Empire Wine

Large variety, plenty of help from workers that know their products. Usually have to wait in line but as others have commented the lines move quickly with many cashiers. Thank you Empire Wine employee for your help choosing a sangria brand.

Empire did finally come through with a credit for the shipping on the Daou wine. As a result, will continue doing business with Empire. They have a great selection of wine at very good prices! In addition, they ship very quickly (unlike some online wine sellers that run the credit card and wait 3 weeks to ship).

Great selection. Great prices. Knowledgeable staff. Lines can be kind of long but the staff is efficient but they move fast. This is the only place I go for wine and liquor.

Massive selection of wines here. If you are looking for something new ask for Pete… Never steered me wrong. If the owner checks this site out that kid definitely deserves a raise.

One of my favorite places to stock up on booze. Their wine selection is great. Liquors could be slightly expanded, but I guess it’s called Empire *Wine* for a reason. Their staff is very knowledgeable, but you have to make sure you get the good ones. Some of the people that work there wouldn’t know the difference between wine and grape juice, but that happens everywhere.

This place is massive found some awesome stuff by just looking at two shelves! Wines from Italy, Israel, California, New York, you name it! Picked up two wine bottles and some champagne to celebrate closing on a home tomorrow. I’m excited to try these new bottles and we will be visiting this place for me of our needs. Staff was younger than expected but offered to help us find what we need. We got here on a Thursday night at 8:30 and it wasn’t crowded and no waiting in any lines, I believe their hours are 9 to 9.

Excellent selection of wines and spirits at all prices. I’ve made some great discoveries there in my never-​ending quest for good wine at low prices. Across the board, Empire has the lowest prices I’ve seen locally. Their staff is courteous, helpful, and knowledgeable, no matter how busy the store gets, and it certainly does get busy!

Great store. Great selection. Great help. No fuss atmosphere and quite crowded but excellent prices and options.

This place was HOPPING at 10 am on a Friday morning! Although the staff was hustling to shelve a recent delivery, they were more than willing to pause and help clueless customers like me. The selection or wines was large, logically organized and marked at very good prices.
I definitely tipped the nice young man who carried my assorted case of wines to my car.

The help here is top notch! The people here know their stuff and are always happy to help. And of course the wine, the wine is off the charts. Variety from all of the globe!

EXCELLENT selection of all kinds of wines and spirits! And of course American prices are hands down better than Canada :-). I’ve gone out of my way to come back here a second time. For fans of liquor warehouse concept BevMo in California and Arizona, this is a close second. Staff is plentiful and very helpful. Don’t let the long checkout line put you off — five registers move things along nicely. It is also located in an easy to access mall just off the Interstate and there are plenty of higher– end restaurants and retailers in the vicinity which makes this in ideal weekend destination.

Selling wine and liquor in NY is basically a license to print money — just mark up your stuff and people will come to the closest store anyway because we are all Lazy. And no competition from those pesky grocery stores to force you to lower your prices.
Empire is very different. Rock bottom prices, huge selection, good service, knowledgeable staff (maybe not the first person, but they will get someone else if needed). This place is so much better than the average neighborhood store it is crazy.
Their liquor prices are also excellent and I buy more liquor than wine. The only thing I don’t get there is sweet vermouth as they don’t offer half bottles and since it goes bad quickly I don’t want a 750 of that.

As a Canadian living near Kingston, Ontario, I have found that Empire is my «go to» website to find great prices on difficult to find wines in Canada. Fantastic selection.
I’m a Zin guy, very happy to see an A+ selection of Turley wines.

When you first walk in this place can be overwhelming — the volume of wine is amazing. It’s definitely a no frills kind of place, nothing fancy, no real ambiance unless you’re into floor to ceiling shelves and concrete floors.
They had a wine tasting going on, 4 choice, 2 I really liked so I grabbed them. I filled my cart with some faves, at a 2 or 3 bucks less than I’d pay other places, bought some new stuff to try and headed to the check out.
The checkout line stretched to the back of the store but moved with lightening speed. I think I waited no more than 2 minutes in line.
I don’t often find myself over by Wolf Rd. but if I’m making a Trader Joe’s run I’ll stop here and stock up too. The place is that good.

Only reason I’m giving three stars is because prior experiences were better. Came in to buy a case of wine. Three guys stocking and had five feet high cases infront of the wine I was looking for. Not one acknowledged me with a simple hello or offered to help me as I sat there for 10 minutes looking. Lost sale.

First time being here yesterday and glad I went. This place is amazing and cheap prices. If you can’t find it here you won’t find it anywhere.

I was looking for a specific wine as I passed through Albany recently. I knew this place carried it as I had checked the website. Id also asked via email (their contact method on the site) if they could get another case. NO response. I asked again. NO response. OK, I assumed no.
I get there and they have the wine, all good. But then the employee says «you should let us know in advance and we can get more for you.» Really? I tried to do exactly that and got NO RESPONSE.
I do have to comment that the selection here is very nice, broad and sure to appeal to you no matter your taste or price range. Kudos for that.
When I was here it was SUPER busy. Gameday Sunday I’m sure. They don’t have automatic doors here though. So you watch all these people with cases of wine or carts full trying to navigate the manual doors. Ridiculous. If you are not going to spring for electric doors at least have an employee standing there to help when its so busy.
This is a busy strip mall, and parking was a disaster. I guess because it was Sunday around 12 noon, and people wanted to be home for whatever game they watched. But be careful in this parking lot or you may have a fender bender or hit someone. Its really that busy and that dangerous on a Sunday in the Fall.
3^rd star is for the broad selection and choices. Otherwise, Ive seen better stores from a logistics view, especially the manual doors.

Empire Wine rocks.
Their selection is colossal.
Their prices the absolute lowest.
Their checkout line – though long at times – moves very quickly.
When I can’t get to Empire and have to get wine elsewhere, I feel like I’m getting ripped off. The prices there are that good.

I only buy liquor here.
Once I was at a liquor store in Loudonville after grocery shopping looking for a specific bottle of Southern Comfort. I was struck with sticker shock, over 20 bucks for a 750ml. I decided right there and then that I would ONLY buy any liquor at Empire ever again. It was worth driving down the HELLHOLE that is Wolf road to pick up at 1.75L for the price I would have gotten for half as much of the sweet nectar of the southern god (s).
Liquor is BIG and priced right, Wine is abundant, and there is always a helpful soul to give you decent direction when you are wine-​confused. I usually am not grilling any of the workers because I’m busy grabbing what I need and leaving in 4 minutes. :)
Dang now I want a drink.

I came here at the recommendation of my brother. He made it seem like this place was so huge I had never seen anything like it. In reality, my brother has never been to rural America where all there is is space and people who like to drink (exaggeration acknowledged). So this place wasn’t as big as I was picturing but it did have a good selection.
My fiancé and I ended up buying two bottles of Glenlivet Nadurra, one for us and one for our wedding, and many bottles of wine to bring home. I call the trip successful, although it made me yearn for a trip to my fiancé’s hometown in northern Illinois. Now that place has liquor stores!