Callicoon Wine Merchant

Wonderful wine selection. When they serve food (they are currently not due to the pandemic), it consists of fantastic, inventive tapas. Beautiful atmosphere, lots of friendly locals and visitors.

I’ve been to this establishment 4 times. I will start by saying, I liked the tapas and small plates and felt that the execution was high end and the food tasted good. I will also say that the wine selection was good, but not great. At a wine merchant/wine bar, I would expect more. I would expect a better selection and a more knowledgeable staff leading clients in what to order. This is not the case. Their young and inexperienced server staff isn’t equipped to guide the average client on what to order. In addition, they are frequently out of items on their menu, both food related and wine related, and their servers are stretched in terms of the number of patrons they need to serve. They will often ignore you for sometime until they can eventually get to you. In addition, and most importantly, I feel that the owners treat their clients differently depending on certain parameters. On the 4 different trips I’ve made here the one consistent experience has been that I’ve been treated in a lesser manner than other patrons. I’ve been discriminated against, plain and simple. Tonight my husband and I were there and very clearly served a half glass of wine each when all others around us were served double the amount! I brought this up to our server in a polite way and she reluctantly brought us a regular glass of wine. I don’t understand this and it’s happened on at least half the occasions we’ve been there. We are polite, well dressed people who treat our servers with respect and kindness. Why then are we being discriminated against?nI can only assume that this establishment is run by a group of snobs who discriminate blatantly against anyone who isn’t in their inner local circle. I won’t go back. I’ve had enough. These owners are nasty and mean people and I decided I will spend my money elsewhere. There are many lovely establishments in Callicoon who deserve my patronage far more than this bunch of nasty snobs. Don’t go here.

It is a really nice and quaint shop. there is also a bar and some tables outside with heat lamps. The wine shop looks kind of small but for someone like me who doesn't know that much about wine it is well curated because everything there is high quality. They also have a good selection of beer which is more my speed. My favorite part of the outdoor area was a giant rock that they turned into a stone table with stools around it. They also had string lights hung up giving a cool ambience when the sun goes down but beware it can be chilly even with the heat lamps.

I have say first we are local . We only shop our local stores . The wine merchant is one of them . The past 4 times in which we have either sent someone in for wine or we have attempted to bring our friends and family for tapas and wine had been not only met with such rudeness by Robin the owner but not onlynAn attempt to guide our guest to a bottle of. Wine recommended for a specific meal . I wouldn’t think it would be a difficult tasks for a chef. It actually pains me to write this . I even went to local merchants to inquire if something was going on personally with Robin . They informed me that no he was just rude . So I say to our local friends and family we have some wonderful restaurants such as callicoon distillery which we went to after the attitude and had not only drinks but wonderful food with a waitstaff of pleasant people happy you are supporting their establishment. Robin I suggest you take a moment and really reflect on what has happened to your lovely little place . It’s turned into a place that we walk past and just shake our head while walking to any of restaurant

Outstanding place. Some of the best food we’ve had in the Catskills - robin is an incredibly talented chef. Wonderful and thoughtful wine selection and very reasonably priced.