Thursday, February 25, 2021

Report: Someone stole the entire $300,000 inventory from Taste Wine Co. on 3rd Avenue

Back on Jan. 19, we noted that Taste Wine at 50 Third Ave. between 10th Street and 11th Street looked closed (photo by Steven from Jan. 16). The windows were papered up and the inside appeared to be empty.

This apparent closure came just two months after the wine shop reopened under new ownership. By early February, the retail listing was online at RIPCO.

Now comes word, via the Post, that someone made off with the shop's entire inventory.

Per the story in the Post, which came from an anonymous police source, the owner was last inside the shop on Jan. 8, and he filed the police report this week.
The owner told police Tuesday night that when he was last at the Taste Wine Co. ...  on Jan. 8 all of the inventory was in place.

Prior to that date, the business had been closed for several months, he told authorities.

Stolen were 1,000 bottles of wine, 1,000 bottles of liquor and 125 wine dispensers, machines designed to serve and preserve wines at the right temperatures, the source said.

The total value was estimated at $300,000.

Last spring, previous owner Gary Landsman was hoping to sell the 5-year-old business as he continued to help raise awareness of Canavanthe fatal genetic disease that his two young sons have. 

He closed the shop in May ... he and his family were expected to travel to Dayton Children's Hospital in Ohio later in 2020. 

It is not immediately known who took over the business. 

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Per the Post" "Anonymous NYPD source"

the post is not news. Why amplify a propaganda outlet?

https://www.gq.com/story/watch-store-looting-true-story

Gojira said...

Insurance claim.

Anonymous said...

This does not sound like your typical robbery. How did the thieves break in? The glass doors are not smashed. They would need enough time to remove the entire inventory and would need a few guys and trucks.

Anonymous said...

Sounds sketchy as hell

Anonymous said...

I went here after it changes ownership. The shelves were barely stocked and it just had a bunch of very cheap bottles, most still in boxes. It did not look at all like someone who was actually in the business of selling wine.

Anonymous said...

I didn't realize you could do that kind of thing.

Anonymous said...

Reminds me of an old Jewish joke. Melvin runs into Morty on the street and says, "Morty, I'm sorry to hear about your store burning down last week." Melvin responds, "Shhh, that's next week."

Anonymous said...

Also stopped in after new ownership. New mgmt seemed sketchy as hell and there was a lady working inside who was not wearing a mask during business hours with her small children (i.e. toddlers) running through the store. Turned around and walked out... shame... Gary and his staff were always so gracious and thankful for running a locally owned and operated business.

Anonymous said...

Unrelated to the story but commenting on how The Post is not news but propaganda and then pasting a GQ link is a bit rich.

Anonymous said...

I went on January 9th to buy a bottle of wine and the guy helping me was not wearing a mask and very frantic and unorganized. When I went to checkout the system was locked and he couldn’t get in. He spent 5 min on the phone with the “owner” to try to get into the system and he couldn’t get in. I ended up just walking out. Was such a odd experience and when I walked by a few days later, was not shocked to see they closed. Something seemed very off about what was going on in the store.

Beacon, NY said...

A wine shop that wants to go beyond your local no frills liquor store but not in the league of Astor Wines. This is what I'm getting at...

Molly said...

The 15th oldest paper in the country. One of the last printed which still spends many of it's pages covering local events. You don't have to agree with their opinions but they are labeled as opinions and not written under the name anonymous.