Spring Street Wine Shop

I asked the salesman’s opinion as to the most drinkable Pinot in a modest range. Always he pointed me to the more expensive wines, and seemed not to know the difference between one wine or another, or to care. The customer did not exist as a person. All that mattered was a quick sale. The wine that I was recommended turned out to be mediocre. I will not return.

A decent place to grab a bottle of wine in a pinch, but prices are very high. The selection is largely from Costco and prices are jacked up. Be prepared to be followed around the store by the four employees who essentially take up the whole small space. Selection is pretty good and there is a good variety of wine from many regions and varietals. Still better than buying a bottle at a restaurant.

I was looking for half bottles of wine from a location that was fairly close to Chinatown. They had a very limited selection but it sufficed. I cannot speak to the rest of their selection since I was a woman on a mission that day.

really great and helpful

Terrible. Tried to sell me a ruined bottle of 200 dollar champagne and actually was trying to hide the box as I was being asked to pay. Found another bottle and told me it was more expensive but I’m glad I did my research ahead of time because it was cheaper! Then they mumbled something in their language when I said I’d go elsewhere!

Best wine/​liquor shop in the neighborhood. Good selection, friendly and knowledgeable staff. And I’ve always been impressed with their wine recommendations!

I would like to support this neighborhood wine shop but unfortunately I have bought 2 too many wines that tasted bad and old.

I used to come here often when I was in the area but after my last experience I will never go back. I went on a Friday evening to pickup some wine and liquor for a BYOB dinner party; long story short the employee improperly packaged my bottles and when I walked down the block a bottle shattered spilling everywhere. If I had dropped the bottle I would had taken accountability; however, this was clearly a mistake on behalf of the store. I went back, less than 10 minutes, and the employee was so rude and refused to even let me back into the store to talk to the manager. He accused me of lying and said I clearly dropped the bag and wanted free booze. Are you joking?! I understand accidents happen and I would have been open to coming to an agreeable resolution but the way he handled things was awful. No thank you, not again.

I’m a little biased, because this wine shop is across the street from my apartment, but I wouldn’t keep going back if they staff there wasn’t so great! I’m somewhat of a regular (is that a bad thing?), and they always bring my usual order to the cash register for me. They also are extremely nice to my large dog who is like a bull in a china shop in their store! Prices here seem pretty standard for the area. Definitely not overpriced. If you hit this store at the right time on what I think are usually Fridays, they have vendors offering samples.

Over the past 3 years, I have purchased a few bottles of wine, and a $ 220 bottle of champagne as a gift. I bartend just down the road, so I have also purchased maybe 7 wine keys from this wine shop (they’re easy to lose).
I purchased a wine key today before work. I opened the package, put the corkscrew into the cork, and turned… only to have the corkscrew bend in half! Whatever, I got a bad corkscrew. About 20 minutes had gone by since my purchase, so I brought the package and the defective wine key to make a simple exchange.
I went back to the SAME GUY who sold me the wine key 20 minutes ago and showed him what had happened. He told me, «that’s not the same one I sold you.»
I showed him the package and the immaculate, never-​been-​used wine key… I opened the knife for THE FIRST TIME EVER and he still said, «a lot of people try to pull this kind of thing.» That was the end of it. He called me a liar and accused me of fraud.
I have never been more insulted by any retail associate in my life. I am always very tolerant of any mediocre of even rude sales person, but this crosses the line. I have referred this place to so many of my restaurant patrons looking for a liquor/​wine store (5 or sonper week).Not only will I never shop there again, I will NEVER send another customer there. I spoke with the owner, and all employees, to be sure they know not to recommend this wine shop anymore. I will make sure to tell everybody I know, and everyone looking for a wine shop that this place is dishonest and has terrible customer service.

Ducked in here to see if they carried a brand of wine that we’d been hunting for and, lo and behold, they did carry it, but not the varietal we were searching for. Nevertheless wound up picking up two different bottles after chatting with the guy behind the counter (maybe the proprietor?) who was extremely charming and pleasant to speak with. Additionally, they seem to go to greater lengths to make sure you’re happy than most places, which made us feel really great. I would have to say a definite negative is that they have REALLY maximized the space in here that they can use to store bottles with.
The downside part of this would be that I was literally afraid of breaking something the entire time I was in the store. Every second of it. The fact that my sense of balance is about as strong as Ozzy Osbourne’s after spinning him around 20 times may have something to do with it, but still.
The prices were about in line with other places, though looking around at some of the liquors it looks like some of the harder to find items may have been carrying a bit of ZIP code induced markup, but what around this area doesn’t suffer that in some fashion? We came in to find a brand, but left finding a wine shop that we can definitely pop into plenty of times in the future.

I love this place. after wondering around with a friend, we stumbled in on a wine tasting here. The people that work here are amazing and give great recommendations. I had no intention of buying anything, but after a tasting or 3, we both left with about 8 bottles between us.
I will be back–

I’m always looking for good recommendations on wine, but I never expected this wine shop to impress me this much. I stumbled upon this place two weeks ago when I had a bad experience with Sleepys Mattress Store. When I arrived home, I opened my bottle of Louis Latour Chassagne Montrachet Rouge 2007 and everything became much better in life! Thank you so much for making my day, and I will be returning very soon!

Good selection of red wine and hard liquor
Poor selection of white wines, Germans in particular

Very friendly and helpful!

I was lurking at my brother’s apartment, waiting to hand over the keys to his pad to some nice foreigners who were interested in celebrating the new year NYC-​tourist style. I didn’t want to lurk alone, so I invited a friend over and realized that there was nothing to drink except an unopened bottle of Bombay Sapphire* and filtered tap water.
While straight gin may appeal to some, I didn’t want to be smashed on a Monday evening with the rest of the week left to take care of my pickled brain. So enter Spring Street Wine shop. Just a hop skip and a credit card swipe and I had a lovely bottle of white Sancerre, handily chosen by the helpful staff.
The selection, while not priced like Queens, was reasonably priced and varied — with a nice distinction between regions and types of wine.
For a bottle on the go and to prevent drinking too much** on a Monday night.
A-​OK
* I later found out that the bottle had been unopened for about 7 years. Brrr.
** A bottle of wine a deux is not too much in my book.

Overpriced… But it’s the only liquor store in the area so what are you going to do. I disagree with Adrienne– they really aren’t helpful. Anytime I’ve asked for a recommendation on a wine they just suggest the same thing. They have quick delivery though ;)

Super super helpful staff — The minute I walked in the door, I was asked, «What kind of wine are you looking for, madam?» An extensive but not unusual selection of Californian, French, and Italian wines, red and white. Lots of pinot grigios and sauv blancs in the fridge — extra points for that.
Average selection of standard Australian wines; NZ wines are also well-​represented here.
Not a great selection of Chileans, Argentinians, or South Africans (the latter was abominable, actually — a true shame).
Heaps of points for the helpful staff who showed me around the tiny shop, every nook and cranny, so I would feel comfortable browsing. Minus points for low South African selection and the $ 30 minimum for credit or debit. Boo.
Generally, a good place to pick up your regular dinner bottles, but probably not a place you would stop for something special like a gift or a momentous occasion.
Extra points because it’s open on Sundays! All in all, I’m happy, and I’ll be back!

Boo… get over yourself.
Wine selection was average but staff wasn’t very helpful. I’m also pretty sure the prices were higher because of the location.
Caution if you’re using a card they require a $ 30 minimum. Which is fine, if it was posted. Also, I didn’t have cash and wasn’t going to get more wine so while I was getting ready to leave the cashier was just like, ‘fine, next time make sure.’ That makes me suspicious.
I only went there because I wanted wine!

A good place to pick up a bottle of something if you happen to be in the area and need to run that particular errand.
Nothing particular stellar or noteworthy about it. Slightly better wine selection than your typical liquor store, you generally can’t go wrong if you’re picking something up to bring to a dinner party. Prices are decent.
I don’t know that I would ever come here on purpose, but it’s close to the subway and often on the way to a party, event, opening, etc.
There must be a youth hostel nearby or something, because I have been accosted many a time just outside this store by 19 – 20 year old British, European, or Australian kids who kinda sorta forgot to look up what the American drinking age is. I try to pick them out something that won’t have them puking inside of an hour. It’s the least I can do.