My friend and I stopped in to try some wine before meeting up with some family. We asked if we were able to do wine tastings, to which we were told by the woman who owns the place, no, we could order a flight of 3 for $10, because 'rent is too expensive here to offer you a tasting.' We were both taken aback at the words and the tone of the statement. We were completely willing to pay for a tasting, but wanted to be able to sample more than three large pours of wine to determine what we like before buying a glass/bottles. We immediately agreed we would each do a flight of three, but not order any additional tastings and not buy a glass or bottle due to the service. After receiving our two flights, another employee, Alex, came in. He was so personable and it was solely due to his service that we decided to purchase a glass of wine from him too. We did really enjoy the wine and the male owner showed himself to be friendly as we sat and chatted with Alex. If we weren't leaving town the next morning, we would have purchased a bottle due to the improved service. This place is lucky to have Alex because he not only sold more wine, but he is the sole reason I'm giving the place a four star review and will now plan to return on my next visit.
EDIT: Clearly I need to make some clarifications since the manager decided to rudely make some assumptions. I clearly said above we were willing to PAY for a tasting. We go to wineries all over, throughout several states, and frequently are offered both free AND paid tastings where we can get small sips of several wines vs. just larger pours of three. That's all we were inquiring about so we could taste more of the flavors and have a better chance of finding one we liked and would want to buy. Just because I mention buying a bottle, then mention leaving the following day didn't make my statement 'not true.' Our plan was to go in, quickly taste to see which we'd like, then order a glass or a bottle to drink in person at the wine bar. By the time we were done selecting (and no, YOU didn't suggest wines to us since you walked away immediately after your comment on the rent, your husband did, and he was helpful and right about what we'd like...and I didn't realize that taking a few minutes to make a selection when we were first time customers meant we were 'hemming and hawing' to your dissatisfaction - I'll make a mental note to speed up my wine selections in the future) and drinking our flights (yes FLIGHTS plural, we each had a flight - we didn't split one flight, but I'm sorry if you saw us sharing all six flavors since we were so happy with the flavors we wanted the other to experience them too), we were getting too close to the time we had to meet family for dinner, so we opted to buy a glass instead of taking the time to drink a full bottle. My friend brought me here and she doesn't even belong to Yelp, so it wasn't until we had already ordered the flights and about to receive them that I checked in and saw the free wine glass offer and she thought that would be a fun souvenir too, so then she signed up for Yelp while in there. If you don't want to offer the glasses and are going to bash people for using the offer, then take if off Yelp and don't offer it any longer. Yes, I did say I checked in as a method to remember to leave a review AFTER Alex was asking what a check in did - he wanted to know if it benefits the wine bar. I was explaining that I wasn't sure what it did on the business side, but that's how I used check ins. Maybe if you hadn't been sulking in the corner, you would have gotten some context in the conversation and saw what we actually drank. Trust me, I'm far from on a budget (as you can see from my hundreds of reviews on here, I just love spending my money on food and drinks), and implying someone is cheap just for asking questions about your tastings is extremely rude. In the end, I gave four stars, complimented the wine, your husband, and your staff, so all of this is really unnecessary and just further demonstrates my point. read more