Wine Comes to Eastdale
By ML Ball
Joining neighborhood favorites like Rossi’s Deli, Tomo Asian Fusion, and The Crafted Kup, Poughkeepsie’s Eastdale Village has now added the one thing that was missing: a wine shop! Opened in June by Amandine Noca, La Caviste is the sister shop of Le Caviste in Stanfordville run by Noca’s husband, Antoine Lefort. Similar to Le Caviste but with its own identity, La Caviste focuses on wines from women winemakers, from a wider range of countries, and at an affordable price point.
“As a working woman, I thought it was important to make people aware that there are many women producing great wines,” says Noca. “We also offer natural wines because women winemakers make a lot of natural, organic wine.” In addition, there is an entire room dedicated to dessert and sparkling wines, a wide selection of Tip Top and Social Hour premixed cocktails in cans, and spirits.
Like Le Caviste, every bottle is personally curated by the owner from producers she knows, and above each section of wines are animal cutouts of which foods pair best with those selections. “For example, I would suggest pairing whites and lighter reds with white meat, heavier reds with beef, and Shiraz or Malbec with lamb,” Noca explains.
La Caviste is open every day and wine tastings are every Friday, 4 to 6 pm.