Heights Chateau Fine Wines & Spirits

There’s nothing pretentious about this neighborhood wine shop.
Large selection of wine and booze at varying price levels, warm and helpful staff and THE best tastings in the city at the hands of extremely knowledgeable folks. Seriously, I always pop in to taste and geek out over the obscure (and often very reasonably priced) wines they’re sampling, and because they offer a discount on the featured booze, I almost always buy a bottle or two. Or three.
Stop judging! Just go!

amaaaaaaazing place to shop wine!!! i placed an order yesterday morning and got delivery that evening. even if i missed it, they came back today and carried the box all the way to 3^rd floor! they are my forever favorite wine place to order. ;D

Fantastic place with helpful, caring people who know their stuff! I placed a special order for a friend, and Alex was quickly able to find the perfect wine right in my desired price range. He had it wrapped and sent off for delivery in no time. Couldn’t be more impressed — thank you!

Good tequila selection, free delivery anywhere in Brooklyn will be awesome!

The selection is huge here — the perfect playground for the wino and intimidating for the not-​so-​wino. Fortunately, there is the fantastic staff who are helpful and can work within guidelines. I bought a bottle of $ 15 prosecco for a company party and it was a hit!

We used Heights for all of our wine, liquor, and champagne for our Manhattan wedding. We have odd work schedules, so we were unable to meet with the usual adviser and instead met with a younger, dark-​haired gentleman. It took a long time to get around to this, so I forgot the gentleman’s name. However, he was extremely helpful, took his time, neither held back with his insight nor looked down on our preferences. The consultation was free and was well worth it. Our family oenophiles were quite content. Delivery was on time and reasonable and we were able to return unopened/​unchilled bottles. My limited interaction with the rest of the staff was very positive and, seemingly, they have an amazing selection. I would highly recommend them for a catered event like our reception or just if you’re looking for a bottle of something for home. Thank you again to everyone there; you made it easy for this teetotaler to make sure his wedding was fun for everyone who isn’t!

I have never been to the shop.
They have had some rarities show up on their stock list that interested me.
Service was great. One phone call and they pulled out the only two bottles they had, and delivered it to mid town free of charge.
(Magnums of Château Vignelaure 2005 cab syrah blend)
They have a lot of interesting wines in stock and are helpful in placing special orders.
As soon as it is nice enough out a visit is in order, and with free delivery to Manhattan I won’t have to carry it on the CitiBike.

I found this store a few years ago when I worked in the area and I was looking for a liqueur that I just couldn’t find locally. This Wine/​Liquor store has been great to me over the years. Their service is excellent — very top notch. They have a wide variety and are willing to go the extra mile for you. The free delivery service is great and every year I purchase a case or 2 of Prosecco to give as gifts — they even individually wrapped each bottle in foil paper for me with ribbon.

Fantastic Selection.
Had a nearly impossible to find Italian wine, at a very fair price — they boxed a dozen up for me and in short order they were on my doorstep in Illinois. The packaging was perfect and the 12 arrived perfectly.
Thanks again Heights Château!

The only place locally, that i know of, that carries my preferred bourbon, Eagle Rare. Generally a nice selection of wines and liquors.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with Heights Château. I just prefer the smaller and more useful, to me, Brooklyn Wine Exchange. If you do end up here, I’ve found the staff to be pretty good at finding me a decent bottle. But, be warned; nothing (good) here is cheap.

Definitely the best wine shop in the Heights and the surrounding area from my experience so far. They have a fabulous selection of wine. A whole row devoted to French Beaujolias! I was in heaven.
More importantly the staff here know their stuff and are serious about wine. You can actually ask an opinion and trust the staff picks. Free Delivery and a plethora of wine tastings– just check their website.
For this area, the prices are impressive too, a ¹⁄₃ of a mile up on Henry Street and you are paying 5 – 10 dollars more for the same thing.

The best wine store I’ve ever frequented. Ask for Matthew. He’s the owner and by far the most knowledgeable person there. Based on a few simple questions you’re likely to come home with an great bottle of wine that you’ve learned something about.
— — If you care — —
My wife and I were given 5 bottles of wine as a wedding gift from friends. Each bottle was carefully chosen so as to be perfect when it was opened on our first through fifth anniversary. We thought this was such a fun gift, after our fifth anniversary we went to Matthew to buy bottles for our next 5 years.
I stopped by the store, he knew what we generally like, but said «give me a few days to think about this and I’ll call you». Two days later my phone rang. It was Matthew explaining the five bottles he’d chosen — the region, the grape, the vintner — each bottle spun into great story.
We just celebrated our sixth anniversary, and, as expected, the wine was perfect.

When invited to someone’s house, you should never ever come without a hostess gift. This is what my grandmother taught me. She always brings a pie, an angel food cake, or tapioca pudding. I always bring a bottle of red and a bottle of white.
So it makes sense that when visiting friends in Brooklyn, I would need a reliable wine shop so as to make an impression on my hostess (are we still allowed to say hostess?) and host. Heights Château Wines & Liquors provided just that. A huge selection lining the walls intimidated me at first, but with the help of the prevalent and knowledgeable staff, I had a nice French white and a nice French red in arm to present to my friends. I think I returned here every single day of my last trip. Turns out 2 bottles of wine don’t go very far these days. If you don’t know what to get, explain your likes/​dislikes to someone on the staff, as well as your price range and any country of preference, and you will never go wrong.
They also have a good selection of hard alcohol, and they sometimes do wine tastings. On days when they taste a certain wine, they offer it at a 10% discounted price!

What I’ve noticed in wine stores around these parts (Brooklyn Downtown area) is that there is great service but few options. Consider the alternatives to Heights Château: Smith & Vine, Brooklyn Wine Exchange and the random smatterings of Liqour stores. They all have different varieties but the stores are on the smaller side and thus can only hold five or so types of different wines, usually only one in the price range you’re looking to spend.
Heights Château, on the other hand…
1. Great Service:
You walk in the door and whoever is behind the register welcomes you and if they’re free, asks if they can help. Say why you need it, perhaps a dish you are making that you need it for (Coq Au Vin or Red Wine Chocolate Cake) or one you’re pairing it with and BAM! you’re following the sales person through the aisles right to the perfect bottle that you didn’t even know you were looking for. They are always friendly, polite, and never look down at you if you ask for the cheapest option. And if you want to simply peruse, you can spend an hour going up and down the aisles at your pleasure.
2. Amazing Selection:
There are at least ten varieties from various countries and price points of every type of wine or liquor you could look for. The wines/​liquors are selected carefully as you can tell by never opening a bad bottle of wine from this store (seriously, I have never regretted a purchase!).
3. Free Tastings:
At least half of the times I have gone into Heights for a bottle, I have been offered free tastings of vodka, whiskey, wine, you name it! They never pressure you to buy but, every time I have walked away with a second bottle in my bag.
Finally,
4. Free Delivery. (no description necessary).
A better wine store, a Vino-​phile could not ask for! And in this area, that’s saying something.

This is one of the largest wine and liqueur stores in the area, they have a great selection, good service, a big spacious location, reasonable prices, and frequent tastings which you can check on their website.

Admittedly, I’ve only been in Heights Château twice so far, but it is abundantly clear that they are head and shoulders above all the other liquor stores I’ve visited in the area with regard to all the important criteria:
Service:
I think four different employees checked to see if I needed help as I browsed. I responded to the last guy, «Nah, this is just my first time here so I’m looking around.»
He responded, «Oh! Has no one shown you how everything is organized?» And then he proceeded to walk me around the store, and show me how all the wine is organized by region/​country, and even color-​coded to denote which bottles are organic, local, etc.
Selection:
Nearly every bottle of tequila, bourbon and gin that I looked for was on the shelves. Plus, they have the aforementioned world of wine at your fingertips.
Prices:
I don’t know much about wine, but I tend to buy a lot of liquor. Their bottles seem to be at least a few dollars cheaper than nearly every other store I’ve been in within 20 blocks or so.
And most importantly, free booze:
According to one of the staff, they not only hold tastings on all Fridays and Saturdays, but occasionally at other times as well. What’s more, one of the wines I tasted was so good and affordable that I actually bought one, on the spot. I can’t remember the last time that happened.

My friend and I didn’t realize just how difficult it was going to be to get our hands on a bottle of butterscotch schnapps in this neighborhood. We tried about 3 or 4 liquor stores before finding exactly what we needed at Heights Château.
Staff were friendly and the shop was very clean and organized. We will definitely return!

Terrible. Absolutely terrible. I called to order some liquor to be delivered for my boyfriends birthday tonight. The guy who answered the phone said they could maybe deliver around 630pm. Then he said maybe ⁴⁄₄₃₀ but when I wasn’t sure what I wanted and I asked for sizes and prices and chose two small reasonably priced bottles, he said they weren’t going to take the time to deliver two small bottles.
Excuse me?! I’m giving you MY money. You take forever to take my order and after it all you can’t /​wont deliver?! You should be much more accommodating. I didn’t even say good bye. I just hung up. What a jerk.

The staff is not just knowledgeable but also passionate on the topic of wine. In fact, they will talk your ear off if you get them started. Let them – you’ll learn a lot. I needed help bringing the wine to a dinner my friend was making – halibut & prosciutto, not an easy match. After lots of talk about the food, they came up with the idea of a gewurztraminer. I sure wouldn’t have come up with that on my own. The guy insisted I tell him how it worked out.
At dinner, I found out my friend had substituted tilapia for halibut. When I came back to the store, the guy seemed really disappointed – tilapia really isn’t much like halibut in flavor, so all that calculating had been for nothing. I tried to cheer him up by letting him know we liked the wine on its own and the main thing was we’d had a good time, but he still seemed sad. They take this stuff seriously!