About Berman's Fine Wines & Spirits in Lexington, MA 02420 |
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Berman's Wine and Spirits, incorporated in 1909, is located 12 miles NW of Boston and 4 miles from Cambridge in historic Lexington. Joel Berman represents the third generation of merchants; his son, Gregg, who works with him is 4th generation. In 1959, Berman's moved diagonally across the street to a larger location on Massachusetts Avenue. Shortly after starting at Berman's in 1962 Joel's passion for wine was born. By studying, tasting extensively and traveling to European vineyards, establishing contacts with both Italian and French grower/winemakers, he increased his wine knowledge and enhanced his reputation both at home and abroad. He studied French, then Italian, and speaks both languages fluently, which is a tremendous aid in ferreting out excellent albeit obscure wines. Joel bought out his uncle's interest in the business in 1972. Berman's is especially noted for carrying highly regarded, limited production wines from around the world, in addition to most popular favorites. Joel and his passionate team carefully source and select wines based on 50 years of tasting experience. By directly importing many of our featured wines, excellent price to quality ratios are maintained. The always changing portfolio at Berman's definitely represents a passionate old-world feel, but continues to explore all regions where wine is produced. Berman's weekly e-newsletter highlights many of the exceptional values and discoveries available at the shop with an analysis of trends, vintages and specific regions. In every issue, Joel identifies best buys from select growers with in-depth analysis and tasting notes. The focus is alternately on various wine making areas of the world. Joel's love of wine is obvious in his writings, which are not condescending or pedantic, but are educational and insightful. Joel and a staff of experienced wine professionals pride themselves on assisting individual customer choices, for intimate dinner parties, larger affairs, or wines to cellar. Special order wines not stocked are gladly researched. Our store hours currently are: |
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Joel Berman - Owner |
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Alex Bluhm - Wine Director/General Manager |
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Ryan Spencer - Wine Buyer |
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Adam Green - Manager |
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adam works mostly nights and weekends. a part-time berman's manager and team member for fourteen and a half years, adam has now joined us full-time as of september 2018 and we couldn't be happier about it. he graduated from connecticut college a very long time ago with a degree in history, and now lives in arlington. his interests include national politics, british tv mystery series, baseball, some science fiction, and of course, history.
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Maura McGonagle - Spirits Manager |
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