Wine Bars

According to the history books, people have enjoyed consuming alcohol for thousands of years. In the Golden Age of Greece, establishments had known as ‘phatnai’, served traders, envoys, and government officials from a variety of regions.

The early American settlers brought the tradition of the English pub over the Atlantic Ocean and invented the American tavern.

A special variation of the food beverage combination is the wine bar, which first appeared during the 1970s, as Americans discovered and learned to appreciate wines.

Here customer can choose from a selection of wines by the glass or by the bottle, beginning with inexpensive house wines and going up in quality and price as far as the entrepreneur cares to go.

Some wines bars offer inexpensive one-ounce tastes to enable guests to sample a number of wines.

Most wine bars are busiest at lunch and again in the late afternoon and early evening.

It was said that London Wine Bar in San Francisco started in 1974 as the first wine bar in the United States.

Wine bars are popping everywhere. Wine bars are establishments that offer an extensive choice of wines by the glass – from 12 to 100 – as well as simple food to accompany the wines.

Located mainly in city commercials districts, wine bars are more up-market and often offer a bistro-type food outlet. Cocktail bars are sophisticated in design and service style usually associated with high class dining facilities, hotels and clubs.
Wine Bars