Sinzer, a partner in both Claud and its upstairs sibling, Penny, has moved fluidly between the "natural" and so-called "conventional" scenes with notable repute for over a decade, but throughout his tenure, he's noticed a widening schism. "In my experience, we used to do more of [this], but the wine world in New York has become much more divergent... That gap really started to widen about 10 years ago, and it just kept on widening," he says.
But it was also a dogma-free display of camaraderie amongst some of the most celebrated wine professionals in the city—and as such, a window into the who's who and what's what on the scene. Here's who showed up—and what they brought to drink.
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