Tip: buy your wines at Ton Overmars

At the editorial office, we may love wine a little more than is good for us. We prefer to drink incredibly good wine, and in large quantities too. Not great for the wallet, but luckily there’s Ton Overmars wine shop on Amsterdam’s Hoofddorpplein.

At Ton Overmars, you can find the best wines for any budget. Whereas staff in many wine shops routinely try to steer you towards the ten-euro bottles, at Ton you can get a beautiful bottle for half the price.

Splurge

Of course, they also sell more expensive wines, because every now and then you have to splurge. The staff are more than capable of advising you on which wine goes best with your meal, whether that’s a quick carbonara on a Tuesday or a four-course dinner at the weekend.

The more often you come, the more fun it gets. You get to know the wines better and can use that knowledge to choose the next one. Nothing beats having a good relationship with the place where your weekly wine supply is located.

Favorite house wine

As soon as her home supply starts to run low, FavorFlav’s Emma jumps on her bike for her favorite house wines. At the moment, in the white category, that’s Ferret’s Colombard/Ugni Blanc (2015); when she feels like red, she invariably reaches for Paraiso’s Carmènere (2015). €5.50 and €5.95, respectively.

Don’t live in Amsterdam, or don’t feel like cycling through the rain? The entire range can also simply be ordered online—nice and easy.

Ton Overmars
Hoofddorplein 11
020-615-71-42
Amsterdam

Image: Ton Overmars