NYC Wine Merchants

I’m giving one star based on customer service – selling spoiled wine. They forced me to settle with store credit (after trekking back from Brooklyn with the bad wine), even though I would rather spend my money elsewhere.
Do yourself a favor, buy your wine from one of the more honorable wine stores in NYC.

Great shop, has a excellent variety of wines and spirits. I normally shop here at least once a week, the staff are always friendly and they give great suggestions based upon your taste.

I always have a great experience in this cozy store. A great staff with good Wine knowledge and very helpful! I always feel welcome and they make it feel like home! I highly recommend it!

I love these guys, super friendly and they always have good wine suggestions. This is my go to wine shop in the neighborhood

Although I didn’t actually buy anything here, I walked in to take a look, and for a store this small they have an excellent, large, and orderly selection of mid-​range ($ 20-​$ 60 per bottle) mostly American wines. You don’t actually need a large square footage to have a lot of wine variety, it’s all how you arrange it, and this is floor to high ceiling. Prices, though no bargain, are fair. The staff, three of whom asked if I needed any help, were uniformly courteous, friendly, and professional.
As I left, the man behind the register said «thank you sir» even though I didn’t buy anything. It’s like, hello, am I in New York? My phone says New York. Am I in Japan?
Note to self, if in Chelsea and in need of a good cabernet, go here.

To wash out my stress from the holiday 2013 madness and rush, I so needed a bottle of wine. With a budget of $ 11.00, I refused to spend more on something that I was going to drown out alone. Cheap wine bottle for a cheap night of alone time fun.
NYC Wine Merchants is a local neighborhood wine shop with enthusiastic and helpful customer service. The staff promptly responded to my needs and fulfill my desire for a cheap wine bottle of $ 11.00 enabling me for a cheap night of alone time fun.

Great little shop in a busy section of town. This wine merchant carries an excellent variety of reds, whites, roses and sparking wines, and the people who work there are more than happy to take their time discussing the bottles and finding the right ones for you.
I love it when a wine merchant knows every bottle in the store — this isn’t just a simple transaction, folks — buying wine to be enjoyed is a very personal experience, and the guys at NYC Wine Merchants know what they’re talking about. They don’t take themselves too seriously, though — I could tell the dude who helped me was having fun, knew his stuff and really wanted to help me find the perfect vino.
The shop itself is lovely — very clean, modern, and filled to the brim with bottle upon bottle. Great place for the wine lover and those who are just into sippin’.

My girlfriend and I were staying at the Eventi hotel down the street and were looking for Champagne that was a bit cheaper than what was in the minibar. The staff member that helped us was very friendly and knowledgeable. My girlfriend was curious if they had a certain wine she liked and he knew immediately the vineyard and variety, and that they had sold out of it because it was so popular.

So we are having a party and we needed to buy 6+ bottles of liquor. I went into NYC Wine Merchants where I shop pretty regularly and I was jotting down the prices to do some neighborhood comparison shopping. Linus, one of the guys working there told me to stop writing, the management didn’t like it. I explained that I was just jotting down prices for my personal information and he asked me to leave the store. When I asked to speak to a manager, I was told I couldn’t know who the manager was or when s/he’d be in the store. So I left and went to Landmark around the corner where I noticed that the prices were at least 10% less. I mean, of the prices that I jotted down before I was kicked out.
I will not be shopping at NYC Wine Merchants ever again and I hope that you don’t either.
You might find it amusing to know that they have recently hired a «sommelier» with a French accent but that doesn’t disguise the fact that the store is adequate at best.

I was in line at the CVS across the street running an errand before going to someone’s house. After I checked out, I noticed someone buying wine and said out loud that’s where I was going next. The woman behind me said «there’s an awesome wine shop across the street. Go there.» Well, when I realized the CVS line was now 10 people long, I thought it was a good idea.
It’s not a big shop but they make use of the high ceilings very well. The gentleman serving the tastings — four of them and apparently every evening — was very friendly. I didn’t pick anybody’s brain there, it seemed like there was one man who was knowledgeable though. There was a good selection of wines at various price points.
And sometimes it’s the little things — the wine chiller there. no need to buy ahead of time or only limit the selection to the refrigerated ones. :)

What a wonderful neighborhood wine shop! Huge selection at a variety of price points with a friendly and helpful staff. It’s also worth noting the prices are lower on the exact same bottle (both wine and liquor) than competitors within a few blocks.
Bonus: the shop has wine tastings in the evenings all the time, and I usually end up loving at least one of the tasting options enough to bring it home with me.

Great new store with a great selection on various wines. Great selection as well on single malts and an awesome, friendly staff who know their stuff and what to recommend for an individuals taste. Terrific selection on single malts for those scotch whiskey lovers! Definitely must stop by if your around the neighborhood or even if you are not!