EVERY WINE LABEL CLAIMS THE WINE WILL BE JUST RIGHT FOR YOU. Have you ever
gone to a wine store, gotten little or no assistance, picked a promising
label, and then found the wine was totally different from what you expected?
We have.
THERE
ARE OVER 230 WINERIES IN NEW YORK STATE. Wineries from the Hudson River
Valley, Finger Lakes, Lake Erie and Long Island have been producing
award-winning wines for decades. Have you found many wines from these regions
in your local wine or liquor store? We didn't.
We're Margot and Rich Cirino,
the proprietors of UnCorked Glens Falls (formerly New York Wine Cork), a
unique wine store in upstate New York. Our mission is to make it easier for
you to find, and enjoy, wine.
On May 16, 2000, we opened New York Wine Cork in a little, tiny 20' x 20'
store between Hartford and Granville. Our plan was to sell New York State
wines by mail order from our website. We expected to see our UPS driver every
day and just a few random (perhaps lost) customers in person at our little
Baker Road shop. Goodness, how things changed!
So many people came to visit us in Hartford that, in 2005, we moved our
store to Glens Falls, just as it was awakening from a very, very long economic
nap.
For our first two years in Glens Falls, we continued to specialize in 100%
New York wines, and make our own "Liberty Red" Cabernet Franc.
Many customers enjoyed New York's world-class Rieslings, Chardonnays and
Pinot Noirs, but other customers couldn't find wines that they liked,
especially reds from warm climates like California, Italy and Australia. We
needed to help them too, so we decided to re-license our store.
It took five months, but we finally got our "traditional" wine
and liquor store license in November, 2007. We had to stop making our Liberty
Red, but we could stock and sell any wine or liquor that any customer wanted
... and we did ... and we are glad we did!
But then, our name was a problem ...
You know that we sell wines from all over the world, but many other
customers still don't know about our selection. We advertised the
change in print, on radio and on TV, but our name still suggested
"Strictly New York" and created confusion.
So we invited you to help us change it, and we received dozens of excellent
suggestions. They were so good, that we are keeping them on
the list below.
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The Big Grape
Centennial Spirits
The Cork Liquor
Corkit!
Decanter's Delight
The Extensive Wine Cork
The Glens Falls Wine Emporium
Freedom of the Pressed
Glens Falls Wine Reserve
International Wine Cork
Masquerade Wines
New York Wine Cork & More
The Pampered Grape
The Quicker Cork
Roundabout Wine Cellars
Sips
The Sommelier's Ferment
Spirits of Glens Falls
The Thespian's Vineyard
Uncorked
The Vineyard
Vino Cirino
Vinum Thespianus
Wine at the Wood
The Wine Cork
Wine Cork
Wine Theater
Wine World
Wines from Near and Far
Wines of New York and Beyond
Wing's Falls Wine & Liquor
Wino Cirino
World-Wide Wines
We settled on "Uncorked - Glens Falls" and announced our new name
on August 21, 2008.
Cheers, Margot & Rich Cirino
