Wine Sync

Wine Sync is part wine shop, part tasting room and part wine bar. You can purchase wine to take, or drink on site (same price – a good price); you can even drink some of it and take the remainder home. They offer tastings, usually 6 or 7 different whites and reds to help you choose, at a variety of price points. The selection is small but ever changing and organized by wine description (sweet, bold etc.). Each wine also comes with a tag to help you pair the wine with food. The service can sometimes seem slow, but usually there are only two people working and there is not a lick of pretentious wine snob in the place. I really think it does a nice job of catering to all tastes and price points.
I’ve been several times, sometimes to purchase, more often to purchse some for home and to drink a bottle while in the shop. The comfy couches and relatively dim lighting make for an enjoyable and relaxed atmosphere.
I’ve subtracted a star for one reason only: food. They have cheese and crackers you can purchase, but its just not a great selection – sort of grocery store chunks of cheddar. However, you can bring your own! It seems weird at first, but we’ve started doing this-​stopping at Nino’s or other specialty market to pick cheese etc. We even pack a knife! I suppose you could sit in your living room and do the same, but there is something to be said for going out and people watching and meeting other winos!
Sort of off topic… I’ve originally from New York where there is currently and effort by wine producers to sell wine in grocery stores etc (you can’t by any alcohol other than beer outside of a liqour store). The liquor stores are up in arms about it, worried about the business they will lose when I can buy my wine where I buy my food. Since moving here I realize how silly that argument is: while I like that I can buy wine at the grocery store, I also like shopping in a place that knows what they are selling me and can talk to me about it. Perhaps those shops in NY should consider changing their business model…