Vanguard Wine Bar
189 Amsterdam Ave., New York
(212) 799-9463
This Upper West Side wine bar is one of my favorites. Cozy benches and cushions but bit over priced. It’s humming on a week day. We got there after Mets, getting crowded from 6pm and on. It’s convenient to Lincoln Center and the food is fine:
- Mini caviar trio: smoked trout roe, wasabi tobiko on blini creme fraiche and chives
- Combo meats n cheeses
- Arugula walnut and grape salad
We’ve three red: I love the Syrah, very yummy:
- Chateau la Bastide “Vieilles Vignes’ 2013 Syrah
- Domaine de la Damase 2014 Grenache
- “Original Malbec” Anne de Joyeuse 2014
