Graft Wine Shop

What Graft Wine Shop does

Graft Wine Shop is a single-location hybrid wine retail store and walk-in wine bar at 700 King Street, Suite B, Charleston, SC 29403, co-owned by credentialed sommeliers Femi Oyediran and Miles White, with Kirsten Bhattacharyya as Director of Operations. The business serves local wine enthusiasts, casual consumers, Charleston visitors, and a higher-value collector segment, delivering a curated selection of retail wines alongside on-premise bar service with no reservations. The shop partners with sister business Tutti Pizza for on-site food pairings.

Revenue is generated across four streams: in-store wine retail, walk-in bar service, the Cellar Gang membership program that distributes rare allocations via email, and wine consulting for restaurants and individuals. A browse-only online store supports pickup orders; no shipping is offered. Recurring weekly programming — Tuesday tasting, Wednesday live music, and a Sunday parking lot party — drives habitual foot traffic and community engagement. The company has also launched "Extra Sauce" (graftextrasauce.com) as a subscription/branded product extension.

The business appears privately held by its founders with no disclosed external funding, acquisitions, or parent company. Brand equity is built on the founders' sommelier credentials (2019 Food & Wine Sommeliers of the Year, 2018 40 Under 40) and sustained national media coverage. The technology footprint is minimal: standard retail POS, a Shopify-class browse/pickup storefront, and an email-based allocation mechanism, with no AI/ML, mobile app, or shipping logistics.

Name

Graft Wine Shop

Legal name

Graft Wine Shop

Website

https://graftchs.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Graft Wine Shop is a single-location hybrid wine retail store and walk-in wine bar in Charleston, SC, co-owned by credentialed sommeliers, serving local enthusiasts, visitors, and collectors via curated retail, bar service, and a rare-allocation membership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Wine Retail and Bar

NAICS

Beer, Wine, and Liquor Retailers (44532), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (72241)

akta.pro primary industry

Wine Shops (Off-Premise) (CRANAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Alcohol Subscription & Wine Clubs (Retail) (CRANABAF), Premium, Rare & Collectible Alcohol Retail (Fine Wine/Spirits) (CRANAAAJ), Wine Bars (CRANACAE), Wine Tastings & Vineyard/Winery Tours (THAJAGAD)

Keywords

• Wine retail
• Wine bar service
• Curated wine selection
• Wine education events
• Rare wine allocations

Headquarters

HQ city

Charleston

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. Wine Retail Sales: In-store retail wine sales where customers can browse and purchase wines for take-home. Online store available for browsing.
2. Bar Service: On-site wine and beverage consumption at the bar. No reservations - walk-in only service. Happy hour pricing available Monday-Friday 4-6PM with $7 house wines and $4 Munkle Pilsner.
3. Cellar Gang Membership - Premium Wine Access: Email-based membership for high-end wine releases and rare allocations. Pre-order and open inventory model with special pricing for members only.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Graft Wine Shop is a single-location hybrid wine retail store and wine bar in Charleston, South Carolina. It sells a curated selection of sustainable, organic, and biodynamic wines both in-store and through an online store for in-store pickup, while also operating a walk-in wine bar offering glasses, bottles, and weekly community events such as tastings and live music.

Product overview

Graft Wine Shop is a single-location wine retail and bar establishment in Charleston, South Carolina, offering both in-store wine shopping and on-site wine consumption. The core offerings include a curated wine retail shop, wine bar service, and various event programs. The Cellar Gang membership provides access to rare allocations for collectors, while weekly events like Tuesday tastings, Live Music Wednesdays, and Good Neighbor Sundays create community engagement. Additional services encompass event rentals, private tastings, and wine consulting for restaurants and individuals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Tutti PizzaminorOthersSister pizzeria that provides food during Good Neighbor Sunday parking lot party events. Tutti Pizza is the sister pizzeria of Graft Wine Shop's co-owner.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Corkbuzz Wine Bar: NYC wine bar concept built around curated wine programs, education, and retail. Overlaps with Graft on sommelier-led wine experiences, retail-bottle sales, and event-driven programming.
• Lou Wine Shop: San Francisco hybrid wine shop and wine bar with a curated, natural-leaning selection and community programming. Operates the same retail-plus-bar format as Graft in a different coastal city, making it the closest structural analog.
• Chambers Street Wines: NYC Tribeca wine shop with a deeply curated, sommelier-led natural wine program. Comparable to Graft on selective retail curation, staff expertise, and trade/consumer education programming.
• Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant: Berkeley-based importer and retailer focused on natural, organic, and low-intervention French and Italian wines. Aligns with Graft's biodynamic/sustainable curation philosophy and specialist retail positioning.
• BIN 152: Charleston's dedicated neighborhood wine bar with a retail-leaning wine list. A local direct competitor operating in the same wine-bar niche within walking distance of Graft's King Street footprint.
• Flatiron Wines: Manhattan specialty wine shop known for highly curated producer portfolios and staff expertise. Comparable to Graft on curated retail selection and sommelier-driven customer experience, though without Graft's bar component.

Broad incumbents

• Astor Wines & Spirits: Large-scale NYC wine and spirits retailer with deep inventory and a national online shipping footprint. Overlaps with Graft on premium wine retail but operates at significantly broader scale and assortment.
• Sherry-Lehmann: Long-established NYC wine merchant with a strong sommelier brand and loyal collector base. Comparable to Graft's premium curation and sommelier credibility, but at incumbent scale with a multi-generational customer book.

Regional players

• Common House: Charleston members' club with a beverage-forward food and drink program. Competes with Graft for Charleston's experience-seeking locals and visitors in the premium beverage hospitality category.
• Edmund's Oast Brewing Co. Charleston craft brewery and food hall concept. Competes for the same Charleston beverage-enthusiast foot traffic and event demand as Graft, though positioned around beer rather than wine.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/graftchs
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/graft-wine-shop

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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