On a sunny afternoon last December, a woman stands at the counter at Sherry-Lehmann, frowning. She asks why she hasn’t received an overdue $200 refund. “It takes four to eight weeks for the credit to be processed,” the salesman says. He offers the woman the value of her refund in wine, but the pickings are slim. Read more about the once-prestigious Manhattan wine shop's decline.
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