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The Wine Encounter

Expert Reviews of The Wine Encounter

Citysearch | An extensive collection of domestic and imported wines and beers best served alongside European antipasti delicacies.

This Hillcrest wine bar had one of the most extensive collections in town, ranging from domestic and imported wines, rare vintage and sparkling selections. With 150 wines by the glass, the four glass flights...
citysearch.com - expert review - 09/29/2006
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User Reviews of The Wine Encounter

Yelp.com Review - by Jamalistics S.

4.0 of 5 stars. I love The Wine Encounter! I usually come here with my girlfriends to gossip, get in some good laughs, and sip on some wine of course! Its best to come during happy hour because glasses are 1/2 off.…
yelp.com - user review - 09/23/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Summer B.

5.0 of 5 stars. So I was invited to join some friends here after a long day of studying and it was exactly what I needed. Everyone was super sweet and hilarious and the wine was like butter. Now of course I was a…
yelp.com - user review - 05/12/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Rachael C.

5.0 of 5 stars. My husband and I were so excited to find Wine Encounter a couple years ago after we had suffered through too many headache inducing visits to Wine Steals. If you're looking for a Wine Steals type of…
yelp.com - user review - 02/20/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by K G.

1.0 of 5 stars. The wine they served for Thirsty Thursdays are ones my boyfriends mom uses for cooking, the service was pretty slow and lame too and the cheese plate was awful....i dont recommend this place at all!
yelp.com - user review - 02/15/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Paul P.

4.0 of 5 stars. I arrived. I sat. I encountered. Walking down University, it's hard to pass up a business whose name tells you what you'll be doing with the food (I guess Bite counts, too). Also, it's hard to say no…
yelp.com - user review - 02/14/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Teej T.

4.0 of 5 stars. Four stops later on my "drinking with Paul P because I got into Stanford" adventure, we stopped at Wine Encounter. I'll totally admit that I stopped here because it sounded like a bad 1950's spy film…
yelp.com - user review - 02/14/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Patrick Grace A.

5.0 of 5 stars. Lovely! Where else can you enjoy a place where you can converse with the people you arrived with at the same time and experienced a multitude of wine tasting experience- Wine Encounter is our…
yelp.com - user review - 01/30/2008
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Great on a weeknight!

I went to Wine Encounter with two friends on a Tuesday night and it was pretty quiet, which I enjoyed. They have great specials, like 50% off flights, and the staff was knowledgeable and checked in with us...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/15/2008
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tastey wine

Loved the wine we had here. It was a good value . It's only a couple of dollars to sample a bunch of different wines.I would recommend it for a date night.
kudzu.com - user review - 12/12/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Starlight M.

2.0 of 5 stars. My experience, in list form - as I am wont to do: 1. It was cold in there. Unreasonably so for how cold it was outside.
yelp.com - user review - 12/04/2007
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Check out Thirsty Thursdays!

We have only been here for Thirsty Thursdays, which is actually a good deal, and a lot of fun! Definitely check it out! It's $11 for 6 tastings, and then great deals on full glasses after that! It's f
kudzu.com - user review - 11/28/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Tyler H.

3.0 of 5 stars. I can't believe this place has so few reviews and Wine Steals (boo!) has so many. I went to the Wine Steals for the first time on a date and it was just so packed and the music was louder than a…
yelp.com - user review - 10/27/2007
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Worst Experience Ever

I have been to The Wine Encounter twice. The first time was in April. My friend and I went in one Saturday and it was Sippin' Saturday. It was a really nice time. Tracy Wallce was the winetender, very nice...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/01/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Chris B.

3.0 of 5 stars. Wine Encounter. Beer and wine, high prices, formalized matchmaking?? An experience where you pretend to check color, clarity consistency and then use adjectives like oakey/citrus/berries/etc…
yelp.com - user review - 06/14/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Matt K.

4.0 of 5 stars. I have to say this is the only "Wine Bar" I really like going too! I'm sorry to say, buy most wine bar experiences have been a bunch of people getting drunk off of wine because wine was the "cool"…
yelp.com - user review - 06/04/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Chloe W.

5.0 of 5 stars. What the heck? No reviews on the place yet? I love it here. It is locally owned by a great group of hard working guys. They do their absolute best to remember everyone by name. They have rocking happy…
yelp.com - user review - 05/30/2007
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This place is amazing!

This is a very nice, beautiful place. The staff has a lot of knowledge about wine. They have a way bigger selection than other wine bars. The flights are awesome! A great place for dates or to mee
kudzu.com - user review - 03/30/2007
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Wine Lovers Come

This is a fun way to do go wine tasting that's as not as far of a drive as to Temecula. I would have liked more of an interaction with the staff who would spend more time explaining the differences in
kudzu.com - user review - 03/29/2007
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