Manhattan Fine Wines

These guys really know their wines, and offer it a few bucks cheaper than even the big wine stores. They have a good Champagne section and a small refrigerated room for their premium bottles. They are very good at keeping up with mentions in Wine Spectator and the L.A. Times. If you need the harder stuff, they offer a small but strong selection, including some labels are a bit harder to find.

I’m a Chardonnay girl but I was looking for a special gift for a friend that drinks Pinot Noir. I’d done a little research before visiting this store because I’d heard good things about it. Well, it’s all true. Look for Ken to give you the best advise (and not necessarily the most expensive in the store) for what you’re looking for without being intimidating. Manhattan Fine Wines is an intimate, small, wine store. It’s very organized and you’ll receive personal attention. I’ll be back!

Excellent selection with competitive prices, many great Bordeaux values to be found in the refrigerated cellar toward the back of the store. Also lots of small-​production California Pinot & Zin (e.g., Loring, Turley) and many options from reliable Southern Rhone producers (e.g., E Guigal, St Cosme), all at great prices.
My only feedback to management is to keep the website updated with the current availability — I was excited to try a particular Burgundy on Halloween that was not in stock despite Wine-​Searcher and the MFW website indicating it was.

The person there really knew his wines and could guide me to selecting a great bottle. The prices seemed reasonable for exclusive /​hard to find bottles. Not much more you need from a wine shop :)

I absolutely LOVE this place!!! Incredible wine selection. I prefer to support small businesses rather than big chains, so to have this little gem shared with me was quite a delight.
They carry all of my favorites from simple table wines like King Estate Pinot Gris and Gascon Malbec to Gurgich, Hess, Flowers, Turley, Quintessa, Château Y’quem and more! Their prices are right where they should be as well.
Great place, friendly and very helpful staff. I’m becoming a regular here. :)

Joe, the owner is simply the best!!! Love this place! The other guys that work there are very knowledgable as well!!! I go in about once a week and sometimes just get a bottle, but if the guys have a deal like last week… it’s a case.
The variety of wines and sprits is perfect and well laid out. easy to browse and if the guys see you wandering, they are there to help and suggest wines.
Last week I wanted a really nice Malbec for a friend. I drink Malbec’s a bunch, but have never found the perfect vintage. I wanted the price to be in the $ 10 – 15 range (they never make you feel like you have to spend more) and they went right to Alamos. It has become my go-​to Malbec. Once again, they were right on it.

Really nice selection of wines and decent prices (maybe 3−5% percent more expensive than BevMo). Low maintenance (folding tables w/​boxes instead of shelves), but I’m fine with that to keep prices down. My husband and I perused for about 20 minutes and weren’t offered any help, but it was New Year’s Eve day and try seemed to be restocking. I’m definitely making this my Beach Cities wine stop!

Really good wine store, the guys in there know what their doing and have great suggestions.

On business travel in El Segundo looking for Carmel Road Chardonnay and found this place on the Carmel Road website. Only carried the Pinot and suggested another wine as comparable from a flavor standpoint. The result was something that tastes like BAD house wine. Very disappointing. Only reason for the second star was because they appeared to have a good selection and good reviews by others, but staff definitely doesn’t know what they have.

In stock. What else?!

The best wine store in South Bay.

This place rocks. Lots of hard to find worldly liquors, amazing fine wine selection and really knowledgable and helpful staff. I love this place. Two thumbs up!

Manhattan Fine Wines is amongst the best wine shops in Southern California, and I believe it is hands-​down the best in the South Bay area of Los Angeles. I have been a customer for about 4 years now, slowly but surely becoming more acquainted with their great selection.
It was important to me to have a great wine shop close to home as I moved back from Sebastopol (Sonoma Co.) in 2007 and needed my fix! No, I needed a place where I could at least have access to the same wines however. You can find RRV wines at Costco, but for one-​stop with a great selection, you would normally find yourself looking up a wine warehouse or super store. A drive to Wally’s or at worst, BevMo. Manhattan Fine Wines fills that role dutifully and beautifully.
I like the service here. If you want recommendations or their pick, just ask. If you want to be completely alone, just do your thing and they will not bother you. They are a great help and have enough experience to be able to dial in on your tastes. (As the last reviewer mentioned, say you don’t like maloactic in your Chard and they will understand)
The selection is great. On the lower, mid, and high-​end, they have a lot of great wines. For those that are after cult or semi-​cult wines, come to MFW. They’ve got Sine Qua Non, Williams-​Seylem, Kistler, Hundred Acre, Screaming Eagle, etc. I recently bought Black Kite, Littorai, and Radio-​Coteau.
The prices are reasonable. I’ve purchased wines here ~10% less than they charge at the winery. I’ve purchased wines at Costco even, to see them at MFW for only a few more dollars. They really make an effort to charge reasonable prices. They have quite a few QPRs, whether you’re looking at domestic Pinots, Priorat or Rhones. You can stop here and buy Krug or Cristal, Cheateau Margaux or Domain Leroy, or you can bring in $ 20 and get a wonderful wine. I picked up a $ 20 Barolo the other day (a village blend, but still) that was great.
My only complaint would be a minor one. When I want a Hermitage or Cote Rotie, or let’s get crazier: a Washington red or a South African wine, I want to select from dozens of choices. It’s purely space, and here they don’t have enough to be able to offer that amount of choice. They pick their wines wisely, but still, some times you hear a name and you just want to run to the nearest wine place and pick it up. Still, they have the Kermit Lynches and Berkeley Imports. That’s what I’d like to see more from them. Know your importer and implore your local shop to carry more from them. That’s how you change the ruling perceptions.
Good luck wine drinkers and let me know what you think of MFW!

When I was back home a few weeks ago, I stopped by this place hoping to find some wines I like. Not only I found a couple of bottles from Australia and New Zealand which I usually enjoy at my favorite wine bars in Sydney, but also they were much cheaper than buying in Australia.
I left the store with big smile…

I can’t say enough good things about this place. Other than the fact that I live in Long Beach and have to drive there, this store is perfect. In fact, the fact that I drive from Long Beach to purchase higher end wines from MFW should say it all. I just picked up a Nickel and Nickel Stag’s Leap District Cab that would’ve cost me $ 85 at any other retailer, and they had it for $ 70. Their selection of whites was restrained only be the amount of floor space they had available, but they sounded like they’d be willing to bring a case of something in if it was reputable enough (I mentioned DR Stephens Chard, and they didn’t flinch at my request to have them obtain some).
When I explained I was looking for a Chard leaning more towards a Seavy and further from a Truchard, they knew EXACTLY what I was saying, and proved it by double checking that I meant lower acids, more butter, with a rolling but structured finish. You don’t need to understand what I’m saying, you just need to get from it that these guys don’t just sell the wines, they taste and KNOW them inside and out. I CAN NOT remember the last time I was at a retail store with this extensive a selection that had such knowledgeable, useful staff. On top of that, their finest of wines had the most reasonable of prices I’d seen in ages. I will hands down be back again and again and again.
Thank you guys! Amazing store you have there!
–M

When you dont want to deal with all of the options at BevMo, go to this great little wine store. The guys who work there know what they are talking about. Tell them what you like/​want, and they’ll want something perfect for you. Its nice and small so its easy to explore and find something that fits your price point and taste preference. There’s even a room that is basically off limits unless you know your going to spend $ 100+ which I haven’t dared to go into yet, but a lot of the local Manhattan Beach Dad’s have become familiar with, check it out.
This place was suggested to me by a waiter at Flemings, so you know they have the best.
They also have a very nice selection of hard liquor.

Best wine selection in the South Bay. If you are looking for a knowledgeable staff and incredible selection, and great prices Manhattan Liquor is the best!

This is the store that I think it is, right? Manhattan Fine Wines instead of Manhattan Liquors? Located the strip mall at Sepulveda x Artesia? The mall with Fedex/​Kinko, Bally Total Fitness, CoffeeB&TeaL, Lindburg Nutrition and MacDonald, right? Next to a small pharmacy/​gift shop? The goole map does not seem right…
Anyway, I like this shop. It feels like a smaller version of Los Angeles Wine Co, the another store that I love. What I like about this place is the tiny card sign indicating the rating and short description put on their featured wines. From a 4 dollar wine to a God-​knows-​how-​much wine they have amazing selections from around the world.

Great prices on wine. Almost the same price that restaurants pay for. My dad has been coming here for years and has now turned me on to this place for several years.

Manhattan Liquor is a fantastic wine shop, with a fine selection of other liquors. The five stars is for not only the selection, but also the care they take to help you select a wine you are looking for.
The wines they carry are fantastic, and will not break the bank.