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Recommendations
8 Stuyvesant Street, New York, NY 10003 (view map)
T: 212.777.5415
For interesting cocktails.
East Village
Cocktails
BLUE HILL
75 Washington Pl., New York, NY 10011 (view map)
T: 212.539.1776 (make a reservation)
Love the philosophy of local/seasonal food, and they coax the flavors out so well. Always have a great dinner, and the room is very comfortable.
West Village
New American
PEGU CLUB
For interesting cocktails.
Soho
Cocktails
For inexpensive wines and good for wine geeks.
Lower East Side
Wine Bar
THE COUNTING ROOM
For the wine geek.
Williamsburg
Wine / Bar
CRU
Doing interesting wine and food pairings in the bar.
Greenwich Village
European
DANIEL
60 East 65th Street, New York, NY 10065 (view map)
T: 212.288.0033 (make a reservation)
For breadth and depth [of their wine list].
Upper East Side
French
ELEVEN MADISON PARK
11 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010 (view map)
T: 212.889.0905 (make a reservation)
Great for wines by the glass.
Gramercy / Flatiron
American
Great for late night.
West Village
Italian
LA PIZZA FRESCA
For pizza.
Flatiron/ Gramercy
Italian/ Pizza
LUPA OSTERIA ROMANA
170 Thompson Street, New York, NY 10012 (view map)
T: 212.982.5089 (make a reservation)
Fresh and intense, all the stuff you want to eat everyday. Always have a satisfying meal there, have never been disappointed.
Greenwich Village
Italian
Inexpensive, seasonal, fresh, comfortable.
East Village
American
For inexpensive wines and good for wine geeks.
Lower East Side
Wine Bar
Great for wines by the glass.
East Village
Wine Bar
Great for wines by the glass.
Tribeca
Wine Bar
VERITAS
43 E. 20th St., New York, NY 10003 (view map)
T: 212.353.3700 (make a reservation)
For breadth and depth.
Flat Iron
New American/ French
Noho
Wine/ Liquor Retailer
Wine/Liquor Retailer
Tribeca
CHEZ PANISSE
1517 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709 (view map)
T: 510.548.5049 (make a reservation)
Possibly my favorite restaurant in the world. I've had the greatest tastes of things ever there, and very simple. Extremely comfortable cafe upstairs, incredible flavors, the best pluot ever, the best grapes, incredibly fresh intense ingredients.
North Berkeley / Oakland
American
MA CUISINE
Passage Sainte-Hélène, Beaune, France 21200 (view map)
T: +33/(0)3.80.22.30.22
Unbelievably fresh ingredients, excellent low key homey food, stereotypical amusing cranky French owner, good list of villages, 1er and grand cru with some bottle age, prices pretty good.
Beaune
French
WEIBEL’S
Kumpfgasse , 1010 Vienna, Austria (view map)
T: +43/(0)1.512.39.86
They drink wine very young, you could always find 5-10 year old riesling and gruner smaragds on the list there, and their schnitzel is amazing. Great old world, traditional Viennese restaurant.
Vienna
Austrian
CÔTE D’OR
A Celebration of the Great Wines of Burgundy
Purchase at: Amazon.com
Author: Clive Coates
BORDEAUX
A Consumer's Guide to the World's Finest Wines
I don't like Robert Parker's taste in wine, but as informational documents, his books on Bordeaux and the Rhone are excellent.
Purchase at: Amazon.com
Author: Robert Parker
THE WINES OF THE RHONE VALLEY AND PROVENCE
I don't like Robert Parker's taste in wine, but as informational documents, his books on Bordeaux and the Rhone are excellent.
Purchase at: Amazon.com
Author: Robert Parker
WINES OF THE RHONE VALLEY
Revised and Expanded Edition
I don't like Robert Parker's taste in wine, but as informational documents, his books on Bordeaux and the Rhone are excellent.
Purchase at: Amazon.com
Author: Robert Parker
GIACOMO CONTERNO
Piedmont, Italy
Imported by: Polaner Selections
ROBERT CHEVILLON
Burgundy, France
Imported by: Kermit Lynch
COMTE LIGER-BELAIR
Burgundy, France
COPAIN WINES
California, USA
AGNÈS ET RENÉ MOSSE
Mosse makes delicious Anjou Blanc and Anjou Rouge, from Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Franc respectively.
Loire, France
Imported by: Louis / Dressner Selections
NOEL VERSET
THIERRY PUZELAT
Thierry Puzelat is one of the best in my opinion, he makes a Malbec (called Cot) called "In Cot We Trust", the 07 and 08 are terrific.
Loire, France
Imported by: Louis / Dressner Selections
TUE- BOEUF
Tue-Boeuf makes Pinot Noirs and Gamays, and blends of the two that are racy and delicious
Loire, France
Imported by: Louis / Dressner Selections
WINE DIRECTOR AT BAR HENRY (WEST VILLAGE) & CIANO (FLATIRON) - NEW YORK, NY
Who
Wine Director at Bar Henry and Wine Director at Ciano.
Why
John’s background includes being Wine Director at Blue Hill, Sommelier/Cellar Master at Washington Park and subsequently Cru. In 2009, he developed the unique wine program for Bar Henry and in 2010, launched the wine program at newly opened Italian restaurant, Ciano.
Sommelier John Slover | Recommendations
May 26, 2010
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John Slover’s recommendations on where to eat and drink in New York, Vienna, and Burgundy.
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