Montague Wine & Spirits

There are tons of apps out there, but these folks have better service, less fees, and are on point.

Very helpful staff. Just moved to Downtown BK and the prices are by far the best compared to all the other stores I’ve been to in the area. A little bit more of a walk for me — but worth it. Great selection and found what I wanted.

A great neighborhood go-​to shop. Well curated selection of both wines and whiskeys! Good price ranges, tastings, service and delivery.

I don’t drink much, but when I do — Montague Wine and Spirits is the place to go. Every visit, I have found the staff to be quite pleasant, and more than helpful in trying to choose the perfect wine. They ask the right questions, and help narrow down the choices easily. And I have noticed that they don’t just lean me toward the most expensive option — this tells me they are interested in actually pairing the right wine with my food than making the highest sale. Thanks guys! Definitely recommend to stop by. Store is conveniently located on Montague, clean, neat, well organized and for a small store, they sure have a lot of options. Check it out, you will find something I guarantee it!

Very friendly and knowledgeable staff. Best in The Heights!

The best prices I’ve found in BH or Cobble Hill

Good selection, friendly staff and free delivery in the neighborhood — my favorite in BK Heights!

Owner was very helpful, but smart enough to leave me alone once he had made his recommendations. Pricing was great, very nice small shop, I’ll definitely be back since I live nearby.

As a wine professional, I was extremely impressed with the balanced character of the selection as well as the reasonable prices. Both domestic and foreign wines are well chosen and interesting, and there is lots of value. Talk to the staff. They are awesome. If you are open to it, you will walk out with something great.

I am overall satisfied with this liquor store. Albeit small-​scale, they have a decent selection and the prices are not outrageous.
Last week, I got a bottle of decent Irish whiskey, Benromach, for about $ 32 for someone. This is not the easiest whiskey to find, so I was pretty happy.
I have also been to their Saturday wine tastings — I have sampled some nice organic French wines. I picked up one of the bottles of red for my father for a family occasion. He seemed to be pretty happy with it and it was only about $ 18 or $ 19.

Love these guys. Very friendly, very helpful and they deliver! I’ll never carry wine up to my 5^th floor apt again :)

Reviewing a neighborhood wine shop should usually be handled in context.
If you are in the BK heights area, this is where you should go IF you aren’t a wine nerd that totally knows their stuff. I feel like I can rely on the staff here to recommend reasonably priced, utterly drinkable bottles. I haven’t had good luck with this at other shops in the area.
I wouldn’t really go here for other spirits because their prices are definitely not the lowest, but if you need some inspiration on what wine to serve with a meal or bring along to an event, these guys can help you out.

Things that suck about wine stores: too pretentious to help, pushy when you finally ask for help, expensive.
Things that are awesome about Montague Wines: extremely friendly, never pushy, good selection, and they always help you find the type of wine you want in the price range you ask for. All recommendations have been great. Solid deals on liquor as well.

Whats the big fuss about this place? The selection is mainly American, nothing is organized, and the prices aren’t anything special. I walked in and found myself wandering around searching for Spain and when I found a few bottles, they are the Spanish bottles you find everywhere else.
If you are going there for something like Monkey Bay, you obviously aren’t that picky about wines.
Brooklyn Wine Exchange is ten times better and Michael Towne is way more organized so I can find what I am looking for.

I’ll never go back to Michael Towne!
Paying those high mark-​ups just make me frown.
Sure their prices are rent driven,
But I refuse to contribute to this area’s high cost of living.
Here I got a bottle of Monkey Bay for 3 to 4 dollars less.
I’m so impressed!
Saturday wine tastings they offer generous pours.
It makes me want to keep coming back here for more!
Although Mike loves to offer his customers new wines to try,
I never felt the pressure to buy.
It’s a great strategy since I notice the volume of business this place does,
And I always leave here feeling slightly buzzed.

One of my favorite places in the Heights. Michael knows his stock very well and is so helpful with all questions. All you have to do is tell him what you are looking for and how much you want to spend and you will get set up. The more info you can give him the better.
The selection is vast for wine and alcohol and the prices are good. There are often wine specials so you can routinely get $ 40 bottles of wine for $ 20. The place is small and manageable, but again, the selection is nicely variegated and sometimes dizzying making it hard to choose without some assistance.
I have always found buying wine confusing and when you can find a place that knows their stuff, provides good tips and does not try to oversell you, you have reached a great place. This place is a great place and there is no other place I would go to in Brooklyn Heights.

i stopped in today to see what they have to offer. the man behind the counter was nice and not pushy. don’t hesitate to ask for advice.
their selection was varied, and the space was clean. i like it!

Expect to be waited on hand and foot (well, I am exagerrating a bit). But honestly, the staff here does back flips for you. Michael is smart, attentive and can make imaginative suggestions that will not rob your wallet. I regularly walk into this place and say — «what’s good for $ 10?» No one blinks: and they have the goods! This place likes to buy close-​outs and they get super deals. Don’t expect a huge place. It is the size of your tiny kitchen. They do, however, have the best selection and their prices are cheaper than Michael Towne.

I can only write this because I don’t have a picture posted with my profile (I live in the vicinity of the Stinky/​Smith and Vine empire):
while i could walk the 3 minutes to Smith St., I think it’s worth the 25 minutes to go to Montague – even if only to grab a ten dollar bottle of wine.

This is another great wine shop in the Brooklyn Heights area. It stocks a huge amount of inventory into such a tiny place! While the Heights Château on Atlantic/​Henry doesn’t carry much variety of certain spirits, Montague Wine more than makes up for it. The staff here is excellent — friendly, knowledgeable and HONEST! My recent foray into the grappa world brought me here once again, and I was happy to find that not only did the gentleman behind the counter try most of the grappas he carried, he was honest enough to tell me that if I bought the most expensive grappa on the shelf, I really would just be buying the name. [My first grappa purchase, for those of you who want to know: a bottle of Alexander Grappa Platinum. Very smooth, with a hint of cherries and licorice (to my untrained palate, at least!). Highly recommended. This bottle will have a place on my bar.] Every time I exit the store, I leave just a little more educated… and a little more of a lush. But that’s not such a bad thing, right?
And like most wine shops here in NY, free local delivery.