Two other wine shops worthy of a visit in NYC if you like German wines are Chambers Street Wine and Crush Wine and Spirits. Astor Wines is good, prices not so much. In and around NYC you'll find discounters that will ship, sometimes tariff free to the city. wine-searcher.com is your best bet to find a deal on the odd label. You mentioned Reuscher-Haart, these guys represent GREAT Uerziger values for the US market. They are brought in by the the big name of US German Wine importation, Terry Theise, not pronounced tye-seh, but these. Regarding your statement about German wine in mass market, Trader Joes is not a good example. Since they are german owned, they have a house brand, which represents their paltry german selection, HOWEVER you will NOT find german reds in the rest of the US mass market. Mostly in mass market will you find crap QbAs with clever labels and Liebfraumilch. The most common german wine in mass market that is drinkable will be Nik Weis' St. Urbans Hof low end stuff. I live in Atlanta and our selection is expensive and weak for german wine. I have mine shipped from the NY/NJ area mostly and it is STILL cheaper with shipping. If you make it west to San Francisco, you must check out the German Wine flagship in the US, DeeVine Wine. Here is where you go for your 1929 BA..... Also the ONLY time I get wine that is close to what europeans pay is when DeeVine has their 50% off a case sale for items they need ridding of. Like $12 for a 2003 Mueller-Catoir Scheurebe Spaetlese, that was a DEAL ! I'm savouring one of those right now....
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Two other wine shops worthy of a visit in NYC if you like German wines are Chambers Street Wine and Crush Wine and Spirits. Astor Wines is good, prices not so much. In and around NYC you'll find discounters that will ship, sometimes tariff free to the city. wine-searcher.com is your best bet to find a deal on the odd label. You mentioned Reuscher-Haart, these guys represent GREAT Uerziger values for the US market. They are brought in by the the big name of US German Wine importation, Terry Theise, not pronounced tye-seh, but these. Regarding your statement about German wine in mass market, Trader Joes is not a good example. Since they are german owned, they have a house brand, which represents their paltry german selection, HOWEVER you will NOT find german reds in the rest of the US mass market. Mostly in mass market will you find crap QbAs with clever labels and Liebfraumilch. The most common german wine in mass market that is drinkable will be Nik Weis' St. Urbans Hof low end stuff. I live in Atlanta and our selection is expensive and weak for german wine. I have mine shipped from the NY/NJ area mostly and it is STILL cheaper with shipping. If you make it west to San Francisco, you must check out the German Wine flagship in the US, DeeVine Wine. Here is where you go for your 1929 BA..... Also the ONLY time I get wine that is close to what europeans pay is when DeeVine has their 50% off a case sale for items they need ridding of. Like $12 for a 2003 Mueller-Catoir Scheurebe Spaetlese, that was a DEAL ! I'm savouring one of those right now....