John Besh has 6 restaurants in New Orleans: Restaurant August, Luke, Domenica, Borgne, American Sector, and Besh’s Steakhouse inside of Harrah’s Casino. The very generous Chef Besh allows outside wine to be brought in, sans corkage at all 6.
have heard good things about Borgne, Really need to get back for a visit.
So what are the best and geekiest WINE SHOPS in New Orleans for those of us who want to take advantage of these excellent restaurants but don’t want to schlep our cellar with us?
Perhaps Michael can weigh in as he is local.
Martins in Metairie or Uptown might be the best overall shop. W.I.N.O downtown is a fun place to taste and purchase and worth a visit- Wine Institute of New Orleans. I read about a new shop that opened Downtown but can’t remember the name.
Vieux Carre’ Wine & Spirits on Chartres is a quality shop. Couldn’t find a website to link.
Just made a rezzie and will be bringing some bottles along!
Cheers!
Marshall
Thanks. I like WINO and thought it was a great concept the few times I’ve been there. I just wish people hadn’t been wearing so much perfume/cologne. It was impossible to smell anything else, wine or otherwise.
August didn’t make the Times-Picayune top 10 list for 2013.
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If you go to vieux carre make sure you see the back room, lots of suprises and hard to find wines ,they stash the good stuff
I’ve also had great meals at Nola , as you will at all of emerils places,Delmonicos is fantastic as well as his flag ship , still hits it out,try to get seats at the kitchen counter,it’s a ballet you will be mesmerized ,