Start spreading the news…New York State has some delicious wine and cheese! Here at the Greene Grape, we take pride in supporting local and independent producers who use responsible and sustainable methods to create their products. From the Finger Lakes to the Hudson Valley to the streets under Crown Heights in Brooklyn, New York terroir plays an important role in creating unforgettable flavors in the products we love! Join our beverage expert and cheesemonger for a class that will definitely put you in an Empire State of rind.
In this class, guests will:
taste 3 cheeses and 3 wines from New York with our beverage expert and cheesemonger
hear about each producer, their methods and history, and why we choose to showcase their product
learn how to properly taste wine and cheese with our staff
get tips on how to pair wine and cheese
enjoy family-style snacks during the class
take home tasting notes and a special offer just for class participants
More Info: Class duration is approximate and may vary by 10-15 minutes. All participants must be able to show ID to prove they are 21 or older. All food is served family-style, and allergies can be accommodated with advance notice. No refunds are offered for classes and events. 3 business days’ notice is required to receive a credit or transfer to a future class or event. We reserve the right to reschedule or cancel a class or event due to unforeseen circumstances, inclement weather or otherwise. In the event of a class or event cancellation, we will contact you directly at the phone number or email address you have provided to offer a full refund or credit to transfer to a future class or event. Please feel free to contact [email protected] with any questions!
Have you ever wished you could escape the city heat and drink a Mai Tai on the beach somewhere instead? Well here at Annex, we can’t bring you the beach, but we can bring you the beverage. It’s no secret that tiki cocktails are having a moment, but do you know their origins? Our beverage experts sure do, and they can’t wait to share it with you! So “rum, don’t walk” to our Origins of Tiki class!
In this class, guests will:
discover the history of tiki cocktails and learn about where each famous drink comes from
taste 3 different rums on their own, and then in a basic tiki cocktail
learn how to properly taste rum with our beverage expert
get tips on how to make great tiki drinks at home
enjoy family-style snacks during the class
take home tasting notes, recipes, and a special offer just for class participants
About the Instructor: Sam Kling is a Brooklyn-based Wine & Spirits professional with a decade of experience in the beverage industry, after previously working as a photographer and darkroom technician. He’s an avid home cocktail enthusiast, as well as a collector of ceramic tiki mugs, exotica records, ephemera, rum and other rare spirits. He credits his fascination for the genre to his great-grandparents mid-century basement tiki bar. Sam is the General Manager and buyer for Greene Grape Wine & Spirits.
More Info: Class duration is approximate and may vary by 10-15 minutes. All participants must be able to show ID to prove they are 21 or older. All food is served family-style, and allergies can be accommodated with advance notice. No refunds are offered for classes and events. 3 business days’ notice is required to receive a credit or transfer to a future class or event. We reserve the right to reschedule or cancel a class or event due to unforeseen circumstances, inclement weather or otherwise. In the event of a class or event cancellation, we will contact you directly at the phone number or email address you have provided to offer a full refund or credit to transfer to a future class or event. Please feel free to contact [email protected] with any questions!
Wines and ciders and beers, oh my! Rosé may be the official beverage of the summertime, but do you know how it’s made? Put on your rosé-colored glasses and join our Beverage Experts as they guide you through a tasting of our favorite pink drinks. We’ve chosen 5 beverages from producers that we believe deserve to be highlighted because of their dedication to creating high quality products that benefit the environment, their employees, and consumers alike.
In this class, guests will:
discover the process of making each beverage and how each one gets its unique shade of pink
hear about each producer and why we choose to showcase their product
learn how to properly taste wine, cider, and beer with our Beverage Experts
get tips on how to pair each beverage with food
enjoy family-style snacks including bread, cheese, and charcuterie
take home tasting notes and a special offer just for class participants
About the Instructor: Michele Thomas is Assistant General Manager of Greene Grape Wine & Spirits, a writer, & Certified Sommelier with deep roots in the world of food, wine, & education. As Executive Editor of the International Culinary Center (formerly The French Culinary Institute), she edited recipes & developed curriculum materials for the school’s cooking and wine courses in New York and California, as well as L’Ecole, the school’s Michelin Bib Gourmand-rated restaurant. Michele is the co-author of Culinary Careers for Dummies (Wiley), with Chef Annette Tomei & Tracey Vasil Biscontini, & the author of Sodium & Oxygen (Rosen) two middle grade science books for children. Her writing about food, wine, & culture has appeared in The New Yorker, Edible Brooklyn, Activist Philanthropist, BestofNJ.com, and Garnish, the mobile bartending academy for wine & spirits professionals in Africa. When not selling or writing about hooch, she can be found in Bed Stuy with Pickles & Mimzy, her tiny feline overlords, & documenting adventures in food & wine on Instagram & Twitter as @bedstuysomm.
More Info: Class duration is approximate and may vary by 10-15 minutes. All participants must be able to show ID to prove they are 21 or older. All food is served family-style, and allergies can be accommodated with advance notice. No refunds are offered for classes and events. 3 business days’ notice is required to receive a credit or transfer to a future class or event. We reserve the right to reschedule or cancel a class or event due to unforeseen circumstances, inclement weather or otherwise. In the event of a class or event cancellation, we will contact you directly at the phone number or email address you have provided to offer a full refund or credit to transfer to a future class or event. Please feel free to contact [email protected] with any questions!
Join us for our first annual summer catering soiree! After months of recipe testing and styling our new menu, we’d like to invite you for an evening of eating, drinking, and mingling with our team and our community. Join us at 7:00pm on Wednesday, June 26th for a sneak peek of our new catering program before its official launch.
Enjoy complimentary tastes of our menu items, sip some bubbly, and meet the chefs, bakers, cheesemongers, and managers behind all your favorite platters! Bring your friends, coworkers, and family. Mix and mingle with our community and bring your business card for a chance to win some great door prizes.
Come help us celebrate our newest endeavor as we continue feeding our Fort Greene friends!
Come in and taste some delicious sips and nibbles with our fabulous producers! On Saturday from 2-5, we’ll nosh on Stylish Spoon’s Gluten/Dairy/Soy-Free Vegan Cookies! Prefer to shop Sunday? We’ll start the day off with Recoup Beverage ginger juices from 11-2, followed by Simply Soupreme’s soup-to-go from 2-5, and finish off with dessert from Malai Ice Cream from 5-8pm!
On Monday evening, we’ll be hosting Hot Spoon’s chutneys and spreads from 5-8pm, each a unique flavor that will taste great glazing or alongside your holiday main course, drizzled on cheeses, and so much more!
We’re kicking off our weekend demos early this week, with Sound Sparkling Tea on Friday from 4-7pm! Come taste each of their flavors and stock up for the warm weekend!
On Saturday, we welcome Harlem based Egunsi Foods, fresh, filling soups made with traditional West-African recipes, between 11-2pm. Afterwards from 4-7pm, Hella Cocktail Co will be here doling out tastes of their Margarita and Moscow Mule mixes!
Provisions catering team will make a special appearance from 5-7pm at Wine & Spirits. Come by 765 Fulton St. for a special wine pairing. We’ll be serving the Chateau Rouet’s Cotes de Provence Rosé with our Mediterranean Grilled Chicken Skewers and House Made Tzatziki Sauce.
Sunday we get a little spicy with Forward Roots, a pair of locally made fermented chili pastes, traditional and vegan, used for making your own kimchi, or adding a spicy twang to your soups, grain bowls, in marinades and more! Meet the maker from 11-2, and learn her favorite recipes and uses for these unique flavors.
Join us this weekend for some tasty tastings! On Saturday, 3/23 from 11-2, we’ll be hosting the makers from NYrture Natto, our city’s own probiotic, hand made fermented soybean artisans. Afterwards, from 2-5, Goody’s Granola will be here, doling out nibbles of their Brooklyn made granola.
If you plan on shopping on Sunday, come check out one of our newest brands to hit the freezer case, Sweet Nova, from 11-2. This “superfood nice cream” comes in 3 raw, vegan flavors that’s perfect for cool breakfast or a delightful dessert. From 2-5, we welcome back Hot Spoon Preserves, a range of yummy jams made right here in Brooklyn.
Monday evening shoppers get tastes too! Fabalish will be here, offering bites of their baked falafel, with a dab of their vegan faba-based Tzatziki and Spicy sauce, between 5-8pm!
This week, we’ll be hosting 3 local brands that are fairly new to our shelves! Egunsi Foods, based in Harlem, will be sampling out their fully flavored, classic West African refrigerated soups on Saturday from 11am-2pm! Scraps Pizza, another NYC maker, will be here on Sunday from 11am-2pm, with bites of their two frozen pizzas that use the deliciously edible, but “ugly” produce and veggie scraps in their Bell Pepper or Broccoli Pesto pies. On Monday from 5-8pm, we invite you to meet the makers and taste Bed-Stuy’s Chilo’s Original Salsa Picante, a hot sauce that’s tangy and warm, and goes great on everything from perking up soups, to pizza, to tacos!
Please join us this weekend as we welcome some great, local producers to share their tasty treats! On Saturday, 3/2 from 11-2, we’ll be hosting a pop-up tasting and sale of forward ROOTS Kimchi Sauce, a thick, live fermented chili spread that can be used as a condiment as well as the base for your own kimchi or Asian slaws. Then from 4-7pm, we welcome back NYC’s own mixologists, Hella Cocktail Co. for a taste of their Margarita Mixes and gingery Moscow Mule blends.
And from 5-7pm, next door at Greene Grape Wine & Spirits, we’ll be sampling a perfect pairing of the Cowgirl Creamery‘s Mt. Tam, a decadent triple creme, with Brooklyn’s BRINS Jam & Marmalade Cherry Chai Jam!
If you’re a Sunday shopper, don’t worry, we’ve got the bright and easy soups from Simply Soupreme between 2-5pm. These grab-n-go soups are excellent for a convenient meal on the go, so come find out which are your favorite varieties!
Please join us this weekend as we welcome some great, local producers to share their tasty treats! On Saturday, 3/2 from 11-2, we’ll be hosting a pop-up tasting and sale of forward ROOTS Kimchi Sauce, a thick, live fermented chili spread that can be used as a condiment as well as the base for your own kimchi or Asian slaws. Then from 4-7pm, we welcome back NYC’s own mixologists, Hella Cocktail Co. for a taste of their Margarita Mixes and gingery Moscow Mule blends.
And from 5-7pm, next door at Greene Grape Wine & Spirits, we’ll be sampling a perfect pairing of the Cowgirl Creamery‘s Mt. Tam, a decadent triple creme, with Brooklyn’s BRINS Jam & Marmalade Cherry Chai Jam!
If you’re a Sunday shopper, don’t worry, we’ve got the bright and easy soups from Simply Soupreme between 2-5pm. These grab-n-go soups are excellent for a convenient meal on the go, so come find out which are your favorite varieties!
