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Category: Beer, Wine & Spirits [Edit]
Neighborhood: Williamsburg - South SideMetropolitan Ave-Lorimer St (G, L)
We offer free in store wine tastings every Thursday and Friday from 4:30 to 7:30. Drop by to taste some good wines.
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just ordered a couple bottles of wine to be delivered.
im very happy with the service. i didn't know exactly what i wanted but asked them to pick a couple of a certain price. they gave me two good bottles that were under what i was willing to spend and it arrived to my house in a short amount of time free of charge.
will be ordering again!
Rolled into this place off the street on my first full day as a W'burg resident, and ended up getting a terrific Chilean Sauvignon to go with my pizza. A nice looking selection with a great range of prices, and the cashier could hardly have been more friendly.
Haven't yet attended a tasting, but planning on it.
What an amazing and crucial addition to the neighborhood.
Excellent selection - kind of small, but very thoughtful and easy to peruse, which makes an indecisive consumer like me feel like I've made a thorough search without taking an hour. I love the wines I've gotten from here and appreciate the friendly & knowledgeable staff.
I've yet to attend a tasting, but I definitely plan to soon. Also, I LOVE that they offer free delivery -- via bike!
Keep up the great work guys!
As far as I can tell there is only one universally good thing about gentrification - superior wine stores.
Delinquent and running late for a wine-centric garden party, I was greatly helped along by a stop in this shop. Norah and crew had perfect recommendations. The Poivre et Sel Gamay I grabbed stood out next to some heavy hitting competition at the party. Everyone was into it.
It tasted like my high school girlfriend's neck at summer camp. Spritely, recently having fooled around in the dirt, and nectarine sweat tinted with citronella.
Just kidding, I didn't have a girlfriend in high school :(
She was yours.
So happy this place arrived in my neighborhood as there were no good wine stores around. (Just yucky liquor places that have a glass and a cage between you & all the liquors.)
Blue Angel offers wine delivery, wine tastings twice a week, as well as a great selection of reasonably priced (and delicious wine).
The friendly owners give this place a real neighborhood-y feel & it has a quirky vibe to it. A great addition to the neighborhood!!
Awesome staff, great wines and an overall fantastic experience. I explained what I was having for dinner, we discussed the best way to compliment it and they recommended the perfect wine. What more can you say? Oh, ok, well, the whole store smells like fresh cut wood. And the wine they were tasting at the front counter was totally refreshing on a 90 degree day.
They deliver too, which is amazing, but really, you should just go to the store.
I used to work at a different boutique wine shop in Williamsburg and it was there that I learned to love small, old world producers. However, when I quit the gig my access to wine was sadly and significantly reduced. Thankfully, Blue Angel Wines moved in half a block from my house; however, it's not just proximity that won me over.
Their selection is artfully chosen, with a refreshing range of price points. The store itself is beautiful, full of custom raw wood shelving. The staff is helpful, knowledgable, and down to earth. Be sure to sign up for the mailing list - they send very sweet reminders for all their tastings and helpful suggested cases and half-cases.
Finally, my two favorite Blue Angel moments:
1) twenty minutes after closing, they still opened the store for me and another passing and desperate customer
2) at a recent tasting of German and Austrian wines, they offered pickles, cheese and HOMEMADE (by the owners) soft pretzels.
This place is a winner. Definitely worth the extra couple bucks you may pay here, as a consequence that it's a new and unestablished store in an era of crappy Euro to Dollar exchange rate.
Love to support a fantastic new woman-owned business close to home.
We love this place and would consider not moving out of our neighborhood because of them. They always have a fantastic bottle of wine to turn you on to at all price points and are very friendly. The best though, is that they deliver and do it so quickly.
I finally made a trip around the corner to Blue Angel Wines after passing by it numerous times and thinking "I really need to go in there!". I'm so glad I did. This is a fantastic little wine shop, but don't let the size fool you - there are enough types of wine here to satisfy everyone, and any budget. They have a number of bottles under $10 that you won't find everywhere else. And the salesgirl who helped me was great. I asked her for a recommendation and just told her that I wanted a white wine, something a little fruity and very drinkable. She pointed out a few different bottles that fit my criteria and I went with a Spanish bottle that was $10. Can't wait to try it tonight!
Another thing I'm absolutely in love with... It's Monday night and they're open til 10pm! I think I've found my new favorite place. You can also sign up for their email list and they'll email you and tell you when the wine tastings are going to be.
This place is great. I want to give it 5 stars because I really like the owners and their delivery of wine is AMAZING, however their selection is still a bit lacking.
But they are just beginning. What an amazing addition to the neighborhood. I Hope people keep frequenting it, I always fear for new businesses on Grand street this side of the BQE, seems just sort of, well.... eternally doomed.
there are a *lot* of things i love about this place. i'll try to cover a few:
for each wine, there are three bottles on display. not only does this look nice, but it caters to my slightly obsessive compulsive nature and love of threes.
the wines are in larger, open type bookshelves made from beautiful repurposed wood. needless to say, these are the only bookshelves that have ever made me thirsty.
a lot of times when i go to wine stores, the cards that have descriptions of the wines and what they might be paired with seem phoned in. here, i feel like it's the complete opposite. you can tell they LOVE their wine, and put a great deal of thought into both the descriptions and their hand-picked selection of wines.
most bottles average around $14.00, and the quality of what i've tried for the value has been excellent (i did not drink all 13 bottles yet, so don't worry.)
i even got a great suggestion for what to serve with a green tea cheesecake that i was planning on making, and that was kind of an unintentional curveball question. the staff is knowledgeable and helpful and i'm highly confident in their food / wine pairing suggestions.
now, if i only lived closer....
okay girls you did it.
i wanted to hold out a little bit to give you two some headroom to earn that last star.
it's like the michelin rating system.
you just got your fifth star.
i love this place.
Kym and Norah take SUCH good care of my girlfriend and i (winos!)
and, well, we just love it.
spread the word! we don't want this place to close!
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Love this place. So friendly and always helpful. Never feel overwhelmed. Only reason they didnt get 5 stars is because I think they still settling in and could get even better.
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