spirits Retail (CRANABAE), Craft Beer Retail & Bottle Shops (Off-Premise) (CRANAAAC), Spirits Retail & Whiskey Shops (Off-Premise) (CRANAAAD)

Keywords

• Wine retail store
• Spirits and beer
• Curbside liquor pickup
• Specialty beverage retail
• Curated wine selection

Headquarters

HQ city

Aspen

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Retail Alcohol Sales: One-time transaction sales of wine, spirits, and beer to consumers at retail prices. No subscription or recurring revenue model. Products sold individually or in multi-packs (6-packs, 4-packs).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Aspen Wine & Spirits operates a single brick-and-mortar liquor store in Aspen, Colorado, retailing wine, spirits, and beer to walk-in customers and to callers who arrange curbside pickup. The store promotes itself as having the largest and best selection of wine, spirits, and beer in Aspen, with knowledgeable staff, weekly/monthly promotional specials, and staff-curated Monthly Wine Picks. Delivery service is temporarily suspended; no e-commerce or online ordering is offered.

Product overview

Aspen Wine & Spirits is a retail liquor store offering a curated selection of wines, beers, and spirits. The store operates as a single unified retail offering with promotional components including Weekly/Monthly Specials and Monthly Wine Picks modules that highlight featured products. Additional services include curbside pickup for customer convenience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wine Selection
• Beer Selection
• Spirits Selection
• Curbside Pickup Service

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Emerging players

• Drizly (Uber): Leading US on-demand alcohol delivery marketplace, now part of Uber. Not a store itself but represents the digital ordering/delivery channel that Aspen Wine & Spirits has suspended; directly competes for the same consumer alcohol purchase occasion.
• ReserveBar: Premium spirits-focused online retailer and gifting platform. Comparable to Aspen Wine & Spirits's spirits assortment and premium positioning, especially in higher-end tequila and whiskey SKUs.
• Wine.com: Largest US online wine retailer with a broad selection including many of the same producer names (Cava, Prosecco, Bordeaux, California Cabs) carried by Aspen Wine & Spirits. Direct competitive threat for the wine category from out-of-market digital channels.

Broad incumbents

• BevMo!: Multi-state specialty alcohol retailer with broad wine, beer, and spirits assortments plus an e-commerce platform. Comparable to Aspen Wine & Spirits in core product offering and off-premise model, but operates at regional chain scale rather than a single storefront.
• Spec's Wine, Spirits & Finer Foods: Texas-based large-format alcohol and fine foods retailer. Comparable product mix (wine, spirits, beer with curated selection) and similar value proposition around breadth and expertise, but operates dozens of stores rather than a single location.
• Total Wine & More: The largest US independent wine, spirits, and beer retailer, operating large-format stores with massive selection and competitive pricing. Highly comparable to Aspen Wine & Spirits on product mix and target customer (premium alcohol consumers), though at vastly greater scale and with a full e-commerce channel.

Direct peers

• Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant: Berkeley-based independent wine retailer renowned for highly curated, staff-driven selections of premium and import wines. Comparable to Aspen Wine & Spirits on the curation-and-expertise positioning, with a strong online channel and active educational content.
• Sherry-Lehmann: Iconic New York fine wine and spirits retailer with a long-standing reputation for curated premium selection and staff expertise. Highly comparable to Aspen Wine & Spirits's value proposition of knowledgeable staff, premium curation, and ability to source rare bottles, and also offers online ordering and a wine club.

Regional players

• Garbarini's Wine & Liquors: Long-standing independent wine and spirits retailer serving a Colorado mountain community (Vail Valley). Highly comparable to Aspen Wine & Spirits in the resort-town independent liquor store model, customer mix, and curated premium positioning.

Others

• Clarks Market: Grocery anchor co-located with Aspen Wine & Spirits that also carries a meaningful beer, wine, and spirits assortment. Not a direct competitor in the specialty alcohol category but represents the closest substitute for casual/convenience alcohol purchases in the same parking lot.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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