Right on the main drag as you come into Rehoboth Beach sits a little gem of a wine bar. The Wife and I stopped in there Thursday night and were both pleasantly surprised.
The three staffers that were on hand were all completely knowledgeable about wine. Being Dogfish Head transplants, they also knew their beers. There is a full menu available and a nice selection of small plates and cheese medleys. It sounds like they’re doing a lot of marketing to get awareness up. Business looked slow, understandable for a wine bar at the beach. Beach businesses depend on tourism and if the tourists don’t know about it, a shop withers and fails. So I enjoyed my Zin while The Wife talked to them about marketing and pamphlets and brochures and which guides to start advertising in. When the conversation turned to website and SEO, I jumped in and offered my two cents (I am a wine blogger, after all). Hopefully they’ll get all that going.
The by-the-glass menu featured over ten reds and over ten whites with selections from all over the world. Prices were in the $10 range, with a red and a white on special for $6.
Vine Wine Bar adheres to my Five Wine Bar Tenents with the exception that they don’t serve olives because the olives “are marinating.” I granted a pass. The cheeses were phenomenal though. If you’re a wino and find yourself in the Rehoboth Beach sun, Vine Wine Bar is completely worth a stop for a glass or two.
Vine Wine Bar
211 Rehoboth Avenue
Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
(302) 226-VINE (226-8463)
http://www.226vine.com/
July 10th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Sweet - I will need to check this out with all speed!
July 28th, 2008 at 11:40 am
Just an fyi the phone # is 226-8463 not 226-2463…for those of you using cell phones without keypads!
Katy
July 28th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Fixed. Thanks!