"Partner and wine director Drew Brady assembled the wine list; he also oversees Soda Club's list. Over the past several years, Brady has been tracking down overlooked back vintages from importer cellars and distributor warehouses - wines that aged into something compelling but may be an outlier in more standard by-the-glass programs. The list spans oxidative whites, aged rosés, skin-contact wines, and big reds that have softened and opened up. At Long Count, those bottles aren't an exception; they're the point."
""You think of vintage wine - it couldn't get more intimidating for somebody who's a casual wine drinker. You're just like, 'oh God, I'm out,'" says Brady. But the difference between fancy vintage wines and, say, collectibles that you'd buy and keep in a cellar for years, is that many are aged by the winemaker before bottling. And these bottles aren't necessarily stuff that's going to be so"
Ravi DeRossi opens Long Count, an aged-wine and focaccia bar focused on fermentation, on Wednesday, January 7 at 155 Avenue B, replacing Soda Club. Soda Club moved to a larger location at 63 East First Street after outgrowing the Avenue B footprint and became known for a mostly natural wine list, vegan house-made pastas, and late-night energy. Long Count requires every wine poured by the glass to be at least ten years old, presenting older bottles as accessible rather than prohibitively expensive. Wine director Drew Brady sourced overlooked back vintages from importer cellars and distributor warehouses. The menu features oxidative whites, aged rosés, skin-contact wines, softened big reds, and focaccia-centered dishes.
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