Leon & Son Wine and Spirits

Leon & Son Wine and Spirits Leon & Son has consistently been named one of NYC's best wine stores and was voted NYC's most loved independent store last year.

Based in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn (come say hi!), we deliver locally in NYC and ship nationwide from our online store.

Even Baden, tucked away in its forested mountains, was not immune to the crushing rain and disease pressure in 2024. Bio...
06/19/2026

Even Baden, tucked away in its forested mountains, was not immune to the crushing rain and disease pressure in 2024. Biodynamic consultant Jakob sold his village-level wine to the local co-op, and volcanic Kaiserstuhl was a virtual loss; what remained was Belmont—the same hillside as Wasenhaus’ ‘Möhlin’—where just a meter of clay topsoil covers dense Muschelkalk limestone.

But while this vintage is “just” 600 bottles of Landwein, what’s inside the bottle is a resounding, metaphoric wine that reminds us: great talents can still do brilliant things in difficult vintages.

Jakob’s signature remains: lithe, aromatic Spätburgunder that gives a remarkably transparent view of Baden’s forested fruit through the lens of full destemming and almost nonexistent extraction, graced by a kiss of Burgundy barrel.

A charming wine with the almost-weightless timbre we’ve seen from other talented producers in this stunted vintage.

11 years really do go quickly. Pinching myself for all the support from our community, and for all the talent on Fulton ...
06/17/2026

11 years really do go quickly. Pinching myself for all the support from our community, and for all the talent on Fulton who show up for them every day.

My glass is spilling over. Thank you. - Chris

All Riesling, all Chardonnay, all on sale! Now thru Tuesday 🍇🍇
06/15/2026

All Riesling, all Chardonnay, all on sale! Now thru Tuesday 🍇🍇

Among last week’s arrivals from Spain’s top talents was a fresh set from Ribeiro’s Fazenda Augalevada.Iago Garrido has a...
06/08/2026

Among last week’s arrivals from Spain’s top talents was a fresh set from Ribeiro’s Fazenda Augalevada.

Iago Garrido has an incredible hand for making granite-driven, oxidatively styled wines that feel Jura-kissed in the best way. The pro soccer player turned biodynamic grower has continued to sharpen the work: now reserving the flor influence (mainly) for the whites, and increasingly leaning on oak while largely eschewing amphora. These changes have only added clarity to his energizing style—though the work remains grounded in a deep sense of artistry.

Exciting, iterative work that we expect to continue reframing Ribeiro for years to come.

More of the story (and the wines) at the 🔗 in bio!

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In 2024, J.G. Benda was the first true new grower in Montalcino in years to land in the appellation’s vanguard. The stor...
06/05/2026

In 2024, J.G. Benda was the first true new grower in Montalcino in years to land in the appellation’s vanguard. The story is compelling (which we revisit in today’s email), and with the release of their third vintage we are finally seeing their first Brunello bottlings—from ‘21, no less.

Technically, there’s just one Brunello, as the other addition is an IGT. But the latter is Brunello in everything but name: all Sangiovese from a selection of the domaine vineyard, called Pietrafocaia di Sopra. They consider it their Pergole Torte, if you will.

Like the stunning Rosso we’ve seen already, these show Sangiovese Grosso at its best: intoxicatingly pure-fruited, weaving red fruit with exotic citrus—here with the volume turned up by the wildness of their far-flung location, deep in the woods at the highest point of the Brunello zone (500m+).

A thrill to return to their very first vintage with these special wines.

Over the last decade we’ve seen Rueda’s most influential generation take shape, pushing old-vine Verdejo (including pie ...
06/03/2026

Over the last decade we’ve seen Rueda’s most influential generation take shape, pushing old-vine Verdejo (including pie franco vines, some of the oldest surviving in Europe) past the pithy, aperitivo style that historically defined the DO and into conversations around the world’s great wines. It’s taken serious farming of these old vines and clear vision in the cellar.

Defining this moment at its most impressive peak are Manuel and Isaac Cantalapiedra. Their wines bob and weave between oxidative and reductive, and—paired with the intensity of old, bush-trained vines—place Rueda firmly among the world’s most exciting whites.

Their full lineup has landed back on Fulton, and we get into the work in today’s email. 🔗 in bio!

Over the last couple weeks we’ve seen some of the most important names land on Fulton Street. Everything below arrives o...
06/01/2026

Over the last couple weeks we’ve seen some of the most important names land on Fulton Street. Everything below arrives once a year and, excitingly—it’s all here and ready to be picked (or shipped!) 💥

Frank Cornelissen
Le Boncie
Cappellano
Proprietà Sperino
Elio Sandri
Montevertine
Delalot // Jérôme Lefèvre
Legrand-Latour
Pauline Bérèche
Salima et Alain Cordeuil
Thibaud Boudignon
Didier Dagueneau
Jean-Philippe Agisson
Vincent Paindavoine
Vin Noé
Domaine des Rouges-Queues
Gilbert Picq
Simon Faure
Camille Thiriet
Marc Soyard
R. Lopez de Heredia
Luis Rodriguez
Envínate
Cota 45 (Ramiro Ibáñez)
Bodegas Frontonio
Willi Schaefer
Ceritas
Littorai
Rose & Arrow

It’s easy to group the Canary Islands as one terroir. But the truth is, they’re an archipelago of islands with distinct ...
05/28/2026

It’s easy to group the Canary Islands as one terroir. But the truth is, they’re an archipelago of islands with distinct identities—some jungle-like with intensely rich soils; others mountainous; and in a few cases, the vines practically live on the beach.

Our most recent arrivals prove the point. Below you’ll find referential wines—each delicious and totally unique—from Tenerife (Envínate), La Palma (Victoria Torres), and a name we’re thrilled to welcome back from Gran Canaria, Bien de Altura.
 
It’s been several years since we’ve seen the wines of Carmelo Peña Santana, as his star has risen and his bottles have landed on many of Spain’s best lists. Among the growers we work with, he’s the only one based in Gran Canaria, and he’s also the most singularly focused on the island’s defining grape: Listán Negro. His old vines—some up to 120 years—are planted at extreme elevations (roughly 1,000–1,500 meters), where they’re uniquely cooled in an otherwise warm, arid climate.

In the cellar, it’s patient work that stretches from whole bunch, long macerations to quiet élevage in 1,000L amphora—yielding a Poulsard-like expression, remarkably pure and alive. But above all, a sense of place that’s hard to confuse with anything else.

More in bio 🔗 and on Fulton.

Pedro Parra has stopped almost all of his consulting work to focus on his personal project in Itata. One of the few gigs...
05/27/2026

Pedro Parra has stopped almost all of his consulting work to focus on his personal project in Itata. One of the few gigs he still keeps is with Jean-Marc Roulot (and in Oregon, he makes the Atomique3 wines alongside Felipe Ramirez of Rose & Arrow), so he’s been thinking about Chardonnay in the world’s top terroirs for years. He searched 11 years to find the right site for Chardonnay in his home country, and finally found it—three hours south of Itata in Malleco. Though the area is often volcanic, these vines sit on decomposed white granite, too compelling to pass up. He did a trial in 2021, and we’re very glad he did.

The ’23 here was raised in barrique for a year before resting in tank for 4–5 months (à la JMR). It’s a smoky, pithy wine with the intensity of a great site—worth every bit of time Parra put into conceiving it, even if only 619 bottles were made.

One of the great treats in the wine world is well-aged Muscadet. With time, layers of texture begin to form around its m...
05/22/2026

One of the great treats in the wine world is well-aged Muscadet. With time, layers of texture begin to form around its marine stoniness. At around ten years—and for many years after—it transforms into one of the wine world’s best-kept secrets, rivaling aged Chablis for a fraction of the cost.

We’ve been lucky to have a cellar come to us with dozens of examples of perfectly aged Muscadet, all entering (or already in) that beautiful ten-year window. The collection is in our latest auction, and it captures exactly what we want New York Wine Auctions to be: world-class wines at every price point.

Pépière, Jo Landron, L’Ecu, Brégeon…these are the best producers of Muscadet—10 to 20 years old—with bids starting at $15 and nothing over $40. Something we can all raise a glass to.

Bidding is open 🙌

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