From the group behind Absinthe and Comstock Saloon, Arlequin does everything well, including monthly tasting classes and hosting visiting winemakers. They excel in French, but there's also a good selection of natural and California wines.
The selection ranges from cider to Belgian beer to natural wine to local sodas. Oakland's defacto craft beer shop, Beer Revolution always has 50 taps and hundreds of bottles passing through the packed store. Rare, weird and local—Beer Revolution has them all listed on a big blackboard above the bar, and they'll only charge you a buck to drink any of the bottles you pick up on premise.
Back at her shop, the shelves are filled with Italian classics and some more esoteric offerings, as well as a lot of champagne. If you're looking to explore Italy's avant-garde, with a side of grower champagne, Biondivino is your spot and Smith is your girl.
It's also the place to stock up on vermouths, quinquinas, aperitif liqeurs and all the weird modifiers a cocktail nerd needs to recreate the classics. Cask carries wine, but this is a shrine to American whiskey first and foremost. There are two other locations, including one in Berkeley. Built on the premise of a wine bar, the City Beer Store offers a number of taps from which to sample craft beer, but also offers retail like many San Francisco venues.
Aside from the short draft list, there are dozens of bottles and a low corkage fee if you wish to drink one at the bar. New Arrivals View all. Delivered right to your door. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter New York Magazine called our weekly newsletter "indispensable". It's also free. View all. Cool Climate Micro-Production Syrah Lovers of both the great California Syrahs of years past and those whose Syrah palate vier towards the northern Rhone will find a lot to enjoy in these brooding and complex wines.
In other parts of the world he is more well known and a world class Muay Thai champion. Eleven years later, Gavin's running for Governor and I'm still at SFist, but I never have to go to Sacramento and am not wearing hair gel so jury's out on who won that one.
The business grew into one that encompassed wineries, cafes, clothing, and far more , but the OG Fillmore wine store and another in Noe Valley that opened in are still going strong.
Now, don't expect Gavin who went into rehab for alcohol abuse in to wait on you when you hit either location — though Newsom's mission statement of "demystifying the wine buying experience and removing the intimidation factor" remains on the site, he sold off all of his shares in the SF business when he was elected mayor.
But his ethos still stands, as both have a solid selection of highbrow and accessible wines, as well as a helpful, attentive, non-snooty staff. One reason for their remarkable selection: As opposed to many wine shops that have a single buyer, SFWTC sources their stock "by consensus," because "we believe a democratic process assures the best products for our customers and allows us to accommodate all budgets and tastes.
The product of purveyors Dagan Ministero, Guilhaume Gerard, and Luc Ertoran, this airy two-level Folsom Street warehouse space has done steady since business since its vintage. Shop by day, by night it's a romantic wine date den. But if you're treating, keep in mind that Terroir's natural emphasis can lead them to eschew Californian winemakers for international ones, many of very, ahem, high-end.
Photo: Ed U. For the ballers, this place has plenty of nice European stuff you can cart home by the case. Cask 17 Third Street, mostly a high-end booze store, but they have a tight if small collection of wine if you're in a pinch.
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