Second Glass Wine Riot
“Wine Riot had a fun theme for all the millennials: photo booths, a champagne station and temporary tattoos.”
“They had Luke's lobster, Brooklyn Oyster party, Dos Toros, and Tipsy Scoop for their past events.”
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The bubbly bar was fun and festive-looking, but people were clinging wayyy too hard onto it.”
Second Glass Wine Riot
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Had a great time at Wine Riot! Thanks Yelp for the hookup! I'm not a wine connoisseur by any means and just recently started being a real grown up and having wine with dinner instead of vodka. This was a great way to taste different wines and learn a little about this drink. I arrived about an hour and a half after it started so I didn't experience any waiting or long lines. Check in was super easy and they handed you a cute plastic cup to try out all the goods.
I loved the app that Second Glass has and went well with the event. I was able to save the names of my favorite wines I tasted or make notes of the ones I didn't. It listed every booth at the event and you could even see which wines were the most popular based on the votes on the app.
There were wines from every region and crash courses which let you take a seat and sample about 6 more wines per class. There was a photo booth, temporary tattoos, a postcard mailing station and a variety of foods (for an extra price). I remember seeing The Melt Shop, an empanadas stand, a taco stand (very yummy) a lobster roll stand and ice cream. I saw an oyster bar but I don't eat oysters so not sure if they were any good. There was a turkey jerky sampling and free bags of multigrain crackers and popcorn.
If you don't know a lot about wine and want to try a whole lot at one time, this is your place!
Fun date night or girls night out.
With over 250 wines to sample what's not to love about wine riot. Shoutouts to boo and yelp for hooking a girl up.
Entering the venue was a breeze since we arrived an hour later when the doors opened. We breezed past the check in and grabbed a plastic wine glass (perfect, because you know someone's bound to have a mishap). The venue was split up into regions, clever right? We started our tour in Eastern Europe and ended up in Cali. This was my second wine event and I can honestly say the selection here is top notch compared to the previous wine tasting event I attended this year.
Having scored two free tickets to Wine Riot 2016 opening night, I pulled my husband along with me and trekked down to the city to see what the hype was about.
We walked in and were greeted by friendly staff who advised us there was a coat check downstairs and our wine glasses to the left. Went down to the coat check and turned around so quickly. It was an absolute circus with security yelling at everyone to leave. They were really unprofessional and unorganized. For shame.
We went back up and took a walk around the room. There was a vast variety of some really nice wines from all different countries and cities. I did notice there were no wines from Israel, which is unfortunate. They have some great wines. I do question why of all countries they forgot Israel.
At some of the booths, the people serving wines were not from the actual company so they were not able to inform you much about the wine you're tasting. I did figure that these wines were more of the lower class range which, if you are a wine lover, you wouldn't have loved the wines being served.
They did have some food booths, serving ample amounts of delicious eats. I tried a tipsy scoop ice cream sandwich. It was quite old and freezer burnt.
Overall it was not the most desired experience so I wouldn't attend again but if you're looking for some bubbly fun with friends, you might enjoy it.
Went to Wine Riot 2016 Opening night and I wish I had another ticket for the second night !!
Piece of advice please east something before arriving as those sips of wine will get you pretty buzzed !!
This event overall was very well organized, besides the wine they had cheese booths (Which I Loved) Vita Coco booth serving up fresh coconut oil popcorn (Delish) and fun sections like the temporary tattoo booth and their photo booth where when you upload a picture to IG they can print it right then and there for you !!
Also with the help of the Second Glass app there is sort of a scoreboard listing the top ranked wines, and when I found #1 white wine I was very very impressed!!
Be warned some of the people doing the pouring aren't directly working for the wine distributors some are just volunteers so for those that like to ask questions be mindful that some may not be answered.
In conclusion a great time!! Water for hydration everywhere which was very nice, and delicious NYC favorite food booths !! Oh and Bring cash !!
I love Wine Riot. Be warned, this is more party than proper wine tasting and don't spit, at Wine Riot you swallow. They do a great job with the add-ons and offer usually two varieties of photo booths. What drunk person doesn't love putting ridiculous props on and holding up cheeky signs for a camera?
My personal favorite is the tattoo bar. Remember those temporary tattoos you put on when you were a kid? Yeah, these are those but for adults and feature a variety of designs including the flash tat metallic shiny kinds. What drunk person doesn't love waking up with a mermaid tattoo on their arm? Thank god this time it washes off.
There are tasting seminars for those who would like to actually learn a little something. A Bubbly bar for the champagne lovers. Post cards they will mail to someone for you – my mom was very happy to receive my drunken note, a little confused by it, but nonetheless Wine Riot made my irresponsible, drunken, silly self look good and for that I am thankful.
Giggling groups of girls drinking wine from penis straws while wearing their matching outfits and bachelorette sashes may be spotted – as they should be, this is kind of the perfect start to a bachelorette party.
If you consider yourself a total wine connoisseur and you're willing to shell out the big bucks for a nice glass, Wine Riot is probably not for you. This is more about new wines on the market and affordable selections. If you're in your 20's or 30's and love the wine store specials you're likely to feel right at home here.
Lessons/Future Advice for others
1) Eat before you get there. A high preference for carbs and protein. Otherwise the wine is going to hit you as you walk around. Wine hits hard.
2) Wine- drink it all. Taste a bit and then discard the ones that you don't enjoy. There is enough for you to try.
3) Food survival- popcorn, chips, coconut water and water are food/water to keep you becoming a hot mess. A lot more wine booths than food.
4) Pictures of favorites- otherwise you don't remember
5) Wear comfortable shoes.
6) Drunk texting..wait, there is something better. Drunk postcards (snail mail)… be prepared with a couple of address
These are the one that I liked and enjoyed…
Wine Riot is a super fun and well organized event where folks can try some delicious wines from all over the world. Italy, Spain, Australia, California (obvi), France – you name it and there was wine present to represent.
This year was my first time attending Wine Riot even though I've wanted to attend in years past. Tickets are $65 but after tax and service charges, they're more like $70ish. I found volunteering opportunities online and seeing how this year's venue (69th Armory) is located right across the street (and a little up the block) from where I work, I decided to go the philanthropic route (and also score some sweet free passes for all my hard work…and work hard I did – my shift was about 5.5 hours.
I scanned tickets into their database as part of the "Front of the House" team, helped pour wine during the "Crash Course" wine classes, gave directions to people about where the bathroom, mercy booth, photo booth and food vendors were and then decided help out at the tattoo booth because I'm always up for being helpful…aaaaaaand I really enjoy temporary tats. Seriously. I easily had like 20 on me by the time I wrapped up Wine Riot the next day with my free [hard earned] pass.
While I had a really great time here, after awhile it all began to feel like a blur (not when I was volunteering, but when I got to check it out the next day as a consumer) and some of the wines started to all kind of taste the same (blame it on the wine buzz, haha!).
The food vendors were cool – Melt Shoppe was there and so was an empanada place based in LIC, Queens. I couldn't help feeling like all of the food present though was super overpriced. I ended up getting a mac n' cheese empanada and it was oooookay…but certainly not $5 okay for something my people can make in 5 minutes with their eyes closed.
Would I return next year? Sure, it was fun. Would I pay? Probably not…I love wine, but I'm definitely more of a craft beer connoisseur and I feel like personally for me, Wine Riot is one of those things that I'm happy with having tried once.
Salute!
Did you want to try 240 wines in one night? Wine Riot is a fun informal way to try wines from around the world. They had wines from California, Australia, France, Italy, Brooklyn, the Finger Lakes, Chile, New Zealand and Germany. Wine Riot had a fun theme for all the millennials: photo booths, a champagne station and temporary tattoos.
My favorite wines were from Chile, New Zealand, Australia and France. And one wine from Germany. I loved the fruity fragrant Blue Nun from Germany. Very fragrant and sweet. Their wine station was decorated with fully bloomed purple orchids. Beautiful. Continuing on the sweet theme, Maison Marcel had this fresh crisp sweet rose blend from France that I loved. Maison Marcel tasted like a perfect digestif or great with a fresh fruit platter.
My favorite of the night was the Quintay. The Quintay was buttery minerally rich Chardonnay from Chile. If I had a full pour of this, I would have been happy all night.
We didn't even get to try the wines from Italy due to the long line.
If you get there at 6pm, the crowd was large but well organized. People would sip, chat to the wine pourer and move on. Definitely eat something fatty before you start, to help slow down the alcohol absorption! Thankfully, me and K got grilled cheese sandwiches from the the Melt Shop, which definitely helped us retain our facilities!
Also Cypress Grove cheese had a creamy gritty goat milk cheese (Midnight moon) and a truffle, black pepper, brie-like consistency goat cheese (Truffle Tremor). The cheeses were a great accompaniment with the white wines.
Also stay hydrated with Vita Coco! Their booths gave free samples of flavored coconut water. Very helpful to replenish your electrolytes. Also keep taking small sips of water. Water pitchers were circulating to help keep you hydrated.
I had a wonderful time with my friends and I really enjoyed trying so many varieties of wine.
Thank you Yelp and Emily for tickets!