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NYT scribe claims Sherry $oaked him good

A New York Times columnist admitted he was bamboozled out of $6,300 by iconic 88-year-old vintner Sherry-Lehmann — yet shelled out another $400 for a case of pricey wine that also never came.

Times columnist James B. Stewart wrote Thursday that in 2016 he paid Sherry-Lehmann for four cases of 2015 Bordeaux with the understanding they would be shipped after the wine matured in about three years.

The posh wine store on Park Avenue — whose financial woes and alleged bilking of customers were first reported by The Post — pioneered the pay-inadvance model in the ’50s, when its wealthy clientele began investing in wine.

After paying in advance for the 48 bottles of Bordeaux, Stewart also bought futures for 2016 and 2019 blends — which were scheduled to be delivered in 2019 and 2022, respectively. He was out a total of $6,300.

Years passed and the cases of wine never showed up, according to Stewart. Sherry-Lehmann reportedly blamed the pandemic on shipping delays.

Nevertheless, Stewart returned to Sherry-Lehmann yet again in spring 2022, handing over another $400 for a case of white Burgundy he was told was in stock. He never received it.

When he reached out to the company, Sherry-Lehmann first insisted the case was on back order and later stopped responding to Stewart’s emails and phone calls.

When Sherry-Lehmann spokesperson Eric Andrus caught wind that Stewart was writing a column about the situation for the Times, he said the wine store claimed it had located Stewart’s four cases of 2015 bottles but that they couldn’t be delivered because Stewart had moved since placing the order.

Meanwhile, Sherry-Lehmann has failed to deliver more than $1 million worth of wine to customers who paid in advance, per records obtained by the Times.

The million-dollar debt doesn’t include clients of Wine Caves — a storage business helmed by Sherry-Lehman’s owners, Shyda Gilmer and Kris Green, for their highestpaying clients.

Andrus called the article “riddled with factual errors and misrepresentations.”

Bitter aftertaste New York Times columnist James B. Stewart (inset) says he was swindled by posh Park Avenue wine merchant SherryLehmann, which is co-owned by Shyda Gilmer (left).