Read about Verve Wine in the Tribeca Citizen Shopping Guide.
Two local hospitality folks -- from Forge and Verve Wine -- have started a monthly delivery service for small-production wines.
Plus: South End Avenue discussion; Verve Wine opening West Coast store; 3 World Trade Center is just over a third leased; local radio broadcast.
Plus: Open studios at New York Academy of Art; Verve Wines is opening a West Coast store; Earth Day rally this Saturday to protest Trump's agenda; 60 Hudson's non-Tribeca "Tribeca" signage. / 3 comments
Fans of the hit documentary "Somm"—and wine in general—will want to visit the Verve Wine shop: One of the film's stars, Master Sommelier Dustin Wilson, is a partner in the venture. "My background is in restaurants, and I want to inject that level of hospitality into the store," he says. / 1 comment
Plus: Views of 56 Leonard as the hoist comes down; Baked is getting a facelift; egregious police parking; 70 Vestry pokes up above ground; Target enthusiasm; 24 Hubert Wines is back; action at a Washington Street storefront?
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