About Us
Welcome to WineDown!
Our Wine Bar & Shop is here to provide a unique space where you can relax, meet friends and find the best representations of the world's best wines, right here in our quaint little town of Lake Placid.
We look for the best wines (90+ point rated), from the best regions and grape varietals at reasonable prices. These wines are offered by the bottle and case, as well as many by the glass. Additionally, we curate a collection of 16 different premium wines by the ounce from our WineEmotion dispensing and preservation systems so you an sample premium wines affordably.
Come join us for a Wednesday Wine Tasting (reservation required) or Sommify Game night each week; as well as live entertainment every Friday and Saturday night!
WineDown 90+Wine Club
WineDown 90+Wine Club
WineDown 90+Wine Club
Our two tier wine club provides four 90+ rated wines allowing our members to get 4 reds, or 4 whites, or 2 of each, monthly, bi-monthly or quarterly. More information
Fun and Tastings
WineDown 90+Wine Club
WineDown 90+Wine Club
Check out our weekly wine tastings or join in on a game of Sommify, the wine tasting game that introduces you to a world of wines and sharpens your tasting skills along the way
WineEmotion!
WineDown 90+Wine Club
WineEmotion!
We curate a collection of 16 premium wines for you to taste on your own with servings of 1, 2 and 5 ounces available from our WineEmotion Dispenser and Preservation Systems
Wine Varietals and Appellations
A General Reference
Chardonnay
Chardonnay can taste different, depending on where it grows and how it's made. But typically, Chardonnay is a dry, medium- to full-bodied wine with moderate acidity and alcohol. Its flavors range from apple and lemon to papaya and pineapple, and it also shows notes of vanilla when it's aged with oak
Chenin Blanc
Chenin blanc is a white wine grape variety from the Loire Valley of France. Its high acidity means it can be used to make varieties from sparkling wines to well-balanced dessert wines, although it can produce very bland, neutral wines if the vine's natural vigor is not controlled.
Gewürztraminer
Gewürztraminer is an aromatic wine grape variety, used in white wines, and performs best in cooler climates. In English, it is sometimes referred to colloquially as Gewürz, and in English and French it is written Gewurztraminer.
Pinot Grigio
Riper Pinot Grigio wines will often lean towards the side of tropical and tree fruit flavors, while less mature grapes will have more prominent hints of citrus fruit. Pinot Grigio is almost always made to be a dry white wine with either a light or medium body. Regardless of their weight, the best versions are crisp, refreshing, and well-balanced overall with moderate acidity and complex fruit flavors.
Riesling
Riesling is a white grape variety that originated in the Rhine region. Riesling is an aromatic grape variety displaying flowery, almost perfumed, aromas as well as high acidity. It is used to make dry, semi-sweet, sweet, and sparkling white wines. Riesling wines are usually varietally pure and are seldom oaked.
Sauvignon Blanc
Depending on the climate, the flavor can range from aggressively grassy to sweetly tropical. In cooler climates, the grape has a tendency to produce wines with noticeable acidity and "green flavors" of grass, green bell peppers and nettles with some tropical fruit and floral notes. In warmer climates, it can develop more tropical fruit notes.
Cabernet Franc
Cabernet franc is a classic medium-bodied red with moderate tannins. The flavor of cabernet franc wines are defined by a balance between red fruits, herbs, and peppery earthiness. Cabernet franc has medium-to-high acidity that makes it refreshingly easy-to-drink.
Cabernet Sauvignon
The typical nose will show aromas of black fruit, violet and green bell pepper. Finer wines with a bit of age will develop notes of cedar wood, coffee, cedar and eucalyptus.
Malbec
Malbec is a purple grape variety used in making red wine. The grapes tend to have an inky dark color and robust tannins, and are known as one of the six grapes allowed in the blend of red Bordeaux wine. Merlot‘s soft texture helps to give it a deliciously plummy, almost fruitcake-like flavour and a mellow smoothness. Like cabernet, it can be a little grassy and bell-pepper-like from cool climate regions and it develops blackcurrant, blackberry, blueberry, chocolate and spice-like characte
Merlot
Merlot‘s soft texture helps to give it a deliciously plummy, almost fruitcake-like flavour and a mellow smoothness. Like cabernet, it can be a little grassy and bell-pepper-like from cool climate regions and it develops blackcurrant, blackberry, blueberry, chocolate and spice-like characters when fully ripe.
Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir is a red-wine grape variety of the species Vitis vinifera. The name may also refer to wines created predominantly from pinot noir grapes. The name is derived from the French words for pine and black. The word pine alludes to the grape variety having tightly clustered, pinecone–shaped bunches of fruit.
Sangiovese
Sangiovese is savory. Because of its ability to be a chameleon, Sangiovese wines offer a wide range of tastes from very earthy and rustic–as is the case with many Chianti Classico– to round and fruit-forward. Regardless of where it’s grown, it always exhibits cherry flavors with more subtle notes of tomato.