Non-Existent Customer Service
The Upper West Side, sadly, is a wine enthusiast's nightmare. Lots of wine wannebees - no real contenders.
67 Wine & Spirit is Exhibit A. First, the customer service is non-existent. Even if you go there, as I did, with the name of a recommended wine salesman, either 1.) it's his day-off (how many days off do these guys get? 2.) he's in the basement and can't come upstairs now (nor, apparently, even a half an hour later) 3.) he's on vacation.
I make no claims to be Robert Parker, but I do know a bit, particulalrly about Italian white wines and wines from Burgundy. When I did finally connect with this recommended salesman, I knew more than he did. That dog doesn't hunt.
My advice: schlep to Scrsdale to shop at Zachy's, arguably the best wine store on the East Coast.
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