. . "0"^^ . "2009-10-04T00:00:00"^^ . "4"^^ . "Despite being a chain, one of my favorite wine stores is Wine Styles. I've always loved how they categorize their wines and conduct their tastings. \n\nRather than categorize by red, white, type of wine, or region, they categorize by the same flavor families such as crisp, mellow, nectar, bold, and I believe a couple others. They are very knowledgeable about their wines and the staff at this location is extremely friendly and helpful. I've been here twice now and would gladly come back. \n\nThe first time was almost a year ago and they introduced me to one of my new favorite wines to buy consistently, New Age, as well as that it's better chilled, over ice, with a lime. Yes, sounds odd. But it's been a consistent bottle in my house.\n\nLast night we headed there to celebrate a friend's birthday and they were having a complimentary wine tasting for their anniversary with food also. They had some amazing wines on the list, including New Age, which I am sure I have everyone hooked on now, and most of them didn't even try it on ice. They also had this wine-a-rita mix that was to die for. I had like two glasses and bought the mix. It's very good with fruit forward wines.\n\nOur party was given our own roped off area outside which was nice considering the gorgeous weather and as a bonus we were then able to listen (and sometimes dance) to the Greek music from the restaurant next door. It was a great place to have a great conversation and enjoy some fantastic wines. This tasting was pick your own from a list rather than everyone having every wine in the same order, and I was impressed at how the staff remembered what we all wanted every time and we had a group of about 14 people.\n\nSometimes I forget about Wine Styles because it's a chain, but I'm always happy when I end up there."^^ . "3"^^ . "2"^^ . .