Wine Bar

 

EVERY Monday & Thursday

Taste 20 Diverse Wines, just $20

The best deal in town for wine lovers: EVERY Monday and Thursday you have a chance to taste from 20 diverse wines in a wide variety of styles for just $20 (exclusive of tax and tip) in our Bar. We will offer different choices every week so you can survey the multitude of new releases and old reliables we offer. On these nights we will pour the wines OFF THE BAR (there will be table service for food) in a fun, party atmosphere. See you there?

Happy Hour Five Nights a Week in our Wine Bar

Why not stop by to relax after work with a special discount on our ever changing wine and beer menu? You’ll both save money AND enjoy more of that famous WINE EXPO vinous diversity.

All guests seated before 7pm will receive 50% off on all beverages served before 7pm plus 10% off any in store retail purchases on their way out. This offer cannot be combined with any other discount, promotion or coupon and does not include 20/20 or *Live Music nights. Cheers!

 

Beer Night…is EVERY Night!

Taste from a diverse range of the brewers art featuring a different brewery, style or place each week while you munch on chips, nuts and a sampling of our famous crostini…all for just $15 plus tax and gratuity.

 

Wine Classes

Click here to see our current schedule of wine tasting classes.

 

Our Wine Bar team is here to serve you seven days a week after 5pm (open till midnight Thurs-Saturday, till 10pm Sun – Wed). This week’s offerings:

 

Aperitif: Gardet Brut Selected Resérve Champagne  $16 glass

 

Whites 

 

1) Easy Drinking Whites  $10 per flight 

 

A) Gravitas Unoaked Chardonnay 2004, Marlborough NZ  $4 glass

Without the wood, Chardonnay actually tastes more like green apples than buttered popcorn!

 

B)  Neumeyer Sylvaner Vieilles Vignes 2007, Alsace France  $6 glass

Sylvaner is more about minerals than fruit, is perfect with seafood and ages beautifully.

 

C) Gravitas Sauvignon Blanc 2004, Marlborough NZ   $4 glass

NZ is rightfully famous for this fresh, invigorating, über food friendly style of Sauvignon Blanc

 

2) Straight outta Sunny Sicilia  $23 per flight

 

A) Montoni Grillo Vigna della Timpa 2012, Sicilia Italy  $11 glass

Long used to make Marsala, wonderfully fresh and citrus tinged DRY versions are all the rage.

 

B) Montoni Catarratto Vigna del Masso 2012, Sicilia Italy  $12 glass

More savory and mineral driven, Catarratto can age and improve for up to a decade.

 

C) Pietra Tagliata Zibibbo 2011, Sicilia Italy  $9 glass

100% Moscato with in YO face aromatics blasting out of your glass but a bone dry finish.

 

Reds 

 

3) Cabernet Three Ways  $11 per flight

 

A) Nonno Giuseppe Cabernet 2003, Redwood Valley California  $5 glass

Vines planted in 1906, the wine was aged for nine years….it’s ready for its closeup!

 

B) Pasión 4 Cabernet 2009, Mendoza Argentina  $4 glass

Fun and juicy unoaked Cabernet from the Argentine…

 

C) Joffre e Hijas Grand Cabernet 2007, Mendoza Argentina  $7 glass

Semi serious Bordeaux wanna be made by Joffre & Daughters!

 

4) España Vieja in your glass  $21 per flight 

 

A) Señorio de Guadianeja Gran Reserva 1995, La Mancha Spain  $12 gl

Soft, smooth and mature 100% Tempranillo with gorgeous perfume on the nose…enchanting.

 

B) S. de Guadianeja Gran Reserva Cab ‘04, La Mancha Spain  $9 glass

Old vine Cabernet Sauvignon vinified in a classic Claret style. One of the best buys in the store

 

C) Mascun Syrah 2005, Somontano Spain $10 glass

Intensely flavored but balanced Syrah (just 13.5% ABV) from mountain vineyards.

 

5) Three Faces of Elegance  $29 per flight

 

A) Montage Hummingbird Hill Pinot Noir ‘10, Sonoma Coast  $14 glass

Cool climate Pinot from the windswept coast of western Sonoma. 200 case production.

 

B) Burgo Viejo Gran Reserva 2001, Rioja Spain  $16 glass

Mostly Tempranillo with a bit of aromatic Mazuela & Garnacha for extra interest.

 

C) De Sesta Poggio d’Arna 2010, Toscana Italy  $12 glass

60% Sangiovese Grosso from Montalcino with 20% each Cabernet & Merlot for structure.

 

Gilberts Ruby Porto $6  

Sorry, we cannot split flights        

 

 

 

Beer / Soft Drinks

 

Stiegl Radler (Austrian Pils + Pink Grapefruit, insane!)  330ml  $3.50

Palm Speciale Belge Ale (lighter than most Belgians, delish)  330ml  $3

Rodenbach Flemish Red Ale (tart in a GOOD way, a classic!)  330ml  $5  

El Segundo White Dog IPA (50% wheat to lighten the texture)  22oz  $12

Bison Organic Chocolate Stout (brewed w/ Peruvian cocoa) 330ml  $3.50

Lurisia Mineral Water / Select Natural Sugar Sodas  $3

 

Wow, someone REALLY likes our Bar food!

 

Salumi Plates

Prosciutto served with bread, olives, mixed nuts, crackers   $9

Mixed Salume served w/ bread, olives, nuts & crackers   $8

 

Cheese Plates

Mild: a selection of milder cheeses served with bread, mixed nuts and crackers.  $9

Not so Mild: a selection of boldly flavored cheeses served with bread, white truffle honey, mixed nuts and crackers.  $9

 

Il Grandone (for the table):

Mixed Salume and Cheeses served with bread, olives, mixed nuts and crackers   $19

 

Personal Pizza

See our separate pizza menu for choices and descriptions  $9

 

Crostini Plates 

12 piece sampler  $11    6 piece sampler  $6

Rounds of sourdough baguette topped with wine friendly savory tidbits including cured meats, veggies and various cheeses. We toast them to order…delicioso!

 

Sides

Orgasmo de la Boca Smoked Olives (warning, addictive!)  $4.50

All Spice Cafe Chipotle Olive Tapenade, Corn Chips  $5

Black Truffle / Mushroom Tapenade, assorted Crackers $10

Chef Judy’s Maple Chipotle Glazed Fancy Mixed Nuts  $4.50

L’Artisan du Chocolat Chocolate Truffle Selection  $12

18% gratuity added to parties of 6 or more

 

Parties in our Wine Bar

We can accommodate your party, sales team meeting, singles group, ect in our Wine Bar with up to 70 guests at affordable rates. Give us a call at 310-828-4428 to book your event.

 

 

Food Trucks at our Bar

We often have Gourmet Food Trucks at the Wine Bar. You can grab some hearty, wine friendly food from the truck, bring it into the bar and enjoy it with our weekly selections of wine and beer or, if you live in the ‘hood, get some take out from the truck and take it home (the better the trucks do, the better trucks we can get…it’s a virtuous circle!)