Perman Wine Selections

Specialties

Perman Wine Selections offers a rotating selection of unique wine, spirits and beer. Each selection has been tasted and approved by owner Craig Perman. With over 14 years of experience in the wine business, Craig tries to provide Chicago with a truly unique selection and the best customer service possible.

History

Established in 2007.

Perman Wine Selections was started in 2007 in a space that formerly housed Bennett Wine Studio.

Craig Perman started in the wine business in 1999 in Portland, Oregon. With a mixture of restaurant and retail experience, he started Perman Wine as a way for wine enthusiasts to find a curated selection of wine by someone, in a sense, acting as their very own personal wine buyer.

Chicago is a town full of big-​box retailers, where the wine buyer is rarely around to service the customer. In such a high information business, Craig felt it was important that there be a store that focused on the best of the best from around the world, and then be there personally to talk to the customer.

Since its opening, in 2013 Craig hired Shebnem Ince, the sommelier and wine director of The Gage and Henri Restaurants in Chicago. Shebnem had been tabbed by Food & Wine Magazine as one of the nation’s top sommeliers in 2011. This level of knowledge and service made her a perfect fit for Perman Wine.

Meet the Business Owner

Craig P.

Business Owner

Craig has worked in the restaurant and retail wine business for 15 years.

He began at The Heathman Restaurant in Portland, Oregon, started as a host, eventually working nearly every front of the house position in the restaurant. His love of wine led him to The Cellar Door, a top retailer in Portland.

Craig returned to his hometown Chicago a decade ago, working for 2 years at Sam’s Wine & Spirits. After he worked at some of Chicago’s top restaurants: Alinea, Blackbird, Butter and Avec.

In 2007 he founded Perman Wine Selections.