P&V Wine +Liquor Merchants

Newtown's wine drinkers know to come here when they want something a step removed from the familiar. The range leans hard into small growers and low-intervention winemaking — bottles arranged not by country or grape but by feel, from bright and mineral whites to skin-contact orange wines and reds sorted by weight, all the way through to a proper fridge of chilled reds for warmer nights. The spirits wall is just as considered, running from agave and grappa to vermouth and aquavit, alongside a beer, cider and mead selection and a growing shelf of sake and non-alcoholic options. What sets this place apart, though, is the sense of a genuine palate behind the picks — the monthly wine club is curated personally, built around whatever obscure, exciting bottling has caught the buyer's attention that month, with the freedom to pause or skip as needed. There's a working knowledge of importers and small-batch producers here that goes beyond what you'd find at a standard bottle-o, and a willingness to chase down oddities — pét-nats, grape spirits, dessert wines — that reward the curious. Tastings and masterclasses run through the calendar, reinforcing the sense that this is a shop built around conversation and discovery as much as transaction, for anyone tired of choosing wine on autopilot.