Last week’s Ad2 happy hour at Tino Vino brought out most of the board, as well as the end of the seasonal summer wine. We sipped on $4 glasses of wine with names like Exotic Fruits-infandel and Cherry Pinot Grigio and snacked on an array of cheeses as Juno, a cute little dog who’s never missed a table scrap in her life, circled our ankles. As always, there was some no pressure networking. It’s always nice to see new faces. Even convinced a few to wipe the cobwebs from their Twitter accounts.
Plenty remarked that they’d passed by Tino Vino several times but didn’t know what exactly was inside. Heather Stang, Tino Vino’s general manager, gave us a brief talk on starting up the homey winery, which has been in business for a little more than two years. She explained that they (it’s run by a group of friends) were lucky to start off with a friend who had a lot of capital, but since then, location has played a big role in their success. You can make your own wine there too (make sure you have to have space for 30 or so bottles at home!), and though no one from Ad2 did that night, some kicked around the idea of doing it in the future.
We may have classed it up at a wine bar this time around, but be sure to join us October 8th to live it up Bavarian-style. We’ll be at the Strass Haus on Covington’s Main Street from 6-8pm.