Specialties
Beacon's flagship natural wine boutique, carrying exclusively more-than-organic wines, meads, ciders, and sake free of additives (additional sugars, flavors, dyes, stabilizers, concentrates, etc.) and from small, under-represented producers around the world. Almost the entire inventory is vegan (unfined and unfiltered, or are clarified with vegan-friendly methods). We pride ourselves on carrying obscure and unusual bottles from places you didn't know made wine and grapes you've never heard of, in a friendly atmosphere where our owner-proprietors are happy to make recommendations, educate, and encourage exploration and community in our space.
History
Established in 2020.
Under our original owner-proprietor, Dirty Bacchus was a passion project built as a collection of the world's most exciting natural wines during the COVID-19 pandemic. We garnered national attention in our small but growing corner of the wine market, and have been featured in Forbes, Wine Enthusiast, Punch Magazine, the Disgorgeous podcast, and the Raisin Natural Wine App.
In mid-2023, he expressed a desire to retire and offered the store to the one of store's sole employees, and they found the perfect partner to make it happen.
We officially opened under our new ownership at the end of May 2024, and our sights are set on the future: wine clubs, national shipping, and helping to support the future of carbon-neutral freight by aligning ourselves with importers and distributors who use sailboats both up the nearby Hudson River and across the Atlantic Ocean.