Upcoming Events
Brooklyn Winery Co-Founders to Speak at Brooklyn Public Library Entrepreneur Series
Submitted by Brooklyn Winery on Monday, May 14, 2012 - 12:13pmBrooklyn Winery co-founders Brian Leventhal and John Stires are proud to be participants in Brooklyn Public Library's "You Can Do It, Too!" Entrepreneur Series for Startups. Brian and John will speak about their innovative business concept, how they got started, and their future plans for the urban winery. The talk will take place at the Business and Career Library next Tuesday, May 22, from 6:00 to 7:30pm. The library is located at 230 Cadman Plaza West at Tillary Street in downtown Brooklyn. It's completely free to attend, but you need to register online in advance. Visit the library's programs and events page here, scroll down, click the "register" button for the May 22 event, and then fill out the form that pops up. If you're at all interested in...
Notes From Paul Brady on Our Winter 2012 Wine Menu
Submitted by Brooklyn Winery on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 12:52pmFor whatever reason, it irritates me when I go to a bar or restaurant in the city with a wines-by-the- glass list void of any New York wines. I’m not so extreme that I’ll only drink New York wines while in town or anything – the perk of being a wine drinker in New York City is having access to many of the world’s great wines. Though when I visit any of the other three major American wine producing states that I don’t live in, you won’t find me drinking anything French. (Unless someone invites me over to taste through their cellar of first growths. Let’s not get crazy.)
Celebrate National Drink Wine Day in Our Wine Bar
Submitted by Brooklyn Winery on Sunday, February 12, 2012 - 2:50pmThe day you've been looking forward to has arrived: it's National Drink Wine Day! Every year on February 18, it is imperative that you observe this very important holiday, and we think you should celebrate it at Brooklyn Winery this year. A National Drink Wine Day celebration wouldn't be complete without drink specials, so all glasses of wine in our wine bar are $2 off from 5 to 8pm this evening. If you haven't stopped by to try wines from our new winter drink menu yet, today is the perfect excuse occasion to explore. How about a sparkling rosé from New Mexico, a complex Merlot from Long Island, or a Dry Riesling from Canada? Maybe a glass of our velvety housemade Zinfandel or our own Burgundy style Brooklyn Noir? So many options await you! Better come on down and get...
Brooklyn Winery Tops Best NYC Wedding Venue List by The Knot
Submitted by Brooklyn Winery on Sunday, February 12, 2012 - 2:23pmWe're incredibly honored to have made The Knot's 2012 "Best of" list! This popular wedding publication has named us one of the year's best wedding venues in NYC's outer boroughs. So many brides have chosen to hold their wedding receptions (and sometimes ceremonies, too) with us for our aesthetically charming, approachable décor and top notch service. One of the things that makes us an exceptional wedding venue is that we don't offer just one room for celebration—our 8,000 square foot space is flexible, with several different room options for any type of occasion from a casual, cocktail-style wedding in the Parlor or Wine Bar to a more traditional, seated ceremony and reception in the Harvest Room. If you're recently engaged and are looking for a...
A Bit About Our Upcoming "Sideways" Wine Class
Submitted by Brooklyn Winery on Monday, January 30, 2012 - 4:48pm"If anyone orders Merlot, I'm leaving. I am NOT drinking any fucking Merlot!" That is, of course, what that twit Miles is remembered for saying in the film Sideways. What Miles (Paul Giamatti) is passionate about though, are those California Pinot Noirs, Syrahs, and Chardonnays -- as long as they don’t include, as Miles said, “too much oak and secondary malolactic fermentation.” So what does this all mean? And why is Sideways, set near Santa Barbara, sometimes remembered as “the Pinot Noir movie?” Well, the Pacific Ocean does offer night breezes that cool the grapes down, making Santa Barbara County’s unique micro climate suitable for growing Pinot Noir. To find out more, you could book yourself a trip to Santa Barbara to take the “Sideways Tour.”
Vote Brooklyn Winery for Metromix New York Best Wine Bar 2012
Submitted by Brooklyn Winery on Friday, January 20, 2012 - 3:53pmFor the second year in a row, we've been nominated by Metromix for Best Wine Bar in the "Best of Metromix Awards"! We WON this category in 2011, so there's no reason why we can't win in 2012, right? In order to win, though, we need your help... It's an election year, folks, so let's practice the democratic process by voting for Brooklyn Winery for Best Wine Bar! It's really easy and takes less than a minute of your time—all you have to do is click the big vote button on this blog post, then select the "Vote" button to the right of Brooklyn Winery on the voting page, enter your email address in the window that comes up, and click "submit your vote." Done! The deadline to vote is Sunday, January 29 at 11:59pm EST. Thanks in advance for all of your support. We really...
A Truly Festive Start to 2012
Submitted by Brooklyn Winery on Monday, January 2, 2012 - 2:02pmWe closed out 2011 in style with La Brooklyn Rouge Fête-- our chic, Moulin Rouge-inspired, absinthe-and-bubbly-fueled New Year's Eve party. And what a party it was. Our space transformed into a dark, smoky boîte filled with gussied-up revelers looking for a good time. Guests were treated to delicious absinthe and elderflower sparkling cocktails along with French wines both sparkling and still. Some adventurous folks even dressed up in 1890s period costumes to play along with the Belle Époque theme. Sexy burlesque dancers Lulu Lollipop and D'Arcy D'Lux entertained the crowd with their seductive dancing -- both on stage and on top of the bar. Magician Eric from Le Scandal strolled around and amused guests with magic tricks and illusions. Of course we all counted down to...
Creative Wine Storage Solutions for Small Spaces
Submitted by Brooklyn Winery on Monday, December 12, 2011 - 12:53pmNew Yorkers love their wine. New Yorkers also have very little space to store their wine. If you’re making your own wine at Brooklyn Winery you may be concerned about where you’re going to put all those bottles in your (likely) small apartment. Or maybe you’d like to start a wine collection but your only obstacle is a lack of space. There’s a great wine storage solutions company called Joseph & Curtis that can help you out. They create custom wine storage racks and cellars designed especially for your space, whether it’s a home or a commercial business. We recently spoke with owner Joseph Klein about his wine storage solutions and how they can create a space for you to store your budding (or existing) wine collection. There are quite a few companies out there marketing wine...
On Finding Amazing West Coast Wines in NYC
Submitted by Brooklyn Winery on Friday, December 2, 2011 - 5:25pmWe love wines made from California grapes! In fact, we source many of our winemaking grapes from high quality vineyards in California’s premiere winemaking regions. We’ve already released an elegant 2010 Pinot Noir (we call it “Brooklyn Noir”) produced with grapes from the Russian River Valley, and we are currently aging several other California varietals in our facility, which we will release in the future. In the meantime, if you’re looking to explore California wines like Chardonnay, Zinfandel, or Cabernet Sauvignon but don’t know where to start, California Wine Merchants can lend a helping hand. This lower Manhattan wine shop has already narrowed their selection down to wines from (duh) the great state of California. If you’re in the mood for a California wine and find yourself unable...
Nominate Our Winemaker Conor McCormack for a James Beard Foundation Award
Submitted by Brooklyn Winery on Friday, December 2, 2011 - 1:15pmIf you're at all interested in the food and beverage business, you've probably heard of the James Beard Foundation Awards; they're kind of a big deal. The foundation is currently accepting nominations for their 2012 awards, and one of the categories is "Outstanding Wine and Spirits Professional." We would be eternally grateful if you would please take just a minute of your time to nominate our outstanding winemaker, Conor McCormack, in this category. Submitting a nomination is very easy—just register, click on the "Outstanding Wine and Spirits Professional" link, and then enter Conor's name. Why should you nominate Conor? For starters, TWO of our first-ever wine vintages have already earned awards: our 2010 F.B. Riesling received a gold medal at the 2011 New York Wine & Food...