Wine Lovers & Manhattan Social Wine Tasting Combined Meetup

Thursday, June 29th 2006

This was a joint Meetup between both the Wine Lovers & Manhattan Social Wine Tasting groups. I've attended the Wine Lovers Meetup many times before, but I think this was my first time with the members of the Social Wine Tasting group.

It was held in the wine cellar of Grotta Azzurra in Little Italy. The space was great. It was just large enough to accommodate our two groups which were limited to 50 yes RSVP's each. The atmosphere of the room hinted that it may have been used as a speakeasy during the Prohibition era. And tonight it was again easy to speak with no loud music. The food was great, typical Little Italy fare. Unfortunately, the wine was subpar. I'm not sure if this is all that they carried, but our choices were only Long Island wines. Long Island is usually known for great wines, I guess Grotta Azzurra didn't pick the best ones that have made that reputation.

What made up for it was the quality of the people that attended.

Meetup: New York Wine Lovers & Manhattan Social Wine Tasting
Approximate # of Attendees: 100
Organizer: Sima & Lyndon
Venue: Grotta Azzurra
Venue Rating: 4
Attendee Quality Rating: 5
Organizer Rating: 5