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FEATURED WINE RETAILER: KHOURY’S FINE WINE & SPIRITS
Look for Khoury’s signs when searching for good value and quality...
Issa and his wife Nura own and operate Khoury’s Fine Wine & Spirits. Khoury’s has two locations for shopping convenience; one store at 9915 S. Eastern Avenue, Henderson (702)435-9463 and the newest store at 7150 S. Durango, Las Vegas (702)453-9463.
While Khoury’s has a wide selection of all alcoholic beverages, the stores definitely emphasize the sale of wine, with more than 80 percent of the shelving dedicated to stocking a wide assortment of wines from all the major wine growing areas of the world. They provide a varied array of wine choices from all the best known California regions, such as the Napa and Sonoma valleys, and central coast wines. Khoury’s features many French, Italian and Australian offerings as well.
Typically, Khoury’s will carry wines from all price ranges from each different region. For example, I recently purchased a bourgeois Bordeaux wine from the 2005 vintage for only $20.00. They carry many Italian and Australian bottles in the $18-$25.00 price range. Khoury’s regularly offers promotions on less expensive quality wines, such as the Mollydooker “Two Left Feet” and “The Boxer” for $22.00 per bottle. For that occasional big splurge purchase, the walk wine lockers feature some truly classic wines. For example, Khoury’s has a 2005 Robert Foley (94 points by Robert Parker), the 2006 Hirsch Pinot Noir (a small production cult wine) and the Mollydooker “Carnival of Love” (95 points from Robert Parker).
Issa, at one of Khoury’s wine tastings with winemaker Tobin James...
To better inform the buyer, Khoury’s often labels the wines with relevant ratings form either Robert Parker or the Wine Spectator. Issa has an excellent grasp of wine knowledge and always has the time to answer questions about a particular bottle. Moreover, if he does not have the answer off the top of his head, he can refer to the Robert Parker or Wine Spectator websites to help obtain immediate answers to your questions. This service can prove quite helpful when trying to select a nice bottle for a special event or gift.
Issa says that as far as domestic wines, he enjoys carrying some of the smaller boutique vintners’ wines. For example, Khoury’s offers wines by L’Aventure, Linne Collodo, Surh Luchtel and Walter Hansel. Critics consider all these wines as “up and coming” selections, but they can prove difficult to find. In this regard, Issa seems well connected to the web of wine distributors, because his stores always seem to have some quite difficult to find bottles for sale
Both stores have wine stored in easy to read row bins the middle of the store, and attractively shelved in wooden racks along the walls. Both stores feature a large cooled walk-in locker containing the more expensive wines. These lockers provide a good opportunity for a customer to ad a bottle or two of rare wine to any collection. Any visitor should look in the locker while shopping at Khoury’s, if just see how nicely displayed wine can help the look of any room…
Khoury’s also promotes a weekly free wine tasting event. The Las Vegas store holds its weekly event every Wednesday between 6:00-8:00 pm. The Henderson store stages its tastings on Thursdays between 6:00-8:00 pm. The tastings provide a good opportunity to taste new wines, socialize with others and gain some wine knowledge, all at the same time. The local wine distributor or the actual winemaker always attends these affairs to answer any questions about any wine available for tasting that evening. Khoury’s usually discounts the prices of any wines tasted at these events. Often, the winemakers who show up at these events are quite well known, such as Tobin James from the popular winery of the same name.
The stores staff works hard to provide good service, and generally seem quite informed about wine. Brian, Rick, Michael, John, Alex, Ryan and Kammaye are respected veteran employees at Khoury’s. Kammaye sometimes teaches wine classes at the Eastern store.
Khoury’s will also occasionally stage special events, such as the Zinfandel wine tasting, which took place last fall. More than 25 producers attended with their wines. The event also included live entertainment and a barbeque. Currently, they plan to hold a Brunello wine tasting and dinner in conjunction with Vinifera Imports on March 16 at the Giorgio Italian Restaurant at the Mandalay Hotel & Casino. Vegas Wine News will continue to post all such wine related events on the Wine Happenings” page of this site.
All things considered Khoury’s provides a wide selection of wines at fair prices, along with a knowledgeable staff and two beautiful stores, making it a great place to shop for all your wine needs, be it the weekend cook out or the connoiseur’s collection….
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