Vintage Grape Wines & Spirits

Absolutely disgusted at the utter lack of customer service I witnessed first-​hand at this store. I’ve lived in the neighborhood for over 10 years now + luckily have Mister Wright literally right across the street from my apartment, however this past Sunday at around 7:30pm, I decided to pop in here to grab a bottle of red on my walk home. Mistake #1.
Anyone could have seen that I was unfamiliar with the store’s layout and was clearly looking for something in particular (a South African Pinotage), however, no one asked if they could help me, no one even greeted me. Nothing. I wandered around until I found the ‘Africa’ section, which, so conveniently had a few storage boxes directly in front of it. Ok, yes, quite annoying + incredibly unwelcoming for a business to be this unorganized, but it was a tiny obstacle in the moment. As I attempted to weed through my options, I only saw $ 30+ bottles on the top shelf display, so I crouched down to the lower levels to find what I needed, spotting Southern Right’s notorious label with a whale, a bottle which I will add was INSANELY overpriced here. Immediately, a man (one who I refuse to refer to as a gentleman) came over to nastily bark at me with a «Hey Miss — don’t take a bottle from down there. That’s our overstock, Take one from the top.» Startled at the tone he used, not to mention the fact that in any other retail store, an employee would actually offer to HELP in that moment instead of yell at a customer, I immediately snapped back, alerting him that what I wanted (the bottle that was in my hand) was not on the top display shelf, so I had no choice but to look elsewhere, adding in that it’s not as though any of the 4 employees standing around on their phones even offered to assist me. With that, I put the bottle down, told the cashier that the owner should be ashamed at running a business is such a horrible manner, and walked out.
I’ve lost count of how many individuals I’ve rehashed this incident to in the past 2 days. Moral of the story: This place doesn’t deserve my business or yours.

Thx to the manager who corrected a mishap — I tried to order a case of my usual wines but the asst mgrs did not know to re-​order. The manager found out and sent a gift plus our order as an apology. Great wine experts, lots to choose from, great prices. We been loyal for many years and many more to come!

For some reason, all of the stores nearby (Duane Read, ⁷⁄₁₁) only sold one brand of wine, for $ 8. My parents and I initially passed this place by because it looked like all the wine in there would be really expensive. Once we did go in, we found an incredible selection of bottles. My parents wanted something cheap, I wanted something a little more expensive. Worked out great.
Staff is on top of things, not a ton of small talk, no BS. Just the way I like it. Great spot.

It is one of the best Spirit and wine store in NYC. JD I must say very very knowledgeable about wine and liquor. I would recommend this place over every place in NYC.

Overall a pretty decent liquor store with a good selection of wines. Probably has the best prices in the neighborhood. Different wine and spirits tastings on Friday and Saturday evenings. Generally helpful staff but not always as knowledgable as some other place I have been,

Good selection, nice ship — slightly overpriced as is most of the city, but not egregiously so. Store is well organized.

Talk about variety, so much to choose from. Staff is very friendly, the gentleman with the short hair is extremely helpful and nice. If you want to find a place that has everything all in one come to vintage grape.

I spent $ 245. On 4 bottles of wine. Payed in cash as this was a gift for my partner & didn’t want it to show up on cc. I was treated like a garbage! Checked out every bill. I had my hand out for the change & she put the change on the counter. The coins rolled into the floor & she just sat there. No thanks for shopping here. No sorry I threw the $ on the floor. I will NEVER return to this establishment! NEVER.

This has to be by far one of the coziest and prettiest wine shops that I’ve been to. I actually don’t live close to her but I had a rare opportunity to be uptown and I had to go check it out since it made a cameo appearance on a recent episode of The Real Housewives of New York.
And they sold the Pinot Grigio made famous by the one and only reality TV star, Ramona Singer herself. I bought a bottle and it wasn’t half bad!
Wish I lived closer to Vintage Grape Wines & Spirits!

This is a beautiful store with extremely helpful and polite staff. The selection is robust and they offer discounts when buying by the case.

This is one of the fewer wine spots that have ice wine, and ice cider! I first tried some ice cider in Hyde Park, and have been on the hunt for it ever since: P And yes, they have a big bottle of it from Canada for $ 16, and a skinny 375mL bottle of it from Vermont for $ 32, fyi.

I’ve been to many a booze shop around this city, because:
1. Buying booze for people is how I make them like me.
2. I’m weak, and it would be hard to carry booze from my own neighborhood, so I buy it near whatever apartment I happen to be going to.
And I must say, there are a lot of shitty liquor stores around. This is not one of them.
The selection, both of liquor (bourbon and scotch at least) and affordable wine (the only kind of wine I buy), is very solid for the size of the shop, the staff is helpful and friendly, and they were even doing a tasting!
That’s about all I can ask for when I stop for adult beverages.

I was on my way to a get together at a friend’s apartment on the UES and, of course, I waited until the last second to grab a bottle of wine (couldn’t show up empty handed, of course). I asked a coworker for a recommendation and she suggested Vintage Grape. What an excellent shop! Great selection, reasonable prices, and even a tasting with a very knowledgeable and friendly staff member (I even ended up buying a couple of extra bottles for myself). A great choice if you’re in the area.

The staff here is always ready to hear what taste your interested in and help you to pick the perfect wine if your having a little trouble.
They are also stocked with a lot of variety of the best stuff!

Before heading out for a dinner party, I searched «liquor store» on google maps and got 10 wine places. I decided to go with Vintage simply because of its proximity to the train station.
With all honesty, having been in UES for the past 9 months, I figured this would be a fancy pants wine store with overpriced wines and very few affordable bottles, likely tucked away in the bottom, back shelf.
Pleasant surprise! There were a TON of under $ 10/​$ 20 wines in many varietals (I’m not just talking Barefoot and Yellowtail).
The manager, assistant manager, and staff were all super down-​to-​earth and awesome. I was going to go with my go-​to beaujolais, but decided to partake in a tasting of 3 Spanish wines, including Naia and a rioja. They typically do wine tasting on Thursdays and Fridays.
They also had a sale of NY wines going on. I had never tried a NY wine and was skeptical of their quality. but decided to go with a Long Island unoaked chardonnay. It turned out to be fruity and great with chicken!
Overall, an awesome place. Should’ve started going way earlier!

I can honestly say this place deserves 5 stars! Fantastic service, amazing prices, great products, and lovely people.
I found a bottle of German wine on a trip to New York (I live in San Francisco, used to live in New York), drank it, loved it, and bought one more to bring home. It was so good that I tried to find it in San Francisco, only to discover that the distributor only sells it in New York.
With shipping so outrageously expensive from the store I originally bought it from, I tried to track down a better option and stumbled upon Vintage Grape. Any order of $ 150 or more gets free shipping — problem solved. With a discount for buying a case or more (mix and match is ok) I was surprised to have to add a few bottles upon check out when my total dipped below what I originally thought it was going to be. Awesome! For the same price I got even more of my new favorite.
I have subsequently ordered online for several years now, have spoken to the most delightful, friendly, knowledgeable, and courteous staff on many occasions, and have been turned on to several outstanding wines to add to my regular order of the amazing German stuff.
I can’t wait to actually step foot in the store one of these days to say hi. Anyone who lives anywhere near this place is blessed with a treasure.
Thank you to everyone at Vintage Grape who has helped me out over the years. It’s a pleasure doing business with you. Please keep bringing in the Schloss Muhlenhof, I love it.

Vintage Grape: «Hello.are you looking for anything in particular?»
Me: «Oh…yeahhhh. I’m looking for a good CHEAP bottle of Prosecco»
(I know. I have no shame but seriously, I love the realness of this place)
Now I know wine enthusiasts will get into a heated little argument about how I cannot be looking for something that is equally good as it is cheap etc etc but this place just GETS IT. I also hate when I say something like that and they take me to a wall of Prosecco and say «Here’s the prosecco section, I hope you find something ‘good and cheap’»
INSTEAD, Vintage Grape points one out and says with a smile, «This one will do the trick.»
Nice, effortless… good AND cheap! HOLLAAAAA!!!
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At my last trip, I noticed right away Ramona Singer’s PINOT GRIGIO ($ 12.99) and being a Real Housewives of NYC fan I asked the guy working «Is this shit actually good?». The guy (bless his soul) replied without a blush «I wanted to hate it but its actually really good!». Again, love the people here!!!
He also offered a chilled bottle for me wo me asking. sigh. love.

During a particularly hectic weekend visit to NYC, I was running around all day in the heat doing errands when my younger sister called and asked for one favor: can I pick up a selection of drinks for her upcoming party. Ever the amazingly wonderful and beautiful sister that I am, I said of course, hung up the phone, and panicked about how to coordinate that into my schedule.
Thank Dionysus I remembered that Vintage Grape was so close to our apartment (and on my way to another location). The store is so well organized by category and region, and with a great selection of labels, that when I dashed inside, within a few moments I had wheeled a somewhat heavily ladden carriage to the register. Then I started sweating about transporting said purchase back home. Luckily for me, the salesman could read my mind and immediately offered their free delivery service, which an hour later brought all those bottles to my doorstep.

I have been going to Vintage Grape for at least 4 years now.
It is nearby my home.
Vintage Grape is laid out quite nicely. Everything is clearly categorized. They have something for everyone.
I am quite the wine snob, and I will tell you this: I have gone in there and made big ticket purchases, and gone in there and purchased a ten dollar bottle of wine.
It is my go-​to place for wine, and I pay attention to when they have sales on cases of wine. I always purchase my cases of wine from them. I have had issues in the past with poor storage and other shops, but not Vintage Grape.
Some of their bottles have a little dust on them, but hey– my apartment is like that. I can dust and a few hours later: POOF– dust is back!
What is important is that their storage is definitely adequate.
Their staff are friendly.
I enjoy their tastings quite often.
Once they had a scotch tasting. I am a scotch snob. I was not interested in the particular scotch they were promoting, although I was interested in the 21 year scotch of that brand.
Vintage Grape was very nice to us and gave us a discount off of the 21 year scotch. The nice Scottish man hosting the tasting was generous with his pours and definitely sold us! (This is coming from somebody whose first scotch was an 18 year Lagavulin, and an Oban)
If you read this far, the scotch we purchased was a Glenfiddich.
Their fine Bordeaux selection is slightly lacking, but they certainly make up for it in their many other wines.
I do wish they would carry Faustino Rioja Reserve, say a 1995 or 97. If they had it, we would buy it. We are Rioja fans.
VG’s Rioja section is okay– they do have a nice Muga.
What sells me at Vintage Grape is their Australian section. There is something for every budget there.
You have your more expensive Syrahs, and your more penny pincher ones– and some of the penny pinchers are quite decent. I go with a «Woop Woop», or «Red Knot» two South Australia nice buys. South Australia is good for an «everyday» wine.
I can go on and on about Vintage Grape wines that I enjoy. There are many.
I have enjoyed a nice Poyferre from here several times, and my kudos to Vintage for excellent storage.
I have yet to encounter a «bad bottle», and if I did, I am sure they would take it back. (fingers crossed)
Definitely try Vintage Grape. Do not be intimidated by wine! There is something for everyone!
–from a girl who is starting sommelier «school» next year!

There are a slew of wine and spirits stores in my ‘hood, but this is my go-​to. Good selection, fair prices, easy-​to-​navigate layout, friendly help, frequent tastings (who’d have thought I’d sample absinthe on my way home from a run on a random weeknight?). In the words of Unilocal,yay, I’m a fan.