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9 hours ago

Great price! Speedy delivery!!

12 hours ago

Shopping experience was great no complain

15 hours ago

Easy site to use. Prices are great! Great variety of products. Shipping is fast. The only thing that would make it better is free shipping

16 hours ago

Processed our order quickly!

23 hours ago

My go to wine shop for shipping wines. Best prices, great customer support and very fast shipping. I ordered a case on Thursday night and it arrived on Saturday morning. Excellent 👍.

Yesterday

I love them! They are the best! If you need anything, they will find it for you! Were those enough explanation points?

3 days ago

Fast delivery, always correct order.

3 days ago

Thorough, prompt and great packaging and communication for hard to find Ouzo.

3 days ago

Almost always happy with the service from B21

3 days ago

The order came on time and in good condition, couldn't ask for any better service.

4 days ago

Qualité des vins. Logistique parfaite

4 days ago

Shopping was easy, Order arrived when it was scheduled, and it was packed really good. No broken bottles and it tastes delicious.

4 days ago

I love shopping B‑21! The selection of wines is wonderful, the sale prices quite good and the service is excellent. Thank you!

1 week ago

My experience with B‑21 could not have been better.

1 week ago

My experience with B‑21 could not have been better.

1 week ago

Timely delivery and cost effective case of Italian Chardonnay

1 week ago

Timely delivery and cost effective case of Italian Chardonnay

1 week ago

Excellent selection, value and always prompt shipping for low cost.

1 week ago

Excellent selection, value and always prompt shipping for low cost.

1 week ago

Flawless!!

1 week ago

great site and easy to use..

1 week ago

Absolutely perfect. Pricing was excellent, and shipment was well packed and arrived in a few days. I'll be back!

1 week ago

Prompt and accurate. No substitutions and correct vintage. Cheers to Julie and the team for the extra effort. Our whole group is very grateful for your help. Warm regards, In Vino Veritas Wine Tasting Club

1 week ago

Very fast shipment, arrived safely! I'm happy, this was a hard to find bottle I couldn't source anywhere else!

1 week ago

Fast delivery and great wine! Tks

1 week ago

Great price ‑ great packaging on the shipping ‑ great shipping cost ‑ kudos

1 week ago

Great, they always have the hard to find liquor.

1 week ago

the absolute best prices I could find, quick, well protected shipping...will buy here again..highly recommended....

1 week ago

Great prices with on time delivery!

1 week ago

Great value, fast delivery and fixed a minor quickly!

1 week ago

Shipped quickly and Fedex delivered four days early. Very pleased.

1 week ago

Awesome customer service!!! Love the wine that I ordered. Received it in a timely manner and at a good price!

1 week ago

Everything as promised. And reasonably quick delivery.

2 weeks ago

great product great price arrived quickly

2 weeks ago

Decent pricing and quick shipping. Thankfully shipping via UPS now rather than FedEx, which in my area, a much better delivery service.

2 weeks ago

Always a great experience working with B‑21, very efficient and great selection.

Our History

Back in 1948 Mom and Pop Frassrand founded the first B‑21. Its neon sign was 'B‑21' surrounded by an airplane silhouette. Over the years the family has been asked countless times what does B‑21 mean? You have to "Be 21 years old". Four years later Pop retired from Chrysler and sold B‑21, moving the family south to Dunedin, Florida. The B‑21 name did not appear again until 1960 when a new store is opened just north of Curlew Road on Alt. 19 in Dunedin by Mom & Pop and their two young sons Mark and Ron. Mark later opened two more stores, one at East Bay and U.S. 19N in Largo in 1964 and a second in Tarpon Springs in 1966, the current location. The Tarpon Springs store became the focus and by 1970 housed the main warehouse and offices. In 1974 a new 7,500 square foot store was built to handle the growing business now flanked by 10,000 square feet of warehouse space.

Mark and Louise's son, Bob Sprentall, began his study of wine and joined the business in May 1979 after graduating from Tulane University in New Orleans. His avocation for wine soon became vocation, and business soared. Business boomed and by 1983 with sales over six million dollars B‑21 became the highest dollar volume wine and spirits store in Florida and has continued to grow.

B‑21 was first in Florida to implement the usage of refrigerated freight containers for wine shipments beginning in the 1980's, and first at utilizing temperature control warehousing for wine. Our commitment to quality has never wavered and led the way to how the wine industry does business today. In 1991 B‑21 was selected as one of the Top Ten Retailers in the United States by Market Watch Magazine, the premier industry magazine.

Bob is the key to B‑21's wine acquisition abilities, having developed life long business relationships with wineries and winemakers in the United States, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Italy, Spain, New Zealand, Chile, Australia and South Africa. Bob's travel schedule is daunting with buying trips to Europe and the Southern Hemisphere, and logging over 100,000 flight miles this past year. Tasting thousands of wines each year, Bob's ability to ferret out bargains and 'beat the press' has become legendary.

Bob's wines selections were first denoted on store displays. In 1982, the B‑21 Wine Buyer's Guide was started and a following began by mail. The now award winning web site B‑21.com was established in 1995. The entire B‑21 Team knows that what continues to make us successful is You.

Article from Market Watch Magazine: Top Ten Retailers in the US (1991)

1948 - Our first store the A&M
in Downtown Dunedin

1962 - Mark A. Frassrand, Jr.
at B‑21 in Dunedin, FL

1964 - East Bay Store opens

1966 - Tarpon Springs Store Opens

1970 - The B‑21 tower was a landmark for Tarpon Springs

2006 - B‑21's only store now

located in Tarpon Springs