Tinakori Fine Wines & Spirits is a bottle store on Tinakori Road in Thorndon, Wellington, with a Google rating of 3.5. A good neighbourhood bottle store earns its keep on advice as much as stock: staff who taste what they sell can steer you from an easy midweek red to something worth putting down, and they will often ask what you are cooking first. In a city within reach of Martinborough, that advice tends to run to pinot noir from just over the hill, with Marlborough sauvignon blanc still the dependable everyday pour. Regulars know to ask what has just come in, and to check that the craft beer is kept cold rather than under warm lights. On one of Wellington's oldest suburban streets, Tinakori Fine Wines & Spirits is a handy local stop when the rack runs dry.