by Dakota 
Brooklyn Winery owner Brian Leventhal is yet another resident with a business in Williamsburg, who makes its northern neighbor of Greenpoint his home. Leventhal and John Stires are the innovators behind the beautiful urban winery and event space, which they started after they visited a winery in New Jersey.
Greenpointers chatted with Brian about the challenges of owning a business that depends not only on the harvest and transport of grapes, but also on the…
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Brian Leventhal is a businessman but also a thief.
We booked our wedding close to 2 years in advance, with 14-15 months notice we had to cancel because of un-foreseen circumstances.
They kept close to 13,000.00 dollars. Refunded me about 2,500.00 dollars. My wife and mother went to check out the winery, it took about one hour for the wedding planner to show them around and put their name on a calendar 20 months in the future.
Long story short we paid 13k for one hour of work.
We paid 13k for nothing!
Thanks Brian.