Stew Leonard’s Wines & Sprits began when Stew Leonard Jr., his two sisters Jill and Beth, and brother Tom, were sitting at the dinner table. They realized the only item on the table that their store did not sell was the wine. The meal was fantastic, but the wine was just ok. Stew said to his sisters:

“We can do better. Don’t you agree?”

"It all started around the dinner table!"

The Leonard Family decided to take their decades of retail experience in the food business and apply it to wine. They agreed that any store, which opened under the “Stew Leonard’s” trademark, would offer customers a friendly, well-trained staff in a clean, organized store. We want any customer in a Stew Leonard’s store to feel comfortable asking questions about wine and to enjoy it as much as we do. After studying the industry, taking multiple courses and traveling to numerous wineries, Beth L. Hollis, Stew’s sister, opened the first wine store in Yonkers, New York, in 1999.

We believe shopping should be FUN, like a trip to the Vineyard!

Our experts are warm, friendly and eager to share great wines with you from our hand-picked selection. Gather around a tasting table or get a personal pick for a wine you’ll love at a price that’s hard to beat!

We believe in wines From Family-Owned Wineries

Our experts are constantly discovering new wines that they think you will love. From small family-owned vineyards around the world, these hidden gems deliver incredible quality and value!

We love introducing customers to wines they may not have discovered on their own.

Our Hidden Gems are hand-picked wines from around the world that offer something special—whether it's incredible value, a unique story, distinctive character, or simply a fun new discovery.

Every year our team tastes hundreds of wines searching for those special finds. The wines that make the cut earn a place in our Hidden Gems collection because they:

✓ Overdeliver for the price

✓ Have a great story behind them

✓ Come from producers we believe in

✓ Are bottles we'd happily bring home ourselves

Because every bottle has a story—and some are too good to keep hidden!