The Perfect $11 Wine Glass, The Most Expensive Bottle Ever Sold, & Our Guide to Drinking Wine in the East Village

Hello! This past week, we tried a wine from 1869 that was brought over by a few winemakers in Piedmont. You probably have questions, we most certainly do. We’re working on getting answers and will report back once we have more information. It felt like what we hope wasn’t a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

In today’s newsletter, we’re sharing how we spent a day eating and drinking wine in the East Village, along with news on the most expensive wine ever sold at auction and a spotlight on a retailer finding a cheeky way around tariffs.

Enjoy, and thanks for reading!

— Nathan Bodenstein

How to Spend a Day Eating & Drinking Wine in the East Village

The East Village has such a high concentration of quality bars, restaurants, and everything in between that the odds of a good night are almost always in your favor. Instead of putting together another list claiming the “best,” “hottest,” or “top” spots, which can feel like a needless exercise in hierarchy, we mapped out a full day of eating and drinking in the neighborhood, the exact one we had on a dreary winter day. And one we’d happily do over and over again.

Acker Makes History with Sale of World’s Most Expensive Bottle of Wine Ever Sold at Auction

The 1945 Romanée-Conti represents the final vintage produced before Domaine de la Romanée-Conti replanted its oldest vines—grapes that had survived phylloxera, two World Wars and nearly a century of Burgundy history.

A New York vintner raids US wine cellars to skirt Trump's tariffs

What Chris Leon and others we know in New York are doing is finding ways around tariffs by sourcing wine that’s already in the U.S. In our view, this also creates a clear opportunity for retailers, restaurants, and wine bars to differentiate themselves. An interesting read, but, of course, much easier said than done.

Previously Mentioned Articles & Videos

• Nine Producers From Piedmont We Keep Coming Back To

• The Duo Reviving The Ten Bells

• One of Barolo’s Most Coveted Producers Expands Its U.S. Footprint

• Should New York Wine Shops Be Allowed to Sell Non-Alcoholic Products?

• How Impressionist Artists Paved the Way for Declassified French Wine, 

• [Video] Eric Asimov of The New York Times Talks About How He Learned About Wine

• [Video] A Night Out With SWURL, Featuring SuperVinoBros

$25 Dealer’s Choice Bottles at Ten Bells This Saturday

Ten Bells is throwing a party this Saturday from 4pm until very late. Jules Dressner, along with Drin Pacuku and Guillaume Berg, will be spinning records. $25 bottles, good music, and great people behind the bar.

• When: Saturday, April 4th

• Timing: 4pm—late

• Location: Ten Bells, 247 Broome Street

• Original Instagram: Here

• A wine product we love & think you’ll love: the most perfect $11 wine glass.

• Wine recommendation of the week: Anything our friends recommended here.

• A restaurant opening: This new Williamsburg pizzeria that has everyone in the wine industry going crazy. We haven’t been yet, but friends we trust have had nothing but great things to say, including a kitchen that reportedly stays open until 1am on Fridays and Saturdays.

• SWURL-related artwork: The London-based artist we work with just released a small run of original artworks. Each piece is hand-drawn in colored pencil, and once they’re gone, they’re gone. Take a look here!