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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Wines tasted in this episode:

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

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December 11, 2007

Dave H
Love the theme for the week. Glass lists in NYC are a great source of interesting, food-friendly, off-the-beaten-track bargains. (Well, they’d be bargains if you could find them at retail.) A few months back there was a discussion in the forums about how many grape varieties you’d tried, and I was SHOCKED at the number of posters with otherwise serious wine experience who had barely tried anything that doesn’t come from California or Bordeaux or Australia. Meanwhile, with some memory jogging from the linked checklist, I counted up above 120 varietals before I quit. Drinking by the glass in NY restaurants was the source of nearly all of them.

QOTD: Hearth/Insieme. If you could set something up with Paul Grieco either this week (if possible), or maybe when Terroir opens in a month or two, that would make for a KILLER episode.

Or since that’s a touch obvious for any local wine geek, let me also give a shout out to Franny’s in Prospect Heights, where the beverage program is as deceptively serious as the food. Have had some awesome wine by the glass there.
December 11, 2007

organicguy
Excellent!!!! Nice bar, just wondering if

Excellent show!!! Nice bar……but is $15 the norm for wines by the glass in NYC? Prices are less here with a pretty good selection available at many establishments. Either way it’s nice to see you out and about……….
December 11, 2007

PK
awkward hand shake
December 11, 2007

sonnybobiche
Landmarc in Time Warner Center on 59th. They have a HUGE selection of half bottles priced not too high over market.
December 11, 2007

Dave Canada
QOTD – Gotta be Veses…..great atmopshere!
December 11, 2007

CaseTheLurker
QOTD: I’m exempt from the QOTD, I’m in the CKC and don’t drink wine in restaurants, unless they start selling by the glass in fast food joints.
December 11, 2007

Joe Po
Wow! What a way to keep us informed! but methinks those wines by the glass are a bit much!!
December 11, 2007

mbannon
Just rewound yesterday’s show – okay, so the fancy-ass wine contest is FRIDAY – got it.
December 11, 2007

jason
diggin the tour. should be a fun week.

qotd: in NYC, i would say blue ribbon.
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December 11, 2007

Ferrigno
alright this looks good!
December 11, 2007

mbannon
Cool show Gary, but what happened with the $800 bottle of wine from yesterday??

QOD – A little Italian eatery in Vancouver, WA called La Bottega. Great food and a small selection of very well-chosen wines by the glass. Thankfully, $15/glass is not the norm out here in the boondocks!
December 11, 2007

waibeans
NICELY DONE!!

great show
December 11, 2007

Susan
QOTD: Angus Barn has a HUMONGOUS wine cellar and is the place to eat/drink wine!!!!!
December 11, 2007

Josh in Burgundy
Andre Mack seems like a pretty legit guy.

QOTD: The Aureole in the Mandalay bay in Las Vegas. Gotta love the four story wine tower!
December 11, 2007

Taylor
Great show, loved it I wonder where it’s off to tomorrow!
QOTD I would have to say the restaurant I work at L’etoile, they have a lot of the wines I like and many half bottles too.
December 11, 2007

JerseyGirl turned CNY vayniac
neat idea taking the show on the road…

QOTD: that’s a tough one Gary… I guess I’d have to say my favorite is Delmonicos in Syracuse. It’s my favorite restaurant right now, so I tend to always have a good time there and the wine and food always taste great! My second choice would probably be Rosalies in Skaneateles NY. They’re very much out of my price range, but when I get to go there for business we always have a great time – their wine selection is always awesome.
December 11, 2007

stewart l
enjoyed that episode. I still feel the majority of restaurants use their mediocre wines to pour by the glass. A 15-20 bones glass of wine is not a sign. bargain
QOD-Wooden Angel in Beaver,PA. Good wines by the glass, and an excellent cellar with Ridge zins back to the 80’s
December 11, 2007

KALLARDNYC
Damn, missed the 15!
December 11, 2007

Ariyana
Favorite place to drink wine — Nona’s Kitchen in Pacifica, CA
When you’re friends with Da Man, you get to taste all sorts of good juice.
December 11, 2007

Ryan M.
Top 15
December 11, 2007

Nathan L
GREAT SHOW! Looking forward to the rest of the week.

QOTD: I gotta give props to Cova in Houston. It’s a high end wine store that is also a tapas and wine bar. They have an obscene amount of wine by the glass and always have a few VERY high end kind of things. I’ve had Insignia, Ornellia, and 01 Brunello Riserva’s by the glass there. It’s an amazing concept
December 11, 2007

mrzitro
top 15
December 11, 2007

TheDumbPhase
Like the idea, fun show. QOTD: Veritas
December 11, 2007

Mitch Thompson
the lighting makes Gary look like “the count vaynerchuk”
December 11, 2007

Sassodoro
Spoke way too soon.