Oh-My-Gwad...
This is WAY beyond your typical wine store! Is this the "norm" around these parts? Seriously, I (a self proclaimed vino-haulic) have spent the better half of my life on the quest to find fabulous wine, and I can honestly say I have never seen a wine store this gigantic. Not only is is gigantic with more wine then I have ever seen in one place, the staff is incredibly friendly - I think I was approached by 3 different employees within the first 2 minutes of being in the store. I wanted a really special bottle as a Thank You gift for some friends, and they helped me find one and even told me the back story on the famous guest vintner that helped create the vintage.
I would 100% shop at Total Wine next time I am in town. I'm actually excited to go back and bring the Mr - he's going to LOVE this place. Oh, and I also loved that they had a little section with cheeses and stuff that you could use to put together a really fantastic Host Gift. Tres cool!