About Bag and String Wine Merchants in Lakewood, NY 14750

Bag & String Wine Merchants is a wine and liquor store with an emphasis on value and unique wines from around the globe. Our primary goals are to provide unparalleled service, wine education and a selection that meets consumers' needs and budget. Bag & String Wine Merchants - Purveyors of fine wine and spirits.

All wines and spirits are selected by owner, Samuel Whitmore, Certified Sommelier and Level 3 Award from WEST (Wine and Spirits Educational Trust).

Serving time at Bag & String since...
2011

My favorite wine is...
NAPA CABS!

My favorite adult beverage is...
Margarita on the beach, Old Fashioned in the winter.

I am not allowed to drink...
Too much... Because I get crazy

I drink because...
I have two slightly feral boys.

When I am not drinking, I like to...
Cycle, read, play board games with my boys.

Serving time at Bag & String since...
2017

My favorite wine is...
Big Bold Reds

My favorite adult beverage is...
Gin and tonics

I am not allowed to drink...
Tequila... because it's "coo coo juice" and acts as a truth serum!

I drink because...
How much time do you have!?

When I am not drinking, I like to...
Play with my pups, strength train, kayak, hike and cook!

Serving time at Bag & String since...
February 2014

My favorite wine is...
Sauv Blanc & Pinot Noir

My favorite adult beverage is...
Cuba Libre

I am not allowed to drink...
Vodka... because I will tell you things about yourself that you don't know!

I drink because...
I've been working with Sam for almost 7 years!

When I am not drinking, I like to...
Order new products without telling Sam & attend football games

Serving time at Bag & String since...
Late 2021

My favorite wine is...
Still figuring it out, but leaning towards French Red Blends... or Cava.

My favorite adult beverage is...
A Negroni or a Bramble... or whatever I'm currently experimenting with.

I am not allowed to drink...
I honestly don't know. 

I drink because...
I honestly enjoy experiencing/experimenting with new spirits and cocktails

When I am not drinking, I like to...
Read, write, play guitar.

Serving time at Bag & String since...
February 2020

My favorite wine is...
White: Bread & Butter chardonnay
Rose: Maison Saleya
Red: Por Que No?

My favorite adult beverage is...
Mojitos

I am not allowed to drink...
Water... because I always accidentally turn it into an adult beverage.

I drink because...
I'm a Buffalo Bills fan and It's cheaper than therapy (at least with the employee discount anyways)

When I am not drinking, I like to...
Provide free counseling to my co-workers, pet every dog I see, and laugh as often as possible.

Serving time at Bag & String since...
Forte closed (temporarily...)

My favorite wine is...
Dr. Steve Brule's Sweetberry Wine! Or...
This clickable link!

My favorite adult beverage is...
Yes.

I am not allowed to drink...
After I've been drinking.

I drink because...
A myriad of reasons brought on by this end-stage capitalist American dystopia we're sleepwalking through daily. A veritable cornucopia of reasons, but all pretty much just your regular run-of-the-mill general existential dread.

When I am not drinking, I like to...
Tend bar, create cocktails, blog as Frontier Mixology, raise children, train a puppy, read comics,