Flight Wine & Food

Decent portion. We ordered seafood pasta, clams linguine and tuna salad. The seafood pasta had more seafood than pasta XD Haha

I picked up a bottle of Syrah to take with me to a party and they gave me a discount for to-​go bottles. Pretty sweet! They have over 100 bottles on the racks, some Italians, a few French and a bunch from California. I had a glass of their Morgan Syrah and bought the bottle to go. staff was friendly, big pours.

We had wine and cheese & salami plate. Cab franc from Carneros and the Cab Sauvignon from Mendocino were both good. Cheese plate was below average (just traditional yellow cheese and a few slices of Italian salami + black olives). I would expect something more premium or «artisanal» for the price we paid. In my view, the place is pricy for what you get. d

FLIGHT WINE & FOOD
Cool wine bar in Cupertino, featuring decent bites and many many wines of different varieties. The salami and cheese platter was great but the pasta and risotto was only average. Great atmosphere.

Stopped by recently and was happy to see a red wine and white wine «flight» advertised on the chalk board. Service was excellent and the appetizer plate delicious.

Great food & wine selection & service is superb!
I am selective about both Red and white wine & waiter was exceptionally helpful.
The duck pâté & seafood pasta were fantastic!

OK, so we came here after work to enjoy a red tasting flight and share an appetizer sampler. We were greeted with a smile and the atmosphere is nice. I did not like the wine choices for the flight, sangiovese, pinot and a cabernet– I asked the waiter if he can tell us which ones on the menu were the reds, he did not know and had to come back 15 min later to tell us. He did not seem to really care about what we were drinking and didn’t go in much detail about them, the reason why I do not like this is because I like to appreciate wine and knowing a little bit, even a one line sentence would be great, making wine is hard so please appreciate the art. The appetizer sampler platter came with two of most items, there were three of us, we wish they could have told us that if we paid a bit more we could have at least had extra food for the third person. The brie was dry and had no creaminess to it, the prosciutto was dry as well. The shrimp was the best item in my opinion, but only came with two. The pâté looked like it came out of a cat food can, so none of us even touched it.
I believe this place can be great and hope it gets better, this is not my last time visiting as we are limited to wine bars in the area. I just hope my next visit will be a 4 star or better! Come on, Cupertino needs a great wine bar, please!

We’ve been here several times in the past and had much better service. First off, our waiter was abrupt and just not friendly. He would bang the dirty dishes into the tray behind the bar. The sound of the dishes banging rattled my nerves. He has no clue as to the guests around him. That’s just one example by the way.
My wife asked for a chardonnay that was oaky and he said I know just what you want. Well. it wasn’t oaky at all. I read the label and it stated buttery. I told him and he said yea it a butter chardonnay. Hmm!
I asked the other waiter to tell our waiter to not let the dishes slam. He said, oh, I don’t know what his problem is… blah blah blah.
The only disappointment was the Scallops appetizer $ 16 for two medium size wrapped in bacon. Way over priced. The sauce was nothing exciting. Our waiter said they were two large scallops.
Second thoughts about returning here after being a customer for 3+ years.

Good wine selection, but everything else was not great. Had a glass of sav blanc and it was dry and floral and bright, v good.
Let’s move on:
for reals, please serve your butter at room temp and sprinkle some sea salt on top. The butter was cold and extremely hard to spread on cold bread. Your bread is decent, invest in a toaster to serve hot bread. It makes all the difference.
We ordered salads and they are tiny, please be timely and increase the portions. The dressing on the Caesar is good, but for $ 11 in the southbay it needs to be a substantial size. Same goes for the arugula salad. Which was $ 13 and tiny, see the pic.
Hire more than just one waiter for the dinner shift, he forgot to put in our pâté order, and in general just needs to be more on top his game. Didn’t offer any water with the wine. Decided to cancel the pâté bc the pace was so slow and was too disappointed by then.
Improve details and stand a chance at staying In business because your wine selection is good.

Experience was disappointing at best. We had the arugula salad and seafood paella. The salad was very small in portion size, more like a small appetizer than if you were looking for a light meal. When the paella came, the food was lukewarm. The seafood did not taste fresh but as if it has been cooked and kept in a warmer for a while. Needless to say, for paella that is $ 30 a plate, this is one place we will not be returning to.

Generous portions for the price. Server knowledgeable.
We had:
Appetizers:
Beet and goat cheese
Shrimp (jumbo and awesome)
Caesar salad
Entrée:
Duck
Paella (rice slightly undercooked; super generous portion good for 2)
Rack of lamb (slightly over cooked)
Muscles (generous portion!!)
Overall the flavors were good. I would come back again.

If you want frozen food, poor service, and a bad selection of wine, this is your place!

Just went last night for a lovely tasting, followed by dinner. Relaxed, intimate wine area. We had the Grand Cru Red Flight and the Round-​Trip Flight: Pinot noir. We shared both and wrote our opinions of each on the paper menu. Each Flight is 3 tastings (3oz. each) of the different wines. Our two favorites were part of the Cru, but all were quite good.
Dinner was a generous, NY Steak with roasted potatoes and vegetables and a pasta with roasted chicken and prosciutto. It was an excellent meal, and we continued to enjoy our tastings throughout. A bit on the expensive side, but would be/​was an excellent place for a date.
BTW — Our sommelier told us that on Mondays they have the menu bottles for half price. something I will certainly consider.

If you are thinking dt wine bar. this is not that. If you’re thinking. this may be the best I can get in the suburbs of South Bay in a strip mall. ding ding. this could be a winner.
So the ambience is a little scattered. They do have an outdoor area but it’s in a strip mall so it doesn’t reflect what you’d expect from a posh wine bar. As for the inside, it’s nice BUT. tables are too small really for more than wine glasses/​beer mugs AND there are large televisions showing sports. This could be a little odd. since you don’t usually go to a wine bar for sports viewing. But I get it. they are trying to appeal to a wide mass.
I did enjoy the wine here. I looked at their list first and wanted something from Pasos Robles. They managed to find me something even though it wasn’t on the menu. Awesome.
Then I went for their Cote du Rhone Syrah. not as tasty. but okay.
Then he poured me this amazing Italian red wine to taste and I thought it was so good that I bought a bottle.
Oh. and their food wasn’t bad. I like the calamari because it’s lightly breaded. They have a full dinner menu as well but I didn’t try much of it. Oh I had a shrimp appetizer as well. that wasn’t that great. Too much goat cheese.
I would come again if I was in the area… I wish they had a dt area around here. But a great place to kill time especially if you’re not looking forward to sitting in traffic.

I really wanted to like this place based on the other reviews, but it felt a smidgen short of my expectations.
On a Saturday night, the place was severely understaffed. We had one person for all tables and the bar. This server was waiting on all tables as well as serving as the sommelier for all pours. Immediately, this detracted from the experience. Was it a wine bar? Was it a restaurant? We couldn’t tell. The experience was not intimate, and each pour was hasty. Although the server was friendly, he forgot which pour came next on multiple occasions. Also, his knowledge on wine was a shortcoming, calling out only the ‘fruitiness’ and ‘non-​fruitiness’ on most pours.
Cheese Plate: B–
We originally opted for the Cheese & Salumi plate, but they were out of salumi for the night. A huge no-​no for any respectable wine bar. For the price, I expected a bit more variety of cheese. The cheese were hastily sliced and served. Balsamic and honey garnish was ill prepared.
Clams and Sausage in White Wine Sauce: B+
Flavor was great. Sausage and fennel was a great addition. Broth was great. Clams left much to be desired. They were sandy, gritty, and not the freshest.
Tuna Nicoise Salad: B–
Greens were fresh, dressing was spot on. We joked about the single anchovy that managed to find its way into the dish. The tuna was sliced poorly, sometimes against the grain and sometimes with the grain, making it stringy and difficult to eat. It tasted okay.
Their wine selection is decent. I wish the overall experience was a little better. This place is a little rough around edges but has huge potential. For eighty bucks, I would take my money elsewhere until this establishment matures a bit.

The search for the perfect risotto continues!
I came here with a few friends, and we just chit chatted while drinking some wine and having some snacks.
This is a really great hangout spot, if you’re looking for something more than the bar scene and want to be able to talk more. There are also more food options than what might be available at a lounge as well.
The wine I had was a recommended chardonnay the steward told me about. I don’t remember the name of the wine, but it was very delicious — crisp.
The food, however, was only okay. I had the porcini risotto, and it was only okay texture-​wise. Maybe a bit too starchy and not creamy enough. Definitely not the best I’ve had. The risotto, while very mushroom-​y, was not seasoned enough for me. It was a bit bland. We also had the mussels in white wine with slices of some kind of sausage or linguica. The broth was delicious, but the sausage didn’t have the same flavor and texture as seared sausage, but more like boiled sausage. The bread was a bit too hard, too.
I would definitely come back here for the wine, mussels, and maybe a salumi and cheese plate, but I don’t think the risotto is on my to-​eat list. My experience here was definitely not bad, but also not great. It was just a-​okay. We’ll see next time!

Doesn’t appear to be much of a venue from the parking lot, but it’s a nice casual place to get together with friends over tasty wines and cheese n salami platters. I tried the nicoise salad as well which was not very filling, but a good snack. Great service as well.
There’s room for a larger party (up to 10 or so) near the back of the restaurant.

I attended an event here, held in the backroom, about investing in private companies’ debt. Props to them for choosing this venue. Despite my reservations that it was in a plaza right next to my Ortho-​K eye center, it turned out to be quite lively. When I first entered, there was an event going on in the front as well with a buffet spread of appetizers, which started my stomach grumbling.
When I sat down, I was greeted immediately and offered a choice of wines. I nibbled on the calamari appetizer, which was too soggy, and the salumi platter. Everything on that meat and cheese plate tasted fresh, from the tiny pickles to the pâté. While I loved everything, I do think $ 16 is overpriced and I would definitely not pay for that.
For the entrees, my guest and I shared the seafood paella and the lamb chops. We were going to try the duck, but they were out for the day. The seafood paella was the most commonly ordered dish at the event and for good reason. It came with ample seafood and chicken; the rice was cooked perfectly and it had just the right amount of wine to make it super savory.
The lamb chops also exceeded my expectations and was the star dish of the night. I asked for it to be medium rare and it actually came out that way. It was fried on the outside and the meat had just the right amount of gamey-​ness to remind you that it is lamb, but not to the point where the average palate would find it offensive. It came with a divine red wine vinegar sauce, a side of crisp green beans, and fried potatoes. I normally don’t like potato chunks but these were so beautifully crispy that I couldn’t stop eating them.
For dessert, they brought out a sampler of tiramisu, apple pie, gelato, and a Italian chocolate cake. The tiramisu was very traditional and packed a punch from the rum. The apple pie had these sweet pink apples encased in a very buttery double-​crust. The only thing I didn’t care for was the heavy chocolate cake with a very sweet ganache, although I liked the almond toffee crunch it had at the bottom.
The wines we drank were nice, but not remarkable except for the 2009 white wine from Downhill Cellars. The service was impeccable — from replenishing the fresh, crusty bread to leaving no wine glass empty. Even though the meal was paid for by the company hosting, I would definitely dine here again solely because of the entrees, not the wine bar experience. I ended up ordering their Seafood Linguini to-​go the next day and it came chock full of seafood with the pasta being perfectly al dente.

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Little wine bar conjoint to the Café Torre Italian resto next door. Small dishes offer with about 20 plus wines by the glass, flights, and if you buy the bottle out, 20% OFF. They also accept Passport, 20% OFF as well.
It’s 1 mile from my swimming lesson, so I come here right when they open at 4 PM, Jorge is the bartender here, sweet, genuine, and will pour you some local wines. I found Downhill wines here that I become a fan now. You can also order full menu food from Café Torre if you want.
A few dishes I enjoy here:
— Penne Classico with sausage, tomato, herbs, armesan cheese! Only $ 9, will fill you up as a entrée.
— Arugula salad, dried olives, shaved Fior Si Sardonic & prosciutto, lemon vinaigrette $ 6, my fav dish here. Healthy, light, and fresh every time.
— Seafood Paella with saffron, $ 15 and that likes an entrée dish as well.
— The Salmon dish with green bean, carrot, peppercorn, and rice, quite nice.
— The Fettuccine with pan seared scallop, it was good.
Their wine list is smaller, local wines, and also some new world wines, but smaller producers and younger wines. It”s a good spot to come for a quick bite and a glass of wine. I come here for Jorge, and week nights are better, not packed and you can just chill.

What a great place in Cupertino for wine and small bites! The salami and cheese platter was divine. I especially liked the goat cheese because it was a taste of heaven. They have Kathryn Kennedy wine which my boyfriend and I both really enjoy so we were pleasantly surprised. Arrived 30 minutes before closing and the gentleman hosting that evening didn’t mind one bit. He encouraged us to enjoy ourselves and didnt rush us at all. We will definitely return!