Wines I Keep Buying

Ellen Maris

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Not a sommelier, not trying to be one \u2014 just a Queens girl who remembers which bottle made you go \"ooh\" at dinner and writes it down before the subway swallows the memory. These are the ones I actually go back for, from the bodega-adjacent to the special-occasion splurge. Ranked by nothing except how many times I've bought them again (some multiple times, no shame).

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Wines I Keep Buying — 7 items
Name	Wine	Where I Get It	Why I Keep Buying It
1Ch\u00e2teau Musar Jeune Red	Ch\u00e2teau Musar Jeune Red, Lebanon	Chambers Street Wines, 148 Chambers St, Manhattan	Tastes like a fable someone told you at dinner. Weird, smoky, a little wild \u2014 my go-to when I want to seem interesting at a potluck.
2Nicolas Feuillatte Brut Champagne	Nicolas Feuillatte Brut Champagne, France	Discovery Wines, 1097 2nd Ave, Manhattan	My \"the Mets won and I need to celebrate before they blow the next one\" bottle. Reliable, bubbly, doesn't break the guidance-counselor budget.
3Vietti Barbera d'Asti	Vietti Barbera d'Asti, Italy	Union Square Wines & Spirits, 33 Union Square W, Manhattan	Juicy, a little tart, goes with literally anything I'm reheating on a Tuesday. This is my subway-tote-novel wine \u2014 unpretentious company.
4Domaine Tempier Bandol Ros\u00e9	Domaine Tempier Bandol Ros\u00e9, France	Crush Wine & Spirits, 153 E 57th St, Manhattan	The ros\u00e9 that made me stop apologizing for liking ros\u00e9. Structured, savory, worth the splurge once summer actually shows up.
5Cune Rioja Crianza	CVNE (Cune) Rioja Crianza, Spain	Frankly Wines, 344 Greenwich St, Manhattan	Ten dollars-ish of pure comfort. I bring this to every friend's apartment because it always fits, like a good cardigan.
6Muscadet Sur Lie, Domaine de la P\u00e9pi\u00e8re	Muscadet Sur Lie, Domaine de la P\u00e9pi\u00e8re, Loire Valley	Uva Wines, 199 W Broadway, Manhattan	Salty and bracing, made for a dozen oysters or, realistically, a bag of pretzels on my stoop after a museum day that stunned me.
7Yalumba Bush Vine Grenache	Yalumba Bush Vine Grenache, Barossa Valley	Winesby Namdor, 79-01 37th Ave, Jackson Heights, Queens	Found this near home and now I can't shut up about it. Juicy, warm, a little peppery \u2014 basically Queens in a glass.