raise your GLASS: Wine Spot expands

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There is something almost magical about the newly expanded Wine Spot. Once you cross the threshold you are transported to somewhere else. You leave behind the feeling of a fast paced city, time slows down, and you even lose track of where you are.
  

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The first floor of the 200-year-old Greenwich Village row house, that used to be Tea Spot, is newly renovated and the new addition to Wine Spot. Upstairs is rustic—heavy and wooden, and modern—metallic and delicate at the same time. Intimate details and ornate flourishes on the lower level also bring you out of the now, allowing you to comfortably drink deeply your wine, taste fully your tapas and occasionally be enchanted by the sounds of rhythmic flamenco.

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The harmonious and eclectic aesthetic is translated to the beverage program and tasty food menu and created by owner and sommelier Gabriela Arzola. The cozy wine bar hosts a wide sampling of wines by the glass or the bottle at affordable prices. Arzola compares the study of wine to “traveling the world.” Her curated wine list allows patrons to visit France, Chile and Germany, amongst others, via wine glass. Arzola has crafted “Wine Flights,” which are tastings of different wines, creating veritable tours of Italy, Spain and California.

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Wine Spot holds onto its past as well, paying homage to the Tea Spot that once occupied the first floor. It mixes up cocktails, which can be prepared without alcohol, most featuring global teas that were available at the Tea Spot. 
 

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Arzola emphasizes that the food offered at Wine Spot “is as varied as the wine selection.” The menu tickles many different corners of the world with tapas-like dishes, like chicken satay, Spanish chorizo, Venezuelan beef arepas, and Gorgonzola filled meatballs, all produced with high quality ingredients. Large and small meat and cheese platters with optional wine pairings are also on the menu, creating a dynamic experience. 
 

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Wine Spot is a place where you can forget, but will not be forgotten. The carefully orchestrated food and wine menus ensure there is something for everyone. For those who are not wine experts, the staff is extremely helpful in decoding wine, but there is also plenty for the connoisseurs to relish. Arzola explains that Wine Spot already has regulars and the “clientele likes to come and sit with a glass of wine and do work.” It has become a neighborhood spot, where old friends can chat over cheese and wine after work, or new friends can get to know each other sharing sliders. Wine Spot offers wine, but also a vacation across time and space, an escape.

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Wine Spot

127 Macdougal St

New York, NY 10012

Ph. (212) 505-1248

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