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Union Square Wines & Spirits

140 Fourth Ave., New York, NY 10003 40.733521 -73.989893
at 13th St. See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-675-8100 Send to Phone

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Price Range: ($$) Mid-Range
Type: Gourmet Marketplace
Products & Services: Wine

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Official Website

unionsquarewines.com

Hours

Mon-Sat, 9am-10pm; Sun, noon-7pm

Nearby Subway Stops

4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R at 14th St.-Union Sq.

Payment Methods

American Express, Diners Club, Discover, MasterCard, Visa

Product Guide

Gourmet

Wine

Special Features

Open After 9pm (at least 3 days a week)

Profile

The days of in-store wine tastings as we know themï¿½oenophiles and freeloaders making small talk with importers as they sip contemplatively from plastic cupsï¿½may be over. The future is upon us, in the form of a nifty new gizmo imported from Tuscany and installed in the recently relocated Union Square Wines & Spirits. The Enomatic wine system stores 48 open bottles, preserving them with argon gas, and dispensing 15-milliliter tastes at the swipe of a card. Points are deducted based on the wine's value, and added in a five-to-one ratioï¿½spend $10 on wine, get 50 points. Getting Italian software to communicate with the shop's own was a bit of a challenge, though. When something goes wrong, says wine director Jesse Salazar, "it makes an Italian-sounding boing noise. — Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld