V Cirace & Son

Specializing in the finest selection of wine and spirits, Cirace’s was the first recipient of the Lous Jaccuci Award for excellence in the field of Italian wine from the Italian Wine and Food Institute. Market Watch Magazine / Wine Spectator voted Cirace’s Top Ten retailer in the United States. The shop has been featured in numerous publications such as Gourmet, Food & Wine, Wine & Spirits, American Express, Boston Globe, The Phoenix, the Boston Herald as well as on television with the Phantom Gourmet, Chronicle, The Food Network, and TV Diner.

Established in 1906.

History V. Cirace & Son, Inc. was established in 1906 in Boston’s historic North End in the oldest Italian community in America. Our grandparents, Vincenza and Ernesto immigrated from Salerno, located at the base of the Amalfi Coast in southern Italy. The business began as a wholesale – retail grocery, dry goods and tobacco shop. After prohibition our family business was the first liquor license granted in the City of Boston. Our dad, Ernest who had graduated from Suffolk Law School prior to his service in the Air Force as a captain and his sister Eda joined the family business after the war and focused their attention on the wine and spirits side of the busine