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It’s 11-11-11, make a wish! If you wished for an amazing *FREE* tasting of 11 wines from around the world at an adorable boutique wine store, it has come true! Harlem Vintage also offering 11% off off any 11 bottles and will be staying open until 11pm. The tasting is from 4-8 but the party continues next door at their bar Nectar where the “wine whisperer” Cynthia will be satisfying all your libation needs. Get the Manchego stuffed dates wrapped in Pancetta… it will blow your mind!

Here are a few examples of what you will be sampling at the tasting:

Fuentenarro “4 Months”

This lovely Tempranillo is a creamy mix of redcurrant, blueberry, plums and ripe peach fill the palate. A medium bodied wine, with sweet ripe tannins, well structured, showing great potential.

Santa Vincenzo Ventoso Morellino di Scansano

This is ablend of 85% Sangiovese, 10% Ciliegiolo and 5% Alicante. It features very outgoing aromas of smoky cherry, violets and leather. In the mouth, it has bright medium-bodied cherryish fruit and finishes very long.

Baglio Dosa Nero d’Avola

A warm and plummy red wine with a touch of raisins and a hint of almonds in the flavor. There’s sufficient acidity to give it structure, but the overall impression is soft as velvet. Although the finish isn’t overly long, ripe and appealing fruit and surprising complexity hold up as a food wine perfectly paired with a juicy brisket or Hungarian stew.

Hannah Nicole Syrah

This powerful Syrah comes from Contra County California in the same region as Turley and Rosenblum which is famous for Zins and Syrahs. This wine explodes with fresh black pepper. Flavorful and rich, it is lush and abounding with flavor, with hints of smoke, cherry and fig.

Hope to see you all there!

Upper East Side Wine Bars

International

1728 2nd Ave. 10128
Cross Streets: 89th & 90th
212-426-0919

Hours: Mon-Thu 5pm-Midnight Fri 5pm-1am Sat Noon-1am Sun Noon-11pm

The first installment of the Cavatappo wine bar group is a COZY wine hang out for Upper East Siders who want a chill experience. Chalkboard menus offer the specials for snacks and wine.

Join strangers at the communal table or vie for one of the few outdoor tables in the warm weather months. Sunday nights they host half-price specials. 60 wines by the glass!?

Word is they have an awesome happy hour special: Two appetizers (i.e., prosciutto, goat cheese and kalamata on toast, or fresh bruschetta, or warm hummus, etc.) and a bottle of wine for $35….!

Lower East Side Wine Bars

French/ Spanish

25 Canal St. 10002
Cross Streets: Division & Rutgers St.
212-475-5505

Hours: Daily 7pm-4am

Listed by NY Magazine as one of the top 5 casual wine bars in NYC in 2008.  It’s a neighborhood spot with a full bar, though it has a modest, yet potent selection of French and Spanish wines that take center stage at this tiny, under-the-radar destination on the edge of Chinatown.

Nibble on some French cheese with a friend or a special someone; the good news is that you can actually have a conversation here at a normal volume. Keep in mind there is no clear signage, so unless you’re up for a healthy jaunt, bring the address.  Amid the neighborhood’s karaoke bars and underground lounges, Clandestino is a quiet breath of fresh air.