Brix Wine Spot

Friendly owner and patrons, reasonably-priced wine, and the cheesecake was UNBELIEVABLE.  It's a trip for us, but we will definitely be returning for a weekend afternoon glass of wine and conversation.

Excited to try Brix and had a Groupon to do so. Several friends and I called at 12:30 because the Groupon said we needed a reservation. They assured no reservation was necessary for 6:30 pm. Got there early. They closed and they closed early. Sign on the door says they close at 7. I call shenanigans. Boo to Brix

Hello friends!!
It's been a bit since I posted. So here goes.

I have had a good time trying out different Wine bars. This one sucks ass tasting wise. (Randy's words not mine) I bought a Groupon to this place. It offered for $10 a $20 value of a wine tasting for two and cheesecake for two. For $10 can you go wrong? YUP! You can.

Now let me say this, the owner was super nice! Local Cave Creek guy. My stomping grounds. Super casual. A little to casual. Nice store, greets you as you come in, etc. when we shared with him that we had been by twice during posted hours and that the place was closed, he casually responded that he had a baby and would head out early to put his baby to bed. Touching; (Later found out that the baby was 2 1/2 and that sometimes he went home early to watch football....hmmm?) bad business practice. If you aren't t open during posted hours, how do you run a business? I could go on about this, but I digress.
He gave us several options besides those listed on the Groupon. I thought this sounded amazing! A $20 bottle of wine. Four beers, or your choice of any combinations of 8 wine tastings. All included the cheesecake.   Let me say this about the cheesecake, it was good but it was served in individual jars that made it look like baby food! The presentation was less than appetizing.  We made the choice to allow him to choose the wines. We wanted to try wines we had never tried before.

The wine choices were, well, NASTY!! I can get a better shot at a decent wine by rolling the dice in the grocery store, bottom shelf, $3.99. (Sad)  Four of the 8 wines had started to turn to vinegar.  I'm not sure how long the bottles had been open, but they were just stuffed with their corks.  No rubber suction stoppers to keep the wine from turning.  For all I know, they could have been good wines.  Again, not professional.  For an owner and purveyor who goes to wine tastings and sells wine for a living I was sadly disappointed. Cave Creek is full of hidden gems, this is not one of them.

Now, in fairness, I will say that he poured us a wonderful Pinot Grigio.  I purchased this wine.  it was smooth and well balanced.  This was surprising since I was more interested in the reds....gross!

On a positive note, he does a lot of fund raisers for wounded vets and has been quite successful in raising money and awareness for wounded vets and their needs. For this reason I would not totally snub my nose at this establishment.
Remember friends, life is to short to drink nasty wine!!

Until the next time!