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My friends and I were here last weekend for a little going away get-together. The other reviews have said it all. You get an electronic card that costs $5 and you fill it up in $25 increments. If you're in a big group, there's really no reason to get more than one card. You use said card at the various enomatic wine stations (thanks to Misti Y for edumacating me on the word "enomatic"). The machines dispense wine in 1/3/5 ounce pours. You can also just order individual drinks at the bar.
Like I said, it's a beautiful place. It's dark. It's downstairs. It really does feel like a wine cellar. The seating is group style, so you'll probably be sitting with other people (we had nine or ten in our group and there was still room for other people in our table area).
It's fun to go around to each of the enomatic machines (I'm going to get my mileage out of that word) and pick out wines. Well, it's fun insofar as there is a wide selection. It's not so fun in that you don't know if it's going to be any good. Sure you could order a 1 ounce sampling, but that would get expensive. In the end, I settled for getting 3 or 5 ounces and just going with it. After a few glasses, it doesn't really matter. Well, one of the glasses of wine I got totally smelled like baby poop. Not a good bouquet at all!
Oh yeah. They have one machine dispensing from a bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue Label for $20 per ounce, which works out to about $500 for a bottle. I skipped it. Long story short, I've been planning to buy a bottle for New Year's Eve. I've never tried it before, so I was hoping Hostile Grape would be a good place to try a sample. Not for $20! I can find a bottle online for less than $200.
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