According to the reader who sent in this photo, the owners of this new wine store at 187 Dekalb were standing on the sidewalk last Saturday and soliciting signatures to support their application for a liquor license. We can’t imagine there being much resistance to an attractive wine store opening in the nabe, though with a name like Thirsty Wine Merchants, we suppose things could get a little rowdy. Wonder how the folks at Olivino and Greene Grape, both on Fulton, feel about the new competition!

UPDATE: The Brooklyn Papers covered this wine-shop controversy back in April.