Vino Fine Wine & Spirits

Armed with a LevelUp City pass credit here, I skipped the Unilocal checkin offer and went with a pear hard cider from the ‘sale’ display near the front. Note there’s a storage area behind the tasting table and your being unwelcome isn’t really evident until you’re in it. The 2 cool pups add to the experience, and the nice enough guys were in discussions with a supplier while they rang me up, not really acknowledging me after I entered other than to accept the payment and continue with their issue.
Transaction Amount $ 7.62
Credit Applied — $ 7.62
More cider:
Transaction Amount $ 4.36
Total Rewards — $ 4.36
$ 5 Birthday Gift — $ 4.36
Total Balance $ 0.00

Let me start by saying I never review anything… To be honest i cant stand the concept but this place deserves it and much much more.
5 STARS BABY. I will never set foot in another liquor store again. This place not only has the best selection i have found, it has a great team of knowledgeable and fun people which keep me coming back.
Jared is my spirit animal.

Great selection of spirits and wine, and the staff is super friendly. Came here to buy tequila for an office Secret Santa, and they had a ton available. Great bourbon and Scotch selection as well, including hard to find Japanese whiskey!

love this place. used to work a couple blocks away, however we recently moved offices across Manhattan. even so, I still find myself walking over here to take advantage of the well-​curated selection as well as the knowledgable and friendly staff.
always leave happy, more often than not trying something new based upon recommendation (including tonight, with some local Brooklyn bourbon). definitely appreciate the efforts to stock local spirits, too.

The best wine story in the area, if not NYC. The store is a goldmine of great wines at reasonable prices. Its a great place to get some information on what you’re buying and really have a conversation about what you’re looking for. Its also extremely unpretentious, which is always refreshing to me when I walk into a wine store. I even gave them a budget and they suggested something well under, which made me trust them even more. Great place, and will be my go-​to. OH, and free delivery!

Visiting friends in Manhattan this weekend. Needed a nice bottle of wine for dinner, remembered I had been to this store before and was quite impressed.
Well, second visit was just what I could have hoped for. I am not a wine person at all and the staff seemed knowledgeable and patient. I told them what I was looking for and what I was willing to spend. Long story short, I walked out with two bottles of Rioja and they were a hit at dinner.
I told my friends about the store and they all plan to check it out as they are always looking for stores that really know what their doing.
Check it out… wont be disappointed.

Very upset that stuff are not on time to open the place. I was waiting for 20 min and I had to go away.

Very helpful staff, nice selection, clear organization, and DOGS. Also reasonable prices for NYC, so I have nothing negative to say.

Very comfortable space, nice selection arranged clearly by geography/​region and tiered by price range — easy and smooth to navigate. Was able to find an out of the way bottle; owner/​manager very knowledgeable and friendly!

Came here to claim my LevelUp deal. They had a wide variety of wines and spirits. I liked that they had a variety of prices. The sparkling wine selection is a bit small, but the other items are abundant.
I didn’t know which red wine to get in my price range, so they recommended Project pinot noir.

Staff was VERY helpful. I told him what I wanted and he showed me exactly what would meet my taste buds.
Overall, a very pleasant experience.

Discovered this little gem last night. Stopped in for one last supply of Rose before the chill of fall truly hits. This place is simply wonderful. I’ve wandered into MANY wine shops in this city and none compare to the joy and knowledge and friendliness of this group (and yes there were three people who were all great, it’s rare to find one in most places).
Can’t wait to head back.

Love this place. There’s a wine a spirits store around the corner that mailed out a 20 percent coupon but I like this place so much I’m not even tempted to use it. The staff is super knowledgable and friendly. Found out about a great brand via them called 90 Plus, which is apparently a big expensive label that uses their leftovers and bottles it under a ghost label to not get flack for selling it cheaper.

Friendly. Wine Tasting. Sold!
Just wanted a good bottle of wine and found near me on Unilocal.This place lives up to it’s reviews.

I love this place — it is my absolute go-​to for wine in the neighborhood. The knowledgeable staff always makes great recommendations in my price range. I have also attended a couple of the tastings, which have been great. They have created a great and welcoming ambiance at this place.

Fantastic selection of wines from all over. All sorts of price points and organized very easily if you’re looking for something and short on time.
Helpful and knowledgable staff make this a perfect wine shop to check out if you’re planning to eat at some of the awesome BYOB Indian spots nearby — if you go to Bhatti Indian Grill about 4 shops down they’ll give you a 10% off card to use here, yay!

A very pleasant wine store and within close proximity of Little Basil, which is BYOB.
The selection was above average and the prices were right for the neighborhood.
Also there is a dog there from time to time, which is great!

Outstanding selection sources from distributors and growers you won’t see in every smal shop in New York, especially Italian wines. I picked up a Negroamaro/​Primitivo mix that made a nice Thanksgiving table wine. Staff is very helpful and they have weekly tastings. I you just need some table wine it’s not the cheapest place, but for a quality bottle they are great.

I am not a wine expert/​connoisseur so take this for what it’s worth, but I found this place to be endearing and worth patronizing as the staff are very helpful.
This place is not about a massive/​comprehensive selection but rather a more curated solution to turn people on to the owner’s favorite selection of Italian wines.
So expect to not find exactly what you are looking for but at the same time you should expect to walk out with bottles you have not tried before on the staff’s recommendation which for us has been unerring.

Wonderful selection of wines and spirits. Incredibly friendly and knowledgeable staff.
They have no-​pressure-​to-​buy-​free-​tastings on Thursday and Friday nights. If you sign up for the email list, you can find out what wines they’re sampling each week and choose whether or not to go.
We recently went to a «Mega Wine Tasting» that had 70+ to taste. The wines were amazing, and a huge selection including a Croatian wine (which is impossible to find because they cannot import Croatian wine into the states) and a maple whiskey (it was so good, they sold out!). The Mega Wine Tasting was $ 10/​person for unlimited wine tasting for 3 hours… BUT if you bought 2 bottles, you got your $ 10 back! It was an amazing deal. With so many excellent wines, I don’t think anybody walked out of there without at least 2 bottles. We (believe it or not) ended up buying 12 bottles of wine, which meant an additional 10% off! If you spend more than $ 100, you get free delivery within their zone. Since were were just out of the delivery zone, it cost $ 5 for delivery, which is a pretty good deal, all considered.
One other plus is that the owner has two adorably friendly dogs that often hang out in the shop. I always enjoy seeing a happy dog while tasting wine! :)