Mother’s Day is right around the corner and what’s a better way to treat your Mom than with wine!? Whether it’s a mimosa with breakfast, a little outdoor brunch with a pretty pink rosé or my Mama Margie’s favorite, rich and spicy Zin and ribs for dinner, we’ve got the wines to make Mom smile [...]

If you have been in the store lately, you may have noticed some changes.  The biggest change being the addition of our Mon Jin Lau Sushi counter.  That’s right, the quality sushi you have been experiencing in their restaurant since 1969, is now at Nino’s! And to be quite honest, I couldn’t be happier. I [...]

That’s right, Nino’s is now on Twitter!
You can now get up to date notifications from all of our staff.
Joe Santoro, our produce buyer, tweets about all the great buys he’s finding down at the terminal and which fresh produce is ripest and tastiest right now. 
Chef Pete Loren, our Executive Chef, tweets about the great restaurants [...]

Valentine’s Day is around the corner and many of us are scrambling to find the perfect little trinket to tell the one we love just how much we care… but what about the single ladies? All the single ladies? Even if you’re “off the market,” Valentine’s Day can be a terrific day to celebrate the [...]

Well, we have made it through the Holidays. Here we are in the middle of January with no real wine driven holiday until Valentine’s Day.  The weather has been mild and the overall feeling from the customers and staff in the store is one of well deserved calm.  Perhaps it’s because I am a January [...]

‘Tis the season for mall madness.  Last minute stresses over what to get that special someone, or the “what was their name again?” someone abound.  This is my guide to the perfect gift of wine for everyone from your obnoxious wine snob boss, to the neighbor that snow-blows your drive. 
 
BUY ME BY THE CASE
Every year, [...]

The excitement over the holidays is building! People are bustling around the store with long lists of ingredients that all add up to the perfect Thanksgiving meal. For me, the true mark of the holidays is the arrival of Beaujolais Nouveau.  Beaujolais Nouveau hits store floors the third Thursday of November every year, and I [...]

As some of you know, this past June I spent one warm, wonderful week in Sicily.  Myself and a select few other retailers in the market were asked to go through the wine country, taste wines, experience some of the history and traditions of Sicily and bring back the wines that we liked.
These wines won’t [...]

As I sleepily stumbled down the stairs this morning, driven by the need for fresh coffee and the consistent mewing of my hungry cat, Poe, I sensed something was different.  First, the floor was cold and the air not only smelled different, it felt different. Fall has come to Michigan. Sometime overnight as we lay [...]

We’re in the thick of the dog days of summer – long, hot days, trips to the pool and barbequing with friends and family. In my last article I wrote about some of my favorite white wines for the summer, but sometimes a red or rosé pairs better with a meal.  Lately it’s been my [...]