12.05.17 - Total Wine Spirits & More opens in Westbury
"Imagine a supermarket filled with wine, plus gin, bourbon and hundreds of other spirits. Then envision an entire quadrant of that store - say, equal to a large produce section - given over to New York wine and spirits. That gives you an idea of the scope of Total Wine Spirits & More, which opened in Westbury on Nov. 9 inside the former Sports Authority and is now Long Island’s largest wine store, as well as the state’s only Total Wine. (This sprawling chain, owned by David Trone, is to have 170 stores around the country by the end of the year.)"
"The 26,000-square-foot store is filled with 11,000 brands of vino, broken into Old and New World sections and then organized alphabetically by varietal. There are two tasting bars that pour wine and spirits daily, and one of those bars is inside a mammoth area stocked with 1,200 New York State-produced wines - many of those from Long Island - and 400 spirits."