Wine and Dine at BKW, Brooklyn Winery’s Full-Fledged Crown Heights Restaurant
Most modern-day eateries are passionate about the provenance of their product, proudly relaying the origin stories of their proteins, produce and grains. But at Crown Heights’ BKW, that commitment to craftsmanship and locality even extends to their vino, as every bottle is sourced from Williamsburg’s own Brooklyn Winery.
A shrewd offshoot of the borough’s first boutique urban wine producer, BKW aims to be more than a mere tasting room. Sure, patrons can approach it as a hyper-focused wine bar (Brooklyn Winery’s entire portfolio is available by the glass, bottle or flight), or as a go-to retail spot for nabbing a 2012 Malbec, a 2013 Riesling, or 2015 Rosé of Cabernet Sauvignon. There’s even a micro-winery located in the basement, serving as a lab for imbibable experimentations.
Even dessert provides further incentive for drinking: whether you’re alternating bites of warm, lavender-scented, butterscotch-bloated donuts with sips of dry, currant-y “Fortitude,” or sucking a slurry of Old Vine Zinfandel and cola—infused with islands of mascarpone gelato—up through a brightly colored straw. Because at BKW (which keeps the party going from 4pm to as late as 2am, from Tuesday through Sunday), it’s always Wine O’ Clock.
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