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Do you have a favorite web site for a local wine merchant?

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Do you have a favorite web site for a local wine merchant?

by Fred Sipe » Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:04 am

I'm looking for examples of web sites for local retail wine stores that may also sell spirits (or not) that appeal to you for ease of use and a look and feel that makes you think they are knowledgeable and approachable.

Thanks in advance for any links you can give me to check out.
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Re: Do you have a favorite web site for a local wine merchant?

by Bob Ross » Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:11 am

My local favorite -- appear and are very knowledgeable: http://www.beekmanwine.com/

They have a monthly newsletter with a featured wine, a local BYO restaurant review, a recipe with wine reccos, several white and red wines of interest, and a short article, all in four pages. There is always a very good stock of the featured wines.

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Re: Do you have a favorite web site for a local wine merchant?

by Howie Hart » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:18 am

http://www.premiergroup.net/ This is where Ed Draves works and they have a very good selection of wines.
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Re: Do you have a favorite web site for a local wine merchant?

by Robin Garr » Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:45 am

Fred Sipe wrote:I'm looking for examples of web sites for local retail wine stores that may also sell spirits (or not) that appeal to you for ease of use and a look and feel that makes you think they are knowledgeable and approachable.

Thanks in advance for any links you can give me to check out.

Fred, I think the Website of Chambers Street Wines, although perhaps a little geeky, does a great job of expressing the personality of the shop, and offers a tremendous amount of information.
http://www.chambersstwines.com/

Another great wine shop site for deep wine info, a site worth bookmarking for wine stuff even if you'll never shop there from the US, is London's Berry Bros & Rudd:
http://www.bbr.com/

By the way, I've moved your post from the Kitchen into the wine section - I think you'll get a lot more replies here, since it's more directly on topic.
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Re: Do you have a favorite web site for a local wine merchant?

by Fred Sipe » Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:01 pm

Thanks Bob, Howie and Robin. Geeze, I must have had too much wine when I posted my question... didn't even think to put it on the other board.
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Re: Do you have a favorite web site for a local wine merchant?

by Dale Williams » Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:35 pm

I was going to post Chambers, Robin beat me.

Local
I think Zachys site is easy to navigate, though 99% of descriptions are either critic reviews or winery blurbs. Winelibrary is good.
http://www.zachys.com
http://www.winelibrary.com
What I don't like:
I love Grapes in Rye as a store, hope they upgrade site at some point (to search by price, one can only search a particular price- $14.99, not $10-20).
http://www.grapesthewineco.com/

Not so local
Not local to me, Premier Cru's (premiercru.net) site is easy to use. No info for most things, assumes you know what you want. Good "my account" section.
WHWC recently upgraded site, think much better than before.

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