Marcus K.

Review of The Wine Experience

Has some great...and some not so great qualities. ...

Has some great...and some not so great qualities. On the plus, they have about 15-20 wines to chose from in this nice wine bar in Monterey. We got a flight of 8 wines to try. Some came in glasses others came in test tubes with labels nicely presented. Price was pretty reasonable when compared to what you pay for a glass of wine in a restaurant.

When you get the wine in test tubes you can also blend your own. They said that if you create a blend you like they can make you a bottle. You better keep track of your blend percentages for that to work.

I would have rated higher except two things. One, it can get really loud in here. Something about the acoustics so that when you get 6-8 people talking at once you can no longer hear the person across the table from you.

Secondly is the place is a bit too dog friendly for my comfort. There is a large couch, several easy chairs, and a few tables. We came in and someone had their large dog laying on the couch such that no one else could sit on it. They guy with the dog was standing over with another group of people chatting away oblivious...and the staff present also oblivious. Of course its the business' prerogative to provide space for dogs as they wish....but ... it was very weird and off-putting to me and I have the same prerogative not to spend my time there as well.