Kingston Wine Co.

06/01/2022

05/28/2022

Grab a glass, we have some news.

After nearly a decade of sharing favorite bottles and magical memories with you, I’ll be trading the Catskill mountains for the warmth of south Florida…family calls and a yearning for experimentation is smoldering. I’m excited to start my next chapter down south, and I’d like to share an update on Kingston Wine Co.

KWCo. will be in the extremely talented hands of the crew behind Ollie’s Pizza in High Falls. I’m confident that this group will be tip top stewards — focusing on real wine, a warm welcome and putting their souls into the shop you’ve helped build.

When I made the difficult but necessary decision to begin the process of finding a new owner for the shop, I sought out the crew behind Ollie’s - husband and wife duo Sophie Peltzer-Rollo and Innis Lawrence along with their best friend and partner Ilan Bachrach - knowing they have a natural sense of warm hospitality, a love of food and wine, and a vision of bringing thoughtful community-minded businesses to upstate New York that was very much aligned with my own inspiration.

In just about a week, you’ll see new owner Sophie at the shop. Welcome her! She is smart and humble and I promise you, she will make you feel at home. I look forward to seeing this little shop continue to bring natural, organic and biodynamic goodies to you for many years to come with her at the helm. And if you haven’t already been served meatballs and broccolini at her restaurant Ollie’s, go now!

SO! Thank YOU for following along for nearly a decade as we’ve taken risks — filling up all the shelves in a tiny waterfront town 2 hours from the city with funky and ‘flawed’ and beautiful wine. Your kindness, graciousness and loyalty are forever tattooed on our hearts. Thank you for walking through our doors — they are still open to fulfill all of your fermented dreams.

05/10/2022

A new textural orange wine, Brisat, from Penedes is the perfect spring skin-contact wine. The Suriol family has been farming in northern Spain since the 1600’s and converted to fully organic for about 35 years. Their Azimut project allows them to promote other families farming organically in the region. This beauty is spicy and sessionable. A real winner for under $20!

04/02/2022

A house fave, Bisson’s Glera Vino Frizzante, must be in your glass this spring. It’s lacy, lip-smacking and bone dry. A stunning everyday value for $17.99. Don’t miss this go-to KWCo approved fizz.

03/18/2022

It’s going to be 70 friggin degrees in NY and you must have a glass of Dolores Cabrera’s 2020 Canary Island rosado. It’s the liquified terroir of the island of Tenerife and pops from the glass with a broad personality. Salty, cherry 🍒, spice, umami. Sessionable. Only $20 and made with ❤️.

03/17/2022

Celestial Canary Island rosado by the talented Dolores Cabrera Fernandez is now in stock. Salty, savory and serious. It’s gonna be 70 fawkin degrees here tomorrow. This needs to be in your glass.

02/25/2022

Nadia Verrua's old vine Barbera is the quintessential snow day wine. Full bodied, baritone, rustic and savory. Should pair nicely with a buttery bowl of pasta. La padronina of Cascina Tavijn works her small parcels in an overlooked area of Asti with care, color, and curiosity. Her wines ,for the most part, are vinified in large casks or botti of slavonian oak and this Barbera is aged in Concrete vats...a perfect platform to capture the pure depth and cornucopia of flavors. Nadia strives to add no sulphur if possible. The 2019 is dialed in and superlative. Label designed by the talented .

02/19/2022

When a winter squall comes to town. So grateful for this corner, our people, and this beautiful beast of a building.

02/18/2022

The recently arrived, soon to vanish and furiously digestible Les Vins Pirouttes Eros skin contact blend from Alsace is an ambrosial delight. A dynamic and inspiring project meant to buttress young farmers and makers. A stunning wine for an incredible price….only $19.99 today!

02/03/2022

A raw, murky mouthful of life from Warren, Maine. We loooove and the newly arrived / freshly released Morphos Pet-Nat which is a frothy glass of pure joy and fun. It’s actually a blend of Seyval and Cayuga( not Chardonnay:) sourced from close contacts in the Finger Lakes region of NY. Only $19.99 today! Link in bio!

01/27/2022

Our North American buyer, penned a few impassioned words about Mountain Moscatel being crafted by . Below are a few of her words. On sale today for $29.99!
Four hours northwest from Mexico City lies Querétaro. A wine region far away from the “Goldielocks” zone for growing wine grapes. Querétaro defies old-school notions about this zone and proves that grapes can successfully thrive in unexpected places. Dwarfed in size and fame by the well known Baja peninsula region to the north, this region is known for its sparkling wine. The Sierra Madre Oriental is the central mountain range that fosters this diversity of microclimates hospitable to viticulture. It’s the southern part of a longer spine of mountains that extends farther north up into the Cascades.

Nestled 1,900 meters above sea level is where the mountain Muscat from Tierra del Peña thrives. The altitude fosters cool climate viticulture and vinification. The grapes see warm sun-kissed days contrasted by breezy temperatures at night that slows ripening. This high altitude is an ideal temperature for crisp, mineral wines. Brothers Luis and Roberto Aburto not only make memorable sparkling wine but also manage to tend a working farm with chickens and other crops. This is all within view from the iconic Peña de Bernal rock formation that inspired their name.

“Flow” Pet-Nat is 100% Muscat planted on clay and chalky soils. The native yeast fermentation begins in stainless steel tanks. Then true to classic pet-nat style is bottled with the lees. These active yeasts carry on the fermentation while the bubbles are trapped inside the bottle. No Sulfur added anywhere, anytime. Completely dry but clocks-in at delicate 9% alcohol. Crystalline, juicy and aromatic muscat that tastes like the warm sun it’s grown under.

01/07/2022

Excited to receive a fresh batch of fruit wine from which is an ambitious, experimental , and creative project of fruit wines and ciders. These are sourced from organic and bio-d vineyards/orchards. The iteration above is a toothsome co-ferment of Sauvignon Blanc and Pears. Citrusy, kinetic, and briny. A perfect low-abv libation for those celebrating a dry-ish January. Arriving today and we are over the moon.

12/29/2021

The illuminating and revelatory Si Rose crafted at Domaine Binner in Alsace was one of our favorite wines this past year. It’s a singular expression of creative, joyful winemaking that yields a piercingly aromatic and quaffable orange wine. The pinot gris and Gewurztraminer are macerated on the skins giving this wine a tactile touch and jaw dropping hue. We have about 10 bottles left in stock at $31.99–and could be a wonderful way to open up your NYE celebrations.

12/27/2021

The illuminating and revelatory Si Rose crafted at Domaine Binner in Alsace was one of our favorite wines this past year. It’s an elusive, singular expression of creative and joyful winemaking that yields a piercingly aromatic and quaffable orange wine. The pinot gris and Gewurztraminer are macerated on the skins giving this wine a tactile touch and jaw dropping hue. We have about 10 bottles left in stock at $31.99–and could be a wonderful way to open up your NYE celebrations.

12/09/2021

What sparkling wine are you drinking this holiday season? To some (us), Elbling is a religion. All are welcome. Don’t miss the Sekt by the fine folks .wein It’s fizzy, fun, and frivolous. And it’s a damn fine value on sale this month for only $19.99! Oh, and the shirt, it’s sale too for that special Elbling fanatic in your life. Available in all sizes. DM us for purchasing info.

11/23/2021

Our 3 Liter Bocksbeutel offering of ‘s Silvaner to the Oenophilia’s Oracle. This week we’re open 12-7pm every day except Thanksgiving Day for all your celestial needs.