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“Corkbuzz Wine Studio”

Occasion:	Cuisine:	Area:	Cost:	Rating:
Night Out	New American	Gramercy	Moderate	Good

bar with a friend, snacking on chef Hayan Yi’s seasonally inspired, ingredient-driven menu with dishes like bone marrow with Bayley Hazen cheese and marmalade or Korean-style fried oysters with scallion pancake batter. Thursday you might be engaged in an advanced seminar on Starting a Collection, Friday you might be enjoying a regional tour of the wines of Argentina, and Saturday you might find yourself coming in for BYOB night, sharing your favorite bottles with a table of fellow wine lovers. Sundays are special here too. Once a month, they serve Sunday Supper—a family-style meal with wine pairings served around the community table. Seriously, if you’re ever at a loss as to what to do, rest assured there’s something great going on at Corkbuzz. It’s like a playground for big wine kids.

Maniec’s wine list offers around 35 wines by the glass and about 250 bottles from all over the world, with a focus on wines she is passionate about. “We try to pick some recognizable grape varietals and regions as well as some esoteric and undiscovered regions or up and coming producers,” she explained. “We curated the list so that we don't have 10 California Chardonnays, but rather four wines that represent the category at different price points and then we change the list often to keep our guests and ourselves constantly learning.”

A passion of Maniec’s is Champagne (she worked in the region for a harvest season), she has always wanted more people to drink Champagne, not just for special occasions, but also as an every day wine. To make this happen, she’s started a "Champagne Campaign." They mark all the wines down at 50% after 10pm until closing to help encourage diners to try wines they might not otherwise be able to afford. To give you an idea of what this might mean for you: A Krug for $148 and Ruinart Rose for $75 are just some of the values.

I spent a terrific evening exploring Maniec’s wine list while celebrating my birthday last week with Jamie and Susie. We were seated at the community table, located beyond the long buzzing bar, a convivial wine-drinking zone populated by those this side of young, and that side of middle aged, and groups of singles, marrieds, and just looking for fun. While the bar is quite an interactive spot, so is the communal table—an oversized slab of butcher block flanked by linen draped arm chairs so comfortable you might w ... [more, click below]

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Posted: June 15, 2012

Other restaurants in Gramercy :
+ Casa Mono/Bar Jamon   + Pure Food & Wine   + Parea   + Gramercy Tavern (Lunch)   + 15 East   + Tocqueville   + Irving Mill   + Bar Milano   + Irving Mill   + Maialino   + Asellina   + Corkbuzz Wine Studio   + Breads, by guest reviewer Tracy Weiss   

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