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It’s a head-to-head blind tasting as Empire Regional Manager @chrisraftery takes on Sales Rep @chinochubs, drinking a single vineyard white from one of Auckland’s first wineries.

With its wines often mistaken for Burgundy in blind tastings, see how Chris and Asher stack up at Chinatown’s @lei.wine 👀

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Preparation has begun for our next 0/3/5/7 Diagonal Dimensional BTG tasting.

Sept 29! All night long, all @weingut_vollenweider, all different days of oxygenation. See you soon.

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don’t watch yourself

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Tuesday, Sept 22: @lei.wine x @misterjius presented by Resy…its Chinatown, USA, baby!

@pt_cruisey got to cook with @brandoj and the Mister Jiu’s crew in San Francisco to celebrate their 10 year anniversary earlier this year and we wanted to get in on the fun. We’re thrilled to welcome the team to our little wine bar here in NYC for one-night-only! Book your spot on @resy! Beautiful artwork by @jiazilla!

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Go to @lei.wine for dinner and you might… try a delightfully springy (and surprisingly spicy) jellyfish salad layered with lily buds, salted coriander seeds, and hot mustard; find an impossible to find Jurançon Sec from Domaine de l’Apollin with ripping acidity and rich tropical notes; get blinded on a perplexingly peppery German Cab; and even try a (I admit) stellar bottle of Burgundy. With great recommendations and tricky blinds from the always amazing somm team, it’s always so fun to see what a night here brings.

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A little end of summer celebration for the incredible crew of @lei.wine - who knew laser tag and bowling could be so fun and so sweaty??? Shout out @phoebegng for the sweetest Lei cake and thank you to @graciela.nyc for hosting us after, sorry we were your most disheveled guests I blame the laser tag!!

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We’re so honored to be on BA’s Best New Restaurants list!

Congrats to all the other amazing restaurants, we’re in incredible company.

Taking a moment to say a special thank you to our team for making Lei everything it has become, our guests for every bottle & bite shared and to team @bonappetitmag @kateakassin for the recognition. Now back to freaking out that our celtuce is on the cover!! 📸 by @luuuuush

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In Taiwan, we don’t say, “Cheers.”
We say: 呼乾啦 (hōo ta lah)- “Bottoms up!”
I think that’s beautiful.

🍷Winner of the 2026 James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant, LEI Wine @lei.wine is located on the historic Doyers Street in Manhattan’s Chinatown, where thoughtfully curated wines meet dishes inspired by Taiwanese and regional Chinese home cooking.
@beardfoundation

☝️ Leo’s tip: Eat. Drink. Love. It’s so much more than a wine bar!

Taiwanese Waves @ SummerStage NYC 2026 — 10th Anniversary
🗓 Date: August 16, 2026 (Sunday) 🕔 Time: 5pm doors / 6pm show 💸 FREE! 📍 Rumsey Playfield, Central Park

Lineup: 9m88 + YELLOW + ØZI, Chance Emerson, Mong Tong, Chinatown Records

📸 @boyuuuuu

#nycfoodie #nycrestaurant #taiwanesefood #winebar #cheers

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We celebrated our birthday with an epic staff party and feast at Bobo’s Farm upstate earlier this summer. Wine was drank, karaoke was sung, staff Jeopardy was played, cake was consumed. And, it was the perfect occasion to take our new Lei wine totes out for a spin! Limited quantity now on sale, only available at Lei!

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It was Howard’s first time @lei.wine so, of course, we ordered the whole menu. Fabulous as always! (Lamb noodles & desserts not shown) 🙏🏼🙏🏼 @somm_arthurhon
Congratulations again team @lei.wine ♥️🍾 #leiwine #leiwinenyc #modernchinese #winebar #winerestaurant

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We are still processing that our tiny wine bar in NYC’s Chinatown was just named the 2026 Best New Restaurant by the @beardfoundation !!! Unbelievably honored to share this award with our team, families, neighborhood and our fellow nominees around the country.

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