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NEW YORK TIMES Business
Is It Champagne or a Substitute? Refined Palates Can Be Fooled
I COMMENCED the first blind taste test I’d ever dared to conduct by popping the cork on bottle No. 1. The bubbling liquid spewed out of the neck and drizzled down the sides. Steadying my foam-splattered hand, I surveyed the 27 empty flutes arranged in neat rows on the kitchen table. I filled three of the flutes, and placed them on a slightly tarnished silver tray. Then I hid bottle No. 1 in a cardboard box on the floor, and carried the tray of frothing flutes into the living room. …
NEW YORK TIMES Real Estate
A Store’s Toast to Park Avenue
SHERRY-LEHMANN INC., one of Manhattan’s best-known wine and spirits shops, recently moved to a new site at 59th Street and Park Avenue after spending 60 years a few blocks away on Madison Avenue. The design brief for the new space was straightforward: improve on an already high level of service but don’t give short shrift to the romance and tradition that customers associate with the products. …
BEVERAGE RETAILER
Sherry-Lehmann on the Move
Iconic wine store, Sherry-Lehmann, has moved to a new location, but that is just the beginning. While known primarily for their dedication to customer service, they now also look forward to building excitement around new wine education programs and events.…
NEW YORK SUN Feature
“A New Home for a Venerable Wine Shop”
The chairman of Sherry-Lehmann, Michael Aaron, looked through the long, curving window of his new second-floor office onto a stately expanse of Park Avenue. "I know the inside of every single store here — every corner on Park Avenue I looked at," Mr. Aaron, the proprietor of what is arguably the swankiest and most famous wine shop in New York, said.…
NEW YORK TIMES: Dining & Wine, “Food Stuff”
A Venerable Wine Shop Trades Madison for Park
Sherry-Lehmann, a bastion of Bordeaux on Madison Avenue and 61st Street for 59 years, has moved nearby, to Park Avenue. The new location offers a sweeping gold-trimmed show window; inside, there is more space for display.…
DECANTER.com
Sherry-Lehmann Moves House
Sherry-Lehmann, perhaps New York's and America's most famous wine merchant, has moved from its address since 1948 to a new, bigger midtown location. …
NEW YORK TIMES Feature Article, Part 1
“To Study Wine, Buy and Drink”
“People ask me, more often than any other question by far, where to go to learn about wine. Usually I tell them to go home. No kidding. The best place to learn about wine is at home, particularly if you stop off at a good wine shop on the way.
“What I’m about to propose is a do-it-yourself method that has a lot to offer to just about anybody who loves wine, or wants to learn about it. In fact, if you’ll join in with me, we will take this home wine class together and be the better for it. Let me explain.…”
NEW YORK TIMES Feature Article, Part 2
“Wine School, Take Two”
“The first session of the Dining Table Wine School is nearly finished, and I’m about to declare recess. But before we pack up the glasses—‘close up your books, get out of your seat, down the halls and into the street’—I have just a few things to add.
“First, I’ve learned a lot and I’m grateful for everybody’s participation. I’ve offered some final thoughts about this first round in my column in Wednesday’s newspaper.…”
ZAGAT NEW YORK CITY
GOURMET MARKETPLACE 2007
| Category: Wines & Liquors | Quality | Value | Service |
| Sherry-Lehmann | 28 | 28 | 25 |
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"A wine aficionado's paradise", this legendary Madison Avenue purveyor, once again the Survey's No. 1 store in its category, is lauded for its "deep selection" that while "strongest in high-end Bordeaux" is "comprehensive" in all regions and price points, including nearly 400 options under $10; rest assured, "even if you don't look rich and want an inexpensive bottle of Beaujolais", the staff will be "helpful", but if you can't stop by, or are frustrated that only a "fraction of the bottles are on display", they "have a great Web site" and catalog, both of which include accessories.
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