Westchester's Coziest Wine Hideout Punches Up
Bronxville · White Plains · Wine Bar & Small Plates · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · September 12, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Ernie's Wine Bar + Eats’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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Walking into Ernie's, you get the immediate sense that this place actually gives a damn about wine — rare for a suburban strip, rarer still for a room this small. The dim lighting and tight quarters set a mood that says linger, order another glass, maybe stay for the live music. This isn't a restaurant that happens to have wine; it's a wine bar that happens to have food.
The list skews international in a way that feels genuinely curious rather than curated for show — pulling from Champagne, Spain, South Africa, New Zealand, and California, with a nod to Sauternes for anyone paying attention. That's a solid spread for a neighborhood wine bar of this size. The regional mix suggests someone behind the list has actual opinions, not just a distributor's catalog. Gaps exist, naturally — this isn't a deep cellar situation — but what's here seems chosen with intention.
We don't have an exact count on the glass pours, but the format of the space and the discounted happy hour program both suggest a rotating, reasonably sized by-the-glass selection. The $3-off-any-glass deal running Monday through Thursday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. is modest but real — and in a town where wine bars routinely charge Manhattan prices, that window matters.
Monday–Thursday — $3 off any glass of wine from 4:30–6:30 p.m., per Westchester Magazine. Not a true half-price night, but a consistent daily happy hour deal worth knowing.
The Bottom Line
Ernie's is the kind of neighborhood wine bar Westchester needs more of: unpretentious, genuinely wine-forward, and priced like they actually want you to order a second glass. If you're in the area on a weekday, hit that happy hour window and settle in.
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