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Chelsea Wine Vault

Chelsea Market
75 Ninth Ave., New York, NY 10011 40.742228 -74.004508
nr. 15th St.  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-462-4244 Send to Phone

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  • Price Range: ($$) Mid-Range
  • Type: Gourmet Marketplace
  • Products & Services: Wine
Photo by Nataly Levich

Official Website

chelseawinevault.com

Hours

Mon-Sat, 10am-8pm; Sun, noon-6pm

Nearby Subway Stops

A, C, E at 14th St.; L at Eighth Ave.

Payment Methods

American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa

Product Guide

Gourmet

  • Wine

Profile

Browsing within this cavernous, brick-walled wineshop can feel something like being a wandering Lilliputian in an out-of-service oven, but these arched, fortified walls encase anywhere from 700 to 1,000 labels at a time; a hefty stock for a store that was an afterthought for its owners. Frustrated by lack of storage options for his personal wine collection, Don Kurt teamed up with Dan and Sara Barteluce (who had been holding Kurt's cache in their New Jersey home) to launch Chelsea Wine and Storage in 1997: 10,000 square feet of Chelsea Market that now contains the wine lists of Gotham Bar and Grill, The River Café, and Craft, as well as the stock of private holders. But it was the landlord who suggested a ground-level retail area at the time, and Vault was born. The storage facility lurks below the shop, and though you can't buy out Jeffrey Chodorow's hidings, you will find interesting small-producer picks like Black Sears of Howell Mountain who sell most of their grapes to big Zinfandel brands but prepare small batches for retail and occasionally bargain prices. In addition to wine, Vault carries a hearty selection of port, sake, spirits, and sparkling wine—from Schramsberg Blanc de Blanc (the first Chardonnay sparkler in America) to those standby Clicquots.

Party Time

In addition to Riedel glassware, the Vault carries oenophile gifts like board games, books, DVDs, and the requisite wrapping.

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