Key players in Albany are seeking to break the impasse over wine retailing reform in New York State according to one retailer who was contacted. Daniel Posner, managing partner at Grapes the Wine Company in White Plains, NY, tweeted about the new proposal. Two calls to Albany were not returned. MORE >>

Across town and upstate, specialty wine shops such as Chambers Street Wines and Crush Wine and Spirits or Grapes the Wine Company, often broker collections of rare older wines that individual collectors are selling. But the status quo is under threat thanks to new legislation in Albany. Full text of A06884. MORE >>

It’s sunny with a high of 86 today in New York. Tags: New York City wine picks wine shops Although rosé is food-friendly and refreshing for more months than it is usually given credit for, today is classic rosé weather. This wine ($18) from the central Loire had great brightness and an alluring subtlety. MORE >>

So if a sleek wine shop opened in the arcade under the new Goldman Sachs building, you’d expect it to have oversized bottles of first growths and Napa cabs, right? in Valtellina, and Chateau Thivin from Beaujolais among the shop’s 2,500 bottles. New York City wine shops MORE >>

Contrary to some perceptions , New York’s State Liquor Authority does not regulate the prices that retailers charge. Tags: wine shops “Greetings in-store customers: You are all chumps.&#. I’ve never actually heard a wine store broadcast that message over a loudspeaker. We have discussed this issue before. MORE >>