Excellent winery and restaurant with fantastic wines and great employees! This is a really cool…read morewinery based in the heart of Amsterdam - highly recommend doing the tour, which includes a tasting. All of the employees were super friendly and knowledgeable. A special thank you to Lieke, who was absolutely fabulous as she guided me through the tasting. Thank you!

Chateau Amsterdam is fantastic! The tour is well worth the 30 Euros! All the wine is delicious, the…read morestaff is so friendly and knowledgeable, and the food is great! Definitely recommend!

Next time you will find yourself stuck on the Meent manoeuvre your way out of the high street and…read moreonto this quiet lane. Follow the smell of lavender and take a seat on the bench. Soon other fruit flavors will enter your nostrils and before you know it you will have walked inside a great little winery. Sigurd the shopkeeper and owner of an enormous smile will only be too happy to show you the great collection of wines they have. He is a walking storyteller, knows the quirky details of every bottle, and spends his free time visiting the old and new wine houses. On my last visit I discovered they have a fantastic sake collection as well with some of the best tasting sakes around if you are into the stuff. It is a social thing they will say which is why on Fridays they sometimes crack open a bottle or two and share it with you and others in a casual tasting affair. But this is the cool thing, no matter how small or how big the budget, you will leave with something delicious and a tale to tell your friends. As seen on I Know This Great Little Place in Rotterdam (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.571215479583766.1073741878.103845866320732&type=3)

Hmmm oké, deze winkel wordt door studenten misschien niet heel druk bezocht. En aangezien ik een…read morestudent ben is het niet persé logisch dat ik van deze winkel genoeg weet om iets geloofwaardigs te schrijven, maar dat is wel zo. Studenten die snakken naar alcohol trekken sneller een sprintje naar de Albert Heijn dan naar de Gouden Ton. En tja, deze zuiplappen hebben de volgende morgen dan waarschijnlijk een fikse hoofdpijn (en ze zijn ook niet helemaal bankroet, elke nadeel heb z'n voordeel). Maar als ik een perfect remedie tegen katerhoofdpijn zou moeten aanbevelen, zou ik iedereen naar de Gouden Ton sturen. Het heerlijke aan de Gouden Ton (ton) vind ik natuurlijk de wijntjes, uiteraard, maar die krijg je door het goede advies van de eigenaar, die altijd in de ton te vinden is. Ik ben er wel eens binnen gelopen met de vraag: 'eeeh, ja, ik zoek iets voor m'n vader, die is jarig'. Geweldige klantenservice levert deze goede man, hij wist me een perfect wijntje mee te geven om m'n vader blij mee te maken. In elke prijsklasse heeft de ton eigenlijk wel wijn liggen, vanaf ongeveer vier en een halve euro. En denk niet dat die goedkope wijn puur bocht is, ik heb ze laatst geproefd, en het was goddelijk.

One of the best wine stores around Hilversum, the owner really knows a lot and always has some…read morespecial wines in stock from lesser known regions or grape variaties which makes it stand out from other stores. Highly recommended is the quarterly subscription you can get at a reduced price, every 3 months you'll get surprised with 6 bottles of wine suiting the season.

Excellent, excellent wine shop. Ewout has unique finds and a deep knowledge of their offerings. I…read morehad my wedding done by them and the choices were perfect.

Solid liquor store in Centrum. Very accessible location and easy to find. Pretty good selection of…read morespirits, from scotch to tequila. Wanted a bottle of Jenever to take home and they had several. Prices are a little higher than online, but not too bad.

I have walked by this liquor store a handful of times. Turns out, it's more than just any old…read moreliquor store. It's one for the ages, dating back centuries. Every time I can't help but to notice the uniquely shaped bottles of liquor in the shape of a shoe, car or gun on display. The bottles aren't exactly the typical brands but they have those also. Inside is warm and inviting. The wooden shelves that hold the bottles and handful of kegs of liquor give the old world touch, it reminds me of the charm of much of Amsterdam's old pubs. I am just looking around but I already know what I want. The lady who is managing the store is talking on the phone but when she saw me come in, she got off and took the time to address my inquiries. She was so pleasant. I apologized for intruding on her conversation and with a smile she said no problem. She explained the different versions of Absinthe, as that was I was in the market for here. Grabbed a bottle for 20euros as a gift. There are larger bottles that are pricier. Packaging is just paper, nothing fancy. For this business in term of it's age, friendly staff and uniqueness, I walked away with something I can give that is not run of the mill.