New York City Wine Tour

New York City Wine Tour - Episode #368

December 11, 2007

The Thunder Show goes on the road again on a wine tour of New York City. Gary’s first stop is Shelly’s and tastes some wine with Andre Mack.

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“I lived in Winston-Salem, NC for six years before I moved back to the …” by Dan-o
“OK. That should have read, “Cleveland, OH and NOT NYC”. Doh! :-)…” by JayZee
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Wines tasted in this episode:

Once Pinot Noir
2004 Sandro Fay Rosso di Valtellina
2002 La Spinetta Barbaresco

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about 6 months ago

Dan-o
I lived in Winston-Salem, NC for six years before I moved back to the northeast. My wife and I used to eat at a restaurant called the Zeveley House. We got to know the owner and chef pretty well. Their basic wine list was OK. However, they had a reserve list that was pretty good and a cellar that had some gems in it.

They used to let me go down into the cellar, pick a bottle that I wanted with our meal and then drink away. I had picked a 1988 Domaine du Vieux Telegraphe a couple of years ago along with a 1988 Leonetti Cabernet from WA.
about 6 months ago

JayZee
OK. That should have read, “Cleveland, OH and NOT NYC”. Doh!
about 6 months ago

JayZee
Cool episode, but now I know why I live in Cleveland, OH and NYC!!! (Good) wines by the glass here in NE Ohio are about $10-12 per glass at MOST.

QOTD: Sticking with the Cleveland value, we have a number of restaurants here with GREAT wine lists such as Swingo’s on the Lake, Giovanni’s, and The Vue. An excellent Italian restaurant that has a nice Italian wine list at tremendous value is Lago in the Tremont section of Cleveland.
about 6 months ago

SoCal
QOTD: Bern’s Steak house
about 6 months ago

Karl Laczko
Wow, those prices were ambitious!

QOTD - I’ve not been to a restaurant in the UK where I’d come back for the wine. In South Africa “CasaLinga” was great (in fact most of the restaurants there were cool for wine) and in Amsterdam “Toscanini” had a great selection.
about 6 months ago

Scott Anderson
My fave place to drink wine is a wonderful wine bar called D’Vine in Mesa, AZ, which brings all kinds of little-known wines to the table in flights so we can sample and enjoy something other than the standard big hitters. I discovered Four Vines Zins and Jeff Runquists Zins there. Can you tell I like Zinfandels?

Gary, keep up the good work. I love the show and learn from every single episode.
about 6 months ago

xibjou
wish i had watched it on the day it came out I could have said Otter Pops!
Is that a california thing?
about 6 months ago

Stu
I heard RAD, I am waiting for a RADOOL.
QOTD: Lake Park Bistro. Great bottle selection and they always have a Gigondas by the glass.
about 6 months ago

Thierry
Favorite restaurant for wine? These days no doubt the Pluckemin Inn (New Jersey).
Great list at amazingly reasonable prices.
about 6 months ago

Mason
Great show, Gary.

QOTD: Erling Jensen’s in Memphis TN. Their Som carries a fantastic variety, and all at fairly reasonable prices (for a restaurant).
about 6 months ago

Keith L
Gary

Love the format of the show, lets do more. I would like to see if you could do this as you move around the world. Let Mott out of the store for a change and show him the world
about 6 months ago

Pierre Vidal
That video by mark e was absolutely hilarious!
about 6 months ago

David
Mark E nice clip. Got to love it!!
about 6 months ago

Leio
Barberesco with fish?! Are you f@$#*ng kidding me? I don’t care how acidic it is, those tannins would freaking kill your palette.
about 6 months ago

Darold
QotD.(As promised).

-Trois in Atlanta. Why? Because I normally do not buy wine when I go out. On a college budget, I’m sticking with water most of the time. HOWEVER, when i do go to a nice restaurant, and decide to fork over some cheddar (normally on a date with the girlfriend), I almost always trust the server/smoliers recommendations after we have placed our meal orders. The best so far? Trois.
about 6 months ago

Scott
QOTD: “Purple Wine Bar and Cafe” in Kirkland, Washington (also Woodinville and Seattle). Huge reasonably-priced by-the-glass wine list and great food. Their wine & cheese flights are fantastic.
about 6 months ago

Elliot Essman
I had a good Rueda at a seafood restaurant recently - Bodegas Naia Las Brisas 2006. Generally when I eat at restaurants, which isn’t often, I will try a wine that is new to me, when they have it.
about 6 months ago

Pastafari Pirate
Yeah, Mark E! Nice ‘epilogue’ episode! QOTD: I almost never eat at restaurants. And if I do, I don’t drink wine - not at THEIR prices. I’ll eat, and then go home and drink a bottle of my own later, at a reasonable price.
about 6 months ago

Valerie
QOTD: I don’t have a favorite restaurant to drink wine, since I had my daughter, I hardly go out anymore…LOL. Plus, the less I spend on food, the more I can spend at my local wine shop!!!
about 6 months ago

pforty
QOTD: Cesca in NYC! Tons of great italian vino per la bicchiere.
about 6 months ago

Sassodoro
QOTD. Some of my most transcendent wine experiences have been in restaurants. However, in Chicago, restaurant prices for wine tend to start at about 3 times the retail price (not wholesale price) and go up from there. Food without wine is a sad thing. Feeling ripped off is a sad thing. So I don’t go to restaurants often.

If restaurants in this country charged more reasonable prices for wine, people would go out more, order more wine (and food), become more comfortable with the idea of wine as just the drink you have with dinner (as opposed to the stuff you have only on special occasions), and it would really change the wine world. How do we make that happen?

Sure, there are plenty of arguments for why restaurants have to charge more for wine than retailers do, but come on, retailers have to make a profit, too. Those arguments do not account for the magnitude of the price difference.
about 6 months ago

David MacDonald
QOTD: Don’t have a favorite restaurant for wine. As long as the company is great the wine always tastes better.

Great ending!
about 6 months ago

blobic
I liked the episode pretty much, the NY Tour is a great idea in my opinion! Also liked the epilogue!
about 6 months ago

wayno da wino
GeeeeVeeee !!
Mooochoo Thanx for another cooool Episode!!

QOTD: Usually don’t drink wine in restaurants.
If I do, its a glass or two, as long as da
“mark-up” is NOT tooo high. Got me own collection
in da Hizzy to enjoy wit me own glourious cookin’!
about 6 months ago

PaVo
Great Show; HILARIOUS CLIP!

I really enjoy drinking wines in a small little place on the northside of Chicago called Volo. Great wines, Great food and fantastic unpretentious vibe. Rockin stuff.