International Wines & Spirits

Got a little time so let me comment on this a little bit
A very small shop, but on a great location. In the main road of columbia residence. You can say you can get enough attention as a consumer, well, which corner can they be and ignore you.
They have basic brands of spirits, tough many of the flavors are out of stock. For Bordeaux, I could only see 4 selections. The price were all under 20. Well, you can say their price are cheap, but those products were cheap also.
Free delivery, though not very efficient. The delivery guy seems like on a part time job and doesn’t have a good attitude either.
The owner does do her job, but that’s it. I don’t see any enthusiasm or proud of the liquor bussiness.
Overall, if you desperately need some alcohol and don’t care for specific brand, this is the place to go to. Otherwise there is a much better shop just couple blocks away.

I literally order from this establishment 3 or 4 times a week! I call tonight for my usual delivery and they tell me no because now their summer hours are different! Wow talk about not caring what so ever about regular patrons? I will never shop there again and I’m spreading the word to my building and they will tell their neighbors on riverside. Good luck international on your summer customers!

The only reason I shop here is that there is no other choice in this neighborhood. They have the monopoly. It is an unremarkable wine store, and the guys who work behind the counter are incredibly rude (unless you are female — so my wife tells me). Many times, I have conducted a transaction without the person behind the counter ever even speaking to me or making eye contact. Incredibly disrespectful to their customers.

It’s the only liquor store in the immediate neighborhood, unless you want to walk to Martin Bros on 107. Most of the time I don’t feel like walking there unless I need something special, and some of the staff at MB can have a little attitude. As has been mentioned, it’s tiny tiny tiny, but they try to have a little bit of everything. The staff is helpful if you ask for assistance, and friendly, especially if you’re a regular. And they deliver, which is great if the weather is bad or if you’re just too lazy to leave your apartment.

Being pretty much the only place near Columbia where you can buy wine and spirits, it gets a lot of traffic. That being said, instead of resting on their laurels and accepting that people will patronize their business without putting in too much effort, the people at International Wines & Spirits are actually pretty thoughtful about their selection. They separate the types of wines by type/​region, have regular tastings, will happily recommend something, and even have a decent selection of organic wines.
The place is the size of a New York City closet, though, so be prepared to be in close quarters with other shoppers. Which might not be a bad thing — new friends!

great selection. my new favorite is turkish wine! you should try!

I am a Barnard student, therefore I have probably visited this liquor upwards of 200 times in my 4 years here. Wow, that makes me sound like an alcoholic. The prices are in line with other New York liquor establishments. I’ve definitely seen cheaper, like on 123^rd and La Salle, but those places are often the ones you don’t want to visit after like.6pm. International is always full of students and the store is tiny, but they have everything you need. Except if you’re looking for champagne for Columbia homecoming. Then forget about it. I like the staff. If you speak Spanish to them they’ll love you. And sometimes they try to class up the joint with some wine tastings in sad plastic cups. Love that. OH and if it’s your birthday and they card you (which is rare) then they’ll probably give you a little bottle of free alcohol!

Really nice selection of wines at 112^th. They were pouring tastings of French wines and while it’s hard to say no to «free» and «french» in a wine shop, I didn’t love what they were pouring. Not to worry, this place is stocked floor to ceiling with good bottles and reasonable prices.
Note: the baseline prices are about 15−20% marked up from my California grocery store — assuming some of that is transport and the rest of it is scarcity.

Great selection, decently priced, and open pretty late — but the staff isn’t the friendliest. Oh well …
Other then that you’ll find just about any bottle of alcohol you might looking for here.

Fairly decent selection of wine and liquor in a very small space. They carry a lot of relatively cheap bottles, which I appreciate. They also carry a lot of the bottles I buy at Trader Joe’s wine shop for a couple bucks more, but this place is a hell of a lot closer to where I live than Union Square. Seems to be the store closest to Columbia, too. Sometimes they do wine tastings. You could do a lot better or a lot worse, but this place is fine by me.

Being the nearest purveyor of delicious, nutritious alcohol, this place gains an obligatory three stars. And… that’s about it. The selection is decent, but there isn’t any room to explore without knocking something or someone over. Like I’m constantly replaying that «Seinfeld» scene where George is wearing that unwieldy gore-​tex coat in the liquor store and obliterating wine bottles left and right. That’s what it feels like. The staff always seems like they’re laughing at me, too. I realize, yes, I do look like I’m fourteen and I did just ask for the cheapest bottle of spumante you have, but can’t you just wait until I leave to laugh at me? kthanx.
The one vestige of whimsy comes from the decoration of the display windows. They appear to change with the season and feature liquor bottles festooned with streamers and other party store supplies. It’s like they have Meshach Taylor’s character from «Mannequin» squirreled away behind the Shiraz or something. But it works! All of I sudden I’ll be thinking, «Wow, I didn’t even want a bottle of Coconut Malibu Bacardi until I saw a plastic lei around it.» Yay, booze!