Vino Amoari Wine Store & Tasting Bar

I love the store and tasting bar layout and the location is pretty convenient. A nice selection, organized by region. My only compliant is that about half of the bottles do not have pricing visible on them or marked anywhere nearby… Not great for browsing.

I’ve been to many wine tastings and this by far is the worst I’ve been on. They are so unorganized and when we arrived they looked at us like we had a few heads.
To be honest, I would not even give this place 1 star!
I purchased a Groupon and when I bought it I emailed the place right away. It was a wine tasting form two with 2 glasses. Well the glasses were nothing special. They were just old glasses that they probably used for tastings and wanted to get rid of them.
The person who gave us a tasting did not really tell us about the wine but constantly talked to the coworker. We ended up leaving because it was SO HORRIBLE!

We went with a Groupon for a tasting. It’s a difficult to find place, and even inside, not much to look at.
The wines offered were okay, servings reasonably sized. The place was empty. Retail prices were higher than they should be. The server (only person other than us in the place) was not knowledgeable about wine, but very friendly. After our tasting, we each had a full glass of wine, and were told about the Monday $ 3/​glass special.
Next time we were in the area, we stopped in for the Monday special. The only employee in the store knew nothing about it. At all. She offered to call the owner to inquire, but also told us that she only had white wine available at the bar. WHAT? That all the red she had was still in the refrigerator so it was cold. WHAT? We stared at her like she was from outer space — it’s a retail wine shop, for goodness sakes. Pick one — any one — open it up and serve it to your customers!
We politely left, but were laughing and shaking our heads by the time we reached the car. Just a crazy experience. Bizarre.

We purchased a Groupon for 5 or 10 dollars for a wine tasting for two and two complimentary wine glasses. When we found ourselves at Crabtree Valley mall, we thought we should check it out.
This place is located on the backside of Barnes and Noble beside the mall. You definitely cannot see it from the main road and there are no signs. Inside is very nice and the wines are displayed very nicely.
Our service was less than ideal. Out of the two individuals working the store, one mumbled a lot and was hard to understand and the other was quiet and clearly did not know much about wine. Our tasting went well and we DEFINITELY got our money’s worth (the pours were very generous of 4 red wines and 1 white wine). However, the employee read directly from a sheet when talking about the wines. The bar area was not very clean (a few flies were around and there was an employees used container with her lunch on the bar). We ended up buying one bottle of wine we tasted and their computer was not working so we waited around for 10 minutes before just paying with cash. They also forgot to give us our complimentary wine glasses as part of the groupon.
Overall, not a great experience, but if you are waiting to go to dinner somewhere in the mall like Brio or Flemings and their bars are really crowded, I am sure you can come here and get a glass of wine without the crowd. Other than this scenario, we probably will not be back.

It’s a great place for a date. We went for a wine tasting and also enjoyed the cheese platter. The staff was courteous and friendly. We tried 3 different wines. I will definitely be returning to purchase some authentic wine. The ambiance is nice and appropriate for a wine bar.