The Greene Grape

This was my local spot when I lived in Ft. Greene and Clinton Hill.
They deliver, have free tastings each day and have a great variety of wines in all different price ranges.
I learned to love Sancerre due to the bottle they carry there. Their $ 10 – 15 rack has great whites (would not recommend the reds on that rack). I tend to really enjoy their reds that are located to the left of the store (if you are looking at the cashier).
I also REALLY appreciate their loyalty program. After you spend a specific amt they send you a $ 20 gift card to use towards anything.
The staff is nice and helpful.

Great wine selection.

My favorite wine store in all of NYC. Small, but the selection is stellar, prices are the best I’ve seen in the city and staff is extremely friendly and knowledgable. I can be a bit picky when it comes to wine, but have never had a bottle from here that I didn’t enjoy. How often can you say that about a liquor/​wine store?
Bonus: they have free delivery and a rewards program for frequent customers.

BEAUTIFUL little wine shop in Fort Greene! Close to the subways, so super easy to grab and go off to a friend’s house for dinner.
Really great prices and super smart staff.
Their prices beat some of local wine shops by a mile.
Highly recommended to anyone in the area. Worth the extra walk if it comes to it.

There’s no place like the Greene Grape.
If ever there were a reason to sing like Dorothy from The Wiz when she found her way home, it would be that you eased on down to this fairy-​godmother wine shop on the day that your reward points expired.
My face was a ruby glow when I picked my magically free bottle of wine. The discount is straight from Oz (after the evil spell was lifted of course). Well I suppose you pay enough before you get that dreamy discount, but it’s the best deal I’ve ever had at a local wine shop.
And of course, for making it there in time, I treated myself to a tall bottle of wicked blanco tequila from their growing spirit section, and gulped a half glass of their daily tasting pick.
If I wasn’t in the courageous and summery mood for homemade margaritas, I would’ve chosen an organic box of sauvignon blanc or one of the perfectly-​priced under $ 10 bottles.
Actually following the yellow brick road in being diligent about appreciating wine, made it possible to save money while getting tipsy.

I usually have a good experience here but I was there last Thursday, 2÷13÷14 at 9:57 pm and the older male clerk rudely says… «You know we close in three minutes». I almost said, «No, you close when I leave». I can understand someone wanting to get home but at least say something a little more tactful and maybe offer assistance. I used to support this place but not that they’ve begun to take over more storefronts with overpriced artisanal whatever I’m done. There are other options in the hood. Thirst, Heritage, Gnarly Vines.

There are plenty of wine stores in Fort Greene, but as far as I know, none of the others have the selection of lower-​priced wine that the Greene Grape has. I love their rewards program, and that they offer free delivery too – haven’t taken advantage of that but with the cold this winter, I probably will.

Im from Downtown LA and it so similar to BUZZ my neighborly WINE shop THUMBS UP!!! GREEN GRAPE!!! just like home away from home

Why can an answer to a simple question ruin my mood?
Question: Will you have fresh focaccia on Monday Memorial Day?
Answer: (with vocal fry) We have focaccia every day (phone is hung up without further ado)
The snobbiness! The focaccia is innocent however and amazing.

I’ve been going here for years. While there have been other wine shops that have opened up in the neighborhood, I’m still in love with The Greene Grape. They have a unique selection of wines. They respond to requests of the customers. And it’s relatively inexpensive.

A very very helpful store and a welcome surprise in an overpriced, elitist neighborhood. I went here to select a wine as part of a secret santa gift and expected to be swamped by over priced wines. What I found was a store full of moderately priced, high quality wines and staff members who was helpful and knowledgable about their stock.
The service was excellent and unrushed, the staff was glad to help answer the several questions this wine novice had, and the atmosphere was quite welcoming. A rare gem in Ft. Greene. I will definitely come here for my wine in the future!

Excellent selection of wine and liquor at moderate prices. Staff is friendly and helpful and location is great as well.

I have to completely disagree with the person who wrote the service is rude. I love the people in this store, to me they make up part of the essence of fort Greene. They are interesting, sincere and make picking out wine fun. It reminds me of the neighborhood record store back in the day. they even ran after me once 5 blocks after I left my credit card there. Plus on top of it all the wine selection is great no matter what price you are looking for.

I came here by accident. I wish all my accidents were that pleasant.
In search of a special bottle of Bourbon, a friend of mine told me his on-​line search identified a bottle at The Greene Grape. So I googled it, and discovered I would be in the area the next day visiting a school in Brooklyn (we go there each year to read to the kids and talk to them about college). So afterwards we swung by The Greene Grape to get my special bottle only to find out they didn’t have it. The staff there quickly realized the issue — turns out that Downtown Cellars used to also be called the Greene Grape Downtown, so in some databases it still showed up as such. Oops, but a good oops.
This small store has a nice selection of wine and spirits. It’s not a huge selection, but a nice selection of quality products. They didn’t have the bottle I was looking for (a fairly rare bottle of Hirsch), but they have Noah’s Mill, Rowen Creek, Old Pogue, and a few other less common and very good bourbons. They also carry Hendricks Gin and Anchor’s Junipero Small Batch Gin (my 2 favorite gins), Auchentoshan scotch, and Hanger 1 vodka. So they are tops in my book.
Same story on the wine. For example they only had 3 Rose wines and about 7 sparkling wines when we were there. But all of them were good quality and at a good price. We ended up getting a bottle of wine.
Service was very good — friendly and knowledgeable staff.
And because of my mistake, I discovered the Fort Greene area and spent two hours wandering the streets of this great neighborhood.

I love Greene Grape. Having lived in Virginia & DC all my life, the concept of having to go to a separate wine store is foreign to me. It sucks – I hate not being able to just buy wine at the grocery store (or Target). But GG makes it suck a little less. It has a great selection, and an under $ 10 section at the front of the store (let’s be honest, that’s what I most frequent) where you can get a great bottle for as little as $ 6.50.
Is it the Trader Joe’s wine store (ie., will you find a bottle for $ 4)? No. But they’re a fantastic option when you don’t plan on leaving the neighborhood.

Good selection (especially of cheap wines [ps. I’m a cheapskate]), and very nice and unpretentious service.
A nice example of how to do it right…

Love this place!
I pop in regularly and have some good banter with a few of the dudes behind the counter. Easy cheap selections of wine up front to the left. Regular wine tastings
A nice new development is that they’ve started carrying a selection of liquor, which saves me from going to the shoddy liquor store down the street near the gym.
If you’re entered in their system, they also send you a gift certificate for store credit after you hit the $ 100 (?) mark.
To the reviewer saying the service is horrible, did you even ask for anything or were you just bummed out that you didn’t get sung a song as you bought your wine? If you’d spoken with anyone in the store for more than 5 seconds, I’m sure you would have gotten a smile and laugh before you left.

If the Food Network constructed a pop up general store in FG, this would be it. Has a slight whiff of PS Union Market to it in terms of offerings, space and pricing, which is a good thing.
My highlights include: Baked brownies/​cupcakes, Stumptown coffee, Pimento cheese (sold out after a recent TONY blurb!), Roberta’s baked breads, Jeni’s Ice Cream, It’s It ice cream sammys (SF treat), superb cheese selection, knowledgable butcher on site and fresh fish.
Hip staff but not so hip it hurts, ask away

The service at this place is horrible. I just moved to Fort Greene and needed to find my new favorite wine store. Seeing as how this one is the closest to my house I was practically waiting to give them the title. I’ve purchased from here three times and every time I leave saying «I will never go back there»… this time I mean it.
I get the same guy to ring me up, and each time he does, I don’t know if he wants to kill me or himself, either way he is RUDE! No thanks to The Green Grape, I will be buying my wine somewhere else.

As a long (ish)time FG resident, I was initially skeptical of the Greene Grape… but they have won me over with:
— Weekly tastings that are neither pushy nor pretentious
— Staff with a genuine enthusiasm for what they are selling
— An interesting assortment of wines at a variety of prices
— A revolving but solid selection of sparkling wines/​champagnes
— The addition of slivovitz to the booze shelf
If you are in the neighborhood, this is the spot.