About Hand Picked Selections

Hand Picked Selections is an independent national wine merchant, selling through 48 distributors in 39 states. This website will build links to our retailers that will allow consumers to order wines on line legally for delivery by their preferred local retailers.

Hand Picked Selections has always emphasized moderately priced wines to encourage Americans to consume it more often… not in greater quantities on each occasion, just more occasions.

Today you can buy a book, a blanket or a car on-line as easily as a loaf of bread in the supermarket. Buying wine on-line is different. When Congress repealed Prohibition, they allowed each state to make their own laws about beverage alcohol sales so that states could choose to remain dry. They didn't intend to set up a patchwork of 50 sets of laws governing wine sales, but that is what happened. Some states have reciprocal laws about shipping wine, some don't. Some states permit shipment, others local delivery, others no delivery at all. To those of you inconvenienced, we offer our regrets.

Where deliveries are not legal, many of our retailers will pack orders in advance to save time at pickup. Legal restrictions in many states may restrict consumer’s rights to buy wines from sources other than retailers licensed by their own states.

The heart of our Website is the HPS ‘Top 40’. This list of 40 wines meets consumer’s needs for almost all everyday and most special occasions. Please browse through the list and click on the wines that sound interesting. We give tasting notes, reviews and food pairings. Most of our retailers keep a large stock, but it is not possible for every store to stock every wine. If your retailer does not have a wine you want from our 'Top 40', it can take a few days to a few weeks to bring it in from our East and West Coast warehouses.

We are proud of our selections of domestic and more expensive wines. For over 20 years consumers in increasing numbers have enjoyed Hand Picked Selections. We offer truly fine wines at realistic prices. Please join us in a glass.