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Cask of Merlot Quest: Where to Buy It and Finish Dry Times
The Cask of Merlot is a quest item for Dry Times, an Alliance quest in World of Warcraft: Forever (WoW Forever): Barkeep Daniels in Lakeshire wants a cask of Merlot, a keg of Thunderbrew, a bottle of Moonshine and a skin of Sweet Rum, and you buy the Merlot from the wine vendor Roberto Pupellyverbos in Stormwind City. Wowhead rates Dry Times level 15, requiring level 12, as of November 9, 2026.
Quick answer: Take Dry Times from Barkeep Daniels in Redridge Mountains, buy the Cask of Merlot from Roberto Pupellyverbos at Gallina Winery in Stormwind (a player says 59.2, 77.5), collect the other three drinks, and return for 1,050 XP and 100 Stormwind reputation.
Key facts
- Quest: Dry Times, Alliance, level 15, requires level 12, sharable (Wowhead)
- Start and end: Barkeep Daniels, Lakeshire, Redridge Mountains (Wowhead)
- Merlot seller: Roberto Pupellyverbos, "Merlot Connoisseur", Stormwind City (Wowhead, Warcraft Wiki)
- Rewards: Finely Woven Cloak, A Bulging Coin Purse, 1,050 XP and 100 Stormwind reputation (Wowhead)
- Item: Cask of Merlot is a unique quest item, item level 1 (Wowhead)
Where do you buy the Cask of Merlot?
Wowhead lists Roberto Pupellyverbos as the only vendor of the Cask of Merlot, in Stormwind City. The Warcraft Wiki places him in the Gallina Winery in the Canals, near the Trade District. A Wowhead commenter (3 days before November 9) says the winery entrance is now at 59.2, 77.5 in WoW Forever, and a second commenter lists the same coordinates. Treat the numbers as player reports. Wowhead and the wiki list the price as 8 and 15 (the coin icons did not show in the text I read), and a player says it costs over 8 silver. The wiki lists Roberto at 60.0, 76.8, which differs from the player numbers.
What are the other three drinks?
Wowhead's quest text names a cask of Merlot from Stormwind, a bottle of Moonshine from Darkshire, a skin of Sweet Rum from Goldshire and a keg of Thunderbrew Lager from Grimbooze in the southern hills of Westfall, at a camp in the Dagger Hills. Player coordinates from the Wowhead comments, all unverified:
- Skin of Sweet Rum: Goldshire inn, 43, 65, sold by the bartender (a player names Barkeep Dobbins)
- Bottle of Moonshine: the inn in Darkshire, Duskwood, 73, 44
- Keg of Thunderbrew: Grimbooze Thunderbrew, Westfall, 44, 80
The Rum has its own page: Skin of Sweet Rum.
Is there a catch with the Thunderbrew keg?
A player says Grimbooze Thunderbrew first gives you a quest that needs 5 hops, so bring 5 hops with you to avoid hunting more golems. That is one player's account, and neither Wowhead's quest text nor the wiki's Dry Times page mentions it.
Is Dry Times worth the trip?
Wowhead shows the rewards as the cloak, the coin purse and 1,050 XP. A player says the coin purse held 41 silver and 15 copper; another says the quest is good "for easy xp on an alt" but not worth spending that much for a little XP. Both are opinions. One player suggests doing it while you are already in Westfall.
What is not confirmed yet
- Exact coordinates: all come from player comments
- Hops prerequisite: one player only
- Purse contents: one player's number, and it may vary
For the zone, see the Redridge Mountains guide, and for how the quest log tracks multi-item quests see the quests and quest log guide. More Alliance routes are in Alliance leveling zones and Westfall quests.
Can the Lore Forever add-on and Willo help with the Cask of Merlot?
The free Lore Forever add-on has a Lore button on the quest dialog and quest log that opens a quest's story. It is fan-made, not affiliated with Blizzard, has no internet access, and its narration uses generated voices. Ask Willo out loud ("where do I buy the Cask of Merlot") while you play. Willo is free to start (50 answers a day) and is a separate companion app for Windows 10 or 11 and Apple Silicon Macs (macOS 12 or later), per her page, though the Lore Forever CurseForge page still calls her a companion app for Windows. She can be wrong and is not official, so the in-game quest text and Blizzard's pages are the source of truth.
Frequently asked questions
Where do you buy the Cask of Merlot in WoW Forever?
From Roberto Pupellyverbos at Gallina Winery in Stormwind City.
Which quest needs the Cask of Merlot?
Dry Times, from Barkeep Daniels in Lakeshire.
What does Dry Times give?
A Finely Woven Cloak, A Bulging Coin Purse, 1,050 XP and 100 Stormwind reputation.
Is Dry Times a new quest in Forever?
No. Wowhead says it was added in Classic patch 1.13.2; the Cask of Merlot item is marked 1.60.1.
Can both factions do it?
Wowhead lists Dry Times as Alliance.
Sources
Reviewed November 9, 2026. Lore Forever and Willo are fan-made and are not affiliated with Blizzard Entertainment.