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| - Took a few housemates to the complimentary Friday night wine tasting. Extremely good way to enjoy new wines. The super cute wine rep/pour guy, Chris, was so awesome; he made me wish I was a gay man so I could have a crush on him.
We began with an Italian proseco. My flavor description was "like white wine and champagne had a baby". Not a huge fan of whites, but it was really nice, light and tasty.
The last taste was of a red, the only domestic wine on the list for tonight. Fairly decent full body. Bought a bottle even though it had a screw top. (I'm only snobbish about: wine should have a CORK!) I know, endangered cork, but I don't care if it's not real. It just needs one. OCD much? Yes, no thanks, sucks.
The only thing not to like about the interior was fake plants. They have many real, too, so it was kinda odd. Otherwise a warmly colored, well planned space. Also have an interesting beer selection, which likely won't go ignored by me for long.
I appreciate that the place is dual use- coffee bar by morn and wines at night. The food looked interesting, but seemed a tad pricey. Also too expensive were the in-house prices. About double the charge for what it would cost taking your bottle to go, which seems a bit steep to me. I'd go again for the tastings, and purchase of a bottle or two that never would've been tried without the Pines.
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