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We look at navigating the world of wine kind of like a treasure hunt. All it takes is one toe-curling wine that blows you away and all of the sudden you are compelled to seek out more. The adventure and sport comes into play in trying to find that next wine at a great price. Anyone (who has lots of money or a flexible expense account) can drop a few hundred dollars on a bottle of 1998 Latour and have a wonderful experience, but where is the find? That sense of personal gratification that only comes when you feel like maybe, just maybe, you beat the system. The great values are the real jewels in the search.

SUPERNACULAR – adjective – A description of wine so superlative that it’s drunk to the very last drop – proved by upturning the empty glass upon one’s fingernail and ensuring that not a single drip forms theron.

Psst. Come in a little closer, we want to share a secret. You know how you’re always asking us what the great value wines are? Not the $6 bottle that tastes as cheap as it costs – innocuously passing through your mouth leaving barely a hint of its presence - but the $11 bottle that could easily be mistaken for a wine brought out on a special occasion. Well, we believe we’ve found one and it showed up in the most unexpected place.

What lucky little New Yorkers we are. First the grand opening of the new and improved Astor Wines and Spirits and now, we get Trader Joe’s Wine Shop. It’s a wine cornucopia all packed neatly in one square mile. With such great options, so close (or conveniently located next to subways), we realized there was only one thing to do – hold a wine-off. May the best wine purveyor win.

February 11: Raw Desserts at Organic Academics

As Gothamist brought the glass of Hermitage to our mouth we experienced what could only be described as the “Beggin’ Strips” moment. It was subtle but unmistakable – the aroma of bacon.