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| - I'm in love with Vine Styles lately. I found my way into this store one day and stumbled upon one of their Category Tasting events. It's an open to the public event that they do ever couple weeks, and they had no less than 6 (probably more) bottles of wine available for me to sample from each of their different styles.
What do mean by styles... like grape type? Country? Nope, and nope. Ok, while the grape varietal and country definitely play into the way a wine tastes but there's a crazy amount of variation from bottle to bottle. Vine Styles takes it a step further and does the homework for you by organizing the store by exactly what's important - how the wine tastes.
Flavour styles like Bold, Lush, Crisp, Elegant - they have a list of tasting notes for each, and if you come on a category tasting day you can rely on your own pallet to narrow the field. What I really love about this organization is that it empowers me to explore. I know that if I'm in the mood for a bold wine, I can basically pick anything off the bold wine and I'm going to be happy. I don't need to go for the same bottle I've gone to time and time again.
More that I think is super awesome:
- They pretty much only carry wine I've never had. Not that I've had every kind of wine going, but even in their "under $20 section" there's no chance you'll come across your usual liquor subjects. Yellow Tail, Apothic Red, Jackson Triggs... Hell no. This is not that kind of wine store.
- Oh yah... They have an under $20 section! And a very well thought out under $20 section at that. Sometime you need a bottle of wine for a fancy dinner, or at a family gathering where you hope to impress the in-laws... but sometimes (and likely more regularly) you need a good bottle of wine to have a much needed pajama and Netflix marathon. And if you do want that to be a good bottle of wine... maybe check out Vine Styles some time.
Oh yeah - I also joined their craft beer club today. You get a variety 6-pack of excellent beer each month, as well as some deals and cool tasting events. Currently enjoying my Dogfather Imperial Stout while writing this review. I'm already looking forward to next month!
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