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| - Super difficult rvw to write. Great service, very attentive, and obviously Jason is passionite about the concept. I wish there were half stars - I would do 3.5.
Was definatly something interesting to do on a hot Saturday afternoon. Decor was really nice. Tiny bit hard to find (like some things on ebay).
Cheese plate was quite nice.
BUT..... ALL the wines were extremely young with no character at all. If you love wine, and I do, this is not exactly the experience you may be looking for. You WILL be highly disappointed - big time. Lacking in quality in a BIG way. This is basically the sludge or the dregs of the wine pulp and whatever given from California, Oregon, and Washington. (OK, for sure the left-overs from which other wineries do NOT want to use).
It could and might be fun to host some sort of team buliding event to bottle some wine, but I certainly could not, in any way, justify paying $12-19/bottle for these. No way. Seriously, i bought a Sangiovese for $1.99/bottle (at a store - not Su Vino) which, unbelievably I even drank!!! (was for company who didn't have a wine palette or care), so I bought and served it rather than my $20++ bottles. Point? This $2 wine was better than their "Super Tuscan" at $24/bottle. Yes, seriously. In fact, there are numerous Kirkland/Costco brand wine which you can buy for $6-12/bottle (Meritage, Cab Sav, Malbec, Rose) which are from Spain, New Zealand, ect, that are much better than Su Vino. Not wines I usually drink, but I can't drink $30/40/50 dollar bottles every/all day, so sometimes I try to experiment, even if it means I cook with it :-)
The Pinot Grigio & Chard was "drinkable", but certainly not at $11 per bottle to make & take. Naw-Ah.
When I think of what $20 for a red gets me (think Duckhorn, Decoy, ZD Cab, Blends, Owen Row, and for a few bucks more for Reds like Prisoner, T-Vine, Nickle - the list is endless), it's crazy to think I would pay for a minum of a case price ($200+) for these. I'm sure they would "possibly" taste a 'bit' better in 6, 9, 12+ mths, but I wouldn't know, since all their tastings are only in the bottle about 1 mth.
I am glad I tried, went and checked it off my To-Do List, and you shoud be your own judge, but this wine is not for me - just my personal opinion here. And wine is definately very personal.
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