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Newport Beach's Only Wine Bar and Wine Store

Recommendations

Wine Tasting - no rules but a few tips:

• Don't wear perfume or cologne - it interferes with your, and your neighbors, ability to enjoy the aromas of wine (80% of our sense of taste.)
• A wine glass has a stem for a reason: it keeps the heat of your hand from the wine. Unless you want to warm up your wine (rarely) keep your hand on the stem and off the bowl.
• Most wine is meant to play off food - so order some cheese or a pizza to balance out your palate.
• The most important thing about tasting is deciding if YOU like it or not. Don't listen to friends or critics. Everyone's palate is different so embrace yours.

Nearby restaurants we like:

• Nesai Restaurant
• Pescadou Bistro

BYOB - find nearby restaurant corkage fees (click)

 

Wine country:

• Our favorite independent CA winery guide

Friends of the Lab and recommended sites:

• cellartracker.com - great community effort and a place to manage your wine collection
• Wine Berserkers - an independent discussion forum
• localwineevents.com - find wine events
• eRobertParker.com - Robert Parker & friends
• winecellarclubinc.com - Wine Cellar Club in Irvine - great place to store your wine
• Jack Winn Salon & Body Center - just next door
• bacchussociety.com -  philanthropy through the love of wine
• ocws.org - Orange Co. Wine Society promoting education and winemakers
• The Grapevine - a customer's blog on wine
• La Fontana Ristorante - great northern Italian in HB
• Nat Decants Free Wine E-Newsletter - Wine picks, articles and humor from Natalie MacLean, named the World's Best Drink Writer at the World Food Media Awards in Australia. Natalie is also the author of Red, White and Drunk All Over: A Wine Soaked Journey from Grape to Glass. For more details on this book, get great free mobile wine apps, and to sign up for the newsletter, visit www.nataliemaclean.com
• great-taste.net - Great Taste Magazine - Foodies, wine enthusiasts, chefs & other restaurant news
• visitnewportbeach.com - Newport Beach Conference & Visitors Bureau
• WhereLA.com - Where Magazine - the source for what's happening in LA and OC
• Wine friendly LED lighting from  GST Systems

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