I am interested in hearing from anyone familiar with the Tampa/St
Pete/Sarasota area (jcoulter?) about good wine retailers in the area?
I know firsthand about the problems of finding unusual wines in FL, but
the names of anyone with a good selection (and hopefully decent prices)
would be greatly appreciated.

TIA
Mark Lipton

The ABC Stores in the area are pretty good.

However there is an interesting place for dinner called Bern's Steakhouse.
Also more of Haut Cuisine is Side Bern's.

The reason I mention this is that they at wine time had the largest
underground wine cellar for a restaurant in North America. They still might
now that Windows of the world does not. Plus when dining there you can ask
and usually get a tour of the kitchen and wine cellar. Its real interesting
in the cellar.

Plus, they have a wine shop Berns Fine Wines and Spirits. I highly recomend
the dinner just to tour their cellar. Not to mention that their wine shop
often runs great sales and has an outstanding selection of some unusual
wines for Florida.

Example: I bought some Mouton Rothchild 1994 there about 4 years ago for
$69 a bottle. Great Price.

Here is a link:

http://www.bernsfinewines.com/



"Mark Lipton" > wrote in message
...
> I am interested in hearing from anyone familiar with the Tampa/St
> Pete/Sarasota area (jcoulter?) about good wine retailers in the area?
> I know firsthand about the problems of finding unusual wines in FL, but
> the names of anyone with a good selection (and hopefully decent prices)
> would be greatly appreciated.
>
> TIA
> Mark Lipton
>
>

Bern's is a lot of fun and a very fine steakhouse.
Reservations are mandatory for the restaurant,
not so for the wine store.

Another very good wine shop in the general area
is B-21 in Tarpon Springs, about 10 miles north
of Clearwater: www.b-21.com They have an exceptional
collection of French wines and quite respectable US,
Italian and other major wines along with great Cognac and
SMS. Tarpon Springs is an old Greek-settled sponge
fishing city right on the gulf; the major restaurant there,
Louis Pappas, is under new ownership and doing a good
job.

pavane


"dick" > wrote in message
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> The ABC Stores in the area are pretty good.
>
> However there is an interesting place for dinner called Bern's Steakhouse.
> Also more of Haut Cuisine is Side Bern's.
>
> The reason I mention this is that they at wine time had the largest
> underground wine cellar for a restaurant in North America. They still
might
> now that Windows of the world does not. Plus when dining there you can
ask
> and usually get a tour of the kitchen and wine cellar. Its real
interesting
> in the cellar.
>
> Plus, they have a wine shop Berns Fine Wines and Spirits. I highly
recomend
> the dinner just to tour their cellar. Not to mention that their wine shop
> often runs great sales and has an outstanding selection of some unusual
> wines for Florida.
>
> Example: I bought some Mouton Rothchild 1994 there about 4 years ago for
> $69 a bottle. Great Price.
>
> Here is a link:
>
> http://www.bernsfinewines.com/
>
>
>
> "Mark Lipton" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I am interested in hearing from anyone familiar with the Tampa/St
> > Pete/Sarasota area (jcoulter?) about good wine retailers in the area?
> > I know firsthand about the problems of finding unusual wines in FL, but
> > the names of anyone with a good selection (and hopefully decent prices)
> > would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > TIA
> > Mark Lipton
> >
> >
>
>
>

pavane wrote:

<SNIP>

Thanks to both of you, dick and Pavane. I will take a look at both stores.

Mark Lipton