Taste Unlimited
Tap Wine and Charcuterie? Yes, Actually.
Norfolk · Norfolk · Gourmet Market & Wine Shop · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed March 27, 2026
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First Impression
Walk into Taste Unlimited expecting a sandwich counter and leave with a bottle of Ken Wright Pinot Noir and a strong opinion about how more lunch spots should operate. This is a gourmet market that happens to take wine seriously — retail shelves stocked with legitimate producers, a short but considered by-the-glass program, and prices that make you double-check the menu. It's not a wine bar, but it's playing one.
Selection Deep Dive
The retail selection is where Taste Unlimited earns its credibility — names like Daniel Chotard Sancerre, Belle Glos Clark & Telephone Pinot Noir, and Andre Clouet Champagne Brut signal that whoever is buying for this place actually knows what they're doing. The by-the-glass list leans on solid California and Pacific Northwest producers: JAX Cab, Venge Scout's Honor, Mending Wall Red Blend. France shows up meaningfully with the Chotard Sancerre, a real Loire valley producer, not a supermarket label. The gaps are real — no Italian, no Spanish, minimal Old World depth beyond France — but for a market format, the curation punches above its weight.
By the Glass
Three taps: Chardonnay, Rosé, and Pinot Noir, all at $6 a glass or $4 during happy hour. Tap wine gets a bad reputation it doesn't always deserve, and at these prices the barrier to just trying it is basically zero. The program is tight but the tap format keeps things fresh and pours consistent — this is a smarter move than a long list of open bottles going sideways.
Tap Pinot Noir (Happy Hour) — $4
Four dollars for a glass of Pinot Noir poured from tap at a shop that actually cares about its wine program. This is the best drink deal in Norfolk you're not taking advantage of.
Daniel Chotard Sancerre Blanc
Most people grabbing lunch here are reaching for a red blend or the tap Rosé. The Chotard Sancerre is a real Loire producer making serious Sauvignon Blanc — it's sitting right there on the shelf, probably getting ignored, and it's the most interesting bottle in the room.
Belle Glos Clark & Telephone Pinot Noir
Belle Glos is a fine wine but it's everywhere, heavily marketed, and priced at a premium relative to what's in the glass. With Ken Wright AVA Pinot Noir on the same shelf — a producer doing more interesting, site-specific work in Yamhill-Carlton — there's no reason to default to the flashy label.
Daniel Chotard Sancerre Blanc + Charcuterie Board
The Chotard's bright acidity and minerality cuts through the fat of cured meats and aged cheeses without fighting them. Classic Loire valley logic applied to a market lunch — it works every time.
🎲 The Bottom Line
Taste Unlimited is a gourmet market that quietly outclasses most sit-down restaurants on wine curation and blows them out completely on price. If you're in Norfolk and haven't figured out that this is also a wine stop, you've been leaving money on the table.
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