The wine shop I visited was Scotto’s Wine Cellar. The shop is located here in Downtown Brooklyn on 318 Court Street an easy walk-able distance from our school. The store was not hard to spot as it is in front of a bus stop and a good location in Cobble hill with big signs marking it’s name and all the history it went through.

This year they proudly celebrate their 80th year opened ever since the repeal of Prohibition

Upon entering we were greeted with warm welcomes from the cashier and as we mentioned that we were  New York City College of Technology students they told us that we could browse around and if we needed anything all we had to do was ask but it wasn’t as necessary as how simple and detailed the store was displayed. Everything was separated by the location is was was from and the type of wine it was. They had a wide variety of not just wine but also liquor.

Large Neon signs were hung to display the vast variety of not only local wines such as our New York, and California but also imports such as France, Spain, Burgundy, Italy, Australia, South America and etc. Wines were also separated by popular wine type such as dessert wines, Pinot Noir, Riesling, Zinfandel and Chardonnay. Certain wines were even highlighted as Scotto’s Wine selection which included descriptions of the notes it taste like and details of origin.

The only problem i had with this place was that it was a bit cramped as they tried to fit in as much wines as possible in ever shelf where you are left with an narrow 2 feet walkway. To get around it did give a lot of fear to knocking bottles down the way through. Their were many price ranges for the wines from a cheap affordable table wine that only a couple of dollars to even a 600 dollar bottle of Chateau Lafite Rothschild that were locked and tucked away in a cabinet some that didn’t even list a price to it for its rarity.

This was not the first time I’ve entered a Wine shop but This class has defiantly opened my eyes for the things i have learned in class. In the pass i would not really pay attention to all the details but now i understand the layout more and more . It was an enjoyable experience to be able to use my knowledge.