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Thirst is located in the Heart of
Historic Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

Our address: 187 DeKalb Avenue @ Carlton.
We're just steps from Fort Greene Park
.
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GIFT CARDS AVAILABLE
FREE BROOKLYN & MANHATTAN DELIVERY

On Saturdays, shop @ the Fort Greene Farmer's Market, shop
the Flea, then visit us (or vice versa)!

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THIRST THURSDAY TASTING

July 9, 6-8pm
Thirst's 3rd Tour de France

RECENT ARRIVALS
NEW BURGUNDIES
PASCAL JANVIER'S WHITE & RED
NEW ROSES
LES PALLIERES AU PETIT BONHEUR ROSE
BRUNIER PIGEOULET WHITE
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NEW AUSTRIAN WHITES!
A NEW VERDICCHIO!

LAPIERRE VDP DES GAULE
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AMIOT BGO

NEW SAKES

DOMAINE BIZO
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HAMILTON RUSSELL

CHARLY THEVENET

CLOS DU TUE BOEU
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LEON BARRAL
MAXIME MAGNO
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A. ET P. DE VILLAIN
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DUPERE BARRERA/CLOS DE LA PROCURE


STORE HOURS

SUNDAY-WEDNESDAY: 12-9
THURSDAY-FRIDAY: 12-10 SATURDAY: 10-10
PHONE: 718.596.7643
E-MAI
L: info@thirstwinemerchants.com
Delicious, natural, thirst-inspiring wines that reflect what Italians call
l'ambiente del vino and the French call terroir. (And spirits too!).

Great wine is about nuance, surprise, subtlety, expression, qualities that keep you coming back for yet another taste
.
--Kermit Lynch,
Adventures on the Wine Route



Grapes are a fruit just like a pear or a peach. If they are ripe, they have a lot more flavor and aroma. People forget that a grape is a fruit. They would never eat a green peach, but they harvest green grapes.
--Gerard Chave

Winemaking isn't Rocket Science; it's an ancient, relatively straightforward process that should yield, in any wine, a precise expression of the vineyard and the season that produced it.
--Steve Edmunds, 
Edmunds St. John


La Gramiere
Let's see what the wine has to say.
--Richard Olney
Last Night's Dinner
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