Wine and Yelpers at Plant Warehouse

My first Unilocal event! Overall cool event, but the people and setting made it rather than the wine or food. Everyone is really open and I was excited to find out that there were others who were new to Unilocal too, which makes me feel like the events won’t be just full of blue-​blooded Unilocalers!
Of course Unilocal was going to have their event at a really fun and unique place. apparently it used to be a dive bar before it became a plant nursery, so it had a good set up for mingling/​sitting/​drinking.
The wine was okay… wasn’t that impressed. Food was just snacks, so don’t come to this event hungry!

Who can say no to wine and cheese? Not me or you. Especially in an indoor jungle, which is available for purchase and placement in your own home. Thanks, Unilocal,for the event!
You simply must love this emporium of tropical understory shrubs, which are the mainstays of indoor plant life, also suitable for the fluorescent lighting of indoor office spaces. The plants are richly green, and usually easy to care for. If my apartment were not already overflowing with plants, I would be buying this whole store.
In addition, the local winery called The Winery (who grows and bottles in Napa but has a tasting room on Treasure Island) provided delicious beverages. I will definitely be checking out their storefront soon and getting my two for one tasting. Their red blend was great, as well as all of their single red varietals and their white. I did not love their rosé, but to each his own.

Enter this botanical wonderland, where the company’s merry, the wine divine, and the music bumpin’.
I arrived a bit late, but ended up staying late as well, and consequently had an opportunity to engage more intimately with the owners, Gill and Andrew. I was quickly blown away by their warmth, kindness, and generosity.
Happenstance discovery of the UnilocalLibs napkins (and ensuing game play with fellow Unilocalers) was my favorite aspect of the night. What an unassuming, subtle form of entertainment.
Thank you, again, to Jessica for inviting and being so accommodating! I had a blast!

Who knew that such a lush, even cozy, plant store could be found in the middle of San Francisco?
Combine that space with yummy wine tasting, good bites, and friendly Unilocalers, and you have a no-​fail recipe!
The Plant Warehouse is worth checking out if you have even the smallest of green thumbs, or simply like the occasional house plant or orchid to brighten up your place. The owners/​managers of the place were really friendly, too.

My 1^st Unilocal event! And I loved it! I have to admit, I was a little apprehensive but I went anyways. The Unilocalers were SO friendly. I remember talking to Jen L., Masha (UCI buddy!), Sam, Nolan and Jessica of course!
I came right from work, and I didn’t really get to have a lunch so I made a dash for the food table, I couldn’t get my hands of f the chip and dip.
The wine was delicious, the name escapes me. But I went for 2nds and maybe 3rds of the Rose.
I am not very plant friendly, I think they are good to be around outside but I really don’t have the patience to take care of one. But next time someone asks me where to go to get plants, I know where to send them.
Thank you Jessica for inviting me! And for the Unilocal mints!

Fun Times, Great Venue, and Fantastic Friendly Fellow Unilocalers! Whoo! What more could one ask for?
Glad ya asked! Tonight, we even found great parking in this car-​forsaken town! Yup! =)
Thanks sooo very much to Jessica for inviting us on over to the Plant Warehouse! Once we stepped through the door, we were greeted as if we were big VIPs (which we aren’t!), but hey, we’ll happily play along! =)
Once inside, we were offered great wine, some tasty munchies, and of course, great folks amidst the many plants that they had on display/​sale at the Plant Warehouse. Now, this isn’t like the usual plant store where they flaunt their tiny sprouts in little square plastic cups on cold metal tables, but instead, all the leafy goodies were arranged as if you were stepping through a lush jungle. Certainly a jungle with plants way wayy healthier than the scraggly ones I have clinging to life at home. Man. how DO they do that? =)
What was best and most memorable was the fact that we got to meet some very cool folks like Jessica, Victor, Stephanie, Carmen and John and so many others that help to make the Unilocal Community such a great place — usually via electrons, or much better LIVE in person with lively and interesting conversation. Boy. I have soo much to learn!
Totally great times, and we’d totally go again, if given the opportunity! Thanks again Jessica! =)

Even though it was pouring outside, I’m so glad everyone came out !
I felt so special being invited to a Unilocal event :) I felt even more special when I was the winner of the Magnum of wine, yay!
I had a great time mingling among fellow Unilocalers and exploring the jungle of plants in the Plant Warehouse. They even put together a great little «European garden» with three different plants in nice looking pot for my friend.
Thank for the invite Jessica :)

The community that Unilocal fosters is Awesome. It was nice to interact with a friendly store owner, learn about some great wine and talk with fellow Unilocalers. Its nice to feel special and the shwag is instant bragging rights.
If you get invited, GO!
Thanks Jessica!

Everything went right here. Great wine, great location, and most importantly, great company. Even the parking gods smiled down upon me and gave me a spot right out front.
I very much enjoyed the schwag we got as well. Definitely cannot get enough Unilocal sticks or Unilocal keychain-​bottle-​opener-​thingies.
Thanks a lot to Jessica for the invite. Even if I wasn’t a hardcore Unilocal fan before (which I was), I would have certainly been converted. Awesome event!

Wheee! My first Unilocal event! I felt so special… and my name tag told me so.
Thank you Jessica for inviting me AND for having 9 to 5 start playing litterally as soon as I entered the door. (I don’t know how she knew I’m a huge Dolly fan, but, she did her homwork!) She made me feel instantly welcome and I had a great time meeting fellow Unilocalers and making new friends. Shout out to Cathy and Jon!
Plus, I was super stoked for the Unilocalsticks!

Thanks Jessica and Ruggy your event was really cool. My wife and I felt super welcome which isn’t so easy too find in our beloved city. The cheese was cool, brownies great, the wine superb. Ahman the owner of Starlite Vineyards in Geyserville, CA hooked it up with 4 refills of some yummy estate grown zinfandel.
The Plant Warehouse is a cool place to find potted indoors loving plants. Some species were huge and expensive others small and affordable. My favorite plants were the Mass Cane and the Money Tree both 60 bucks and at least 4 feet tall. They had a selection of cool cactus and some pots and seeds if you want to start your own family. All in and all a lovely place for an intimate Unilocal event.
The Money Tree!

My 1^st Unilocal Event, and I thought it was a really good one. Jessica was nice enough to invite me to this event. Definitely I would love to get invited again, LOL, if that is possible. Unilocal really was really great for having this event.
One thing for sure, fellow Unilocalers were some real cool people. I had the privilege of having some great conversation with them. And the wine, thanks to Arman for providing us the spirit, was really good with the hors d’oeuvres. The event was kind of short though but sweet.
And the place. I love it. If I ever need to buy some plants, this would be where I would go.

This was my 1^st Unilocal event ever and I’d like thank Jessica so much for inviting me out to this event. It was a blast!
The moment we got there, we were greeted with some friendly smiles as we signed our names on our badges and picked up a wine glass. Arman then proceeded to fill our glasses with wine (and continued to do so throughout the night). He basically never allowed us to have an empty glass and I thank him so much for doing that.
I also got to meet a lot of fellow Unilocalers here too and built some genuine friendships with them. We discussed our lives, what we like to do, where we’re from, and other fun facts about each other. I even got to meet 2 guys from CheerSF, with one of them who had performed on America’s Got Talent, which my friend Jenn and I love to watch. We now know someone famous! hahaha
So from the great atmosphere, to the great wine, and most of all to the great people, this event was a phenomenally fantastic experience and I’m so glad I was fortunate enough to be invited to this. Thanks so much for hosting such a wonderful event!!!

There’s nothing I can say that hasn’t already been praised about Wine and Unilocalers… great people, great wine esp. Domenico’s Nebbiolo vino, yummy finger foods, awesome Unilocal freebies, kool music, and a great lush green atmosphere of the Plant Warehouse.
Thank you Jessica for a real good time and a friendly intro to the Unilocal community!

It’s true, I was a bit skeptic. As I tugged my booty and bicycle up Polk street, I assumed there would be a million people smacking on food and not allowing me a place in line.
I was pleasantly surprised to find a small group of happy smiling faces in a green, lush and tropical Plant Warehouse. Domenico from Domenico Wines poured me a lovely and refreshing glass of their Chardonnay and I knew I’d done a good thing at some point in my life.
This was a great way to meet many of my fellow Unilocalers in person instead of stalking photos of them eating crème brûlée on their profile. I found myself having a lot of interesting conversations with some pretty fnnn awesome folks in the community.
Perhaps I’ll be invited to another? That would be swell.

Whoop! My first Unilocal Event invite, which lead to my first Unilocal Event, which introduced me to my first trip to the Plant Warehouse, that resulted in my first tasting of Domenico’s delicious urban wine and my first real life conversations with fellow Unilocalers. Can you see the theme here?
I feel like I have outed myself in the Unilocal world, like a Unilocal débutante, especially with the freebie sweat band that I snagged for myself (blood Unilocal and tears, really don’t matter… la la la). Yes, I wore it all night, even when I went out to catch up with friends — I am that proud.
Thanks to everyone (Jessica, Ruggy et al) for setting this up as well as to Plant Warehouse for hosting (and Domenico for his wine). Such a lovely crowd of people in a lovely setting, what better way to introduce myself into the Unilocal community!

Such a great event! I was uncontrollably drawn to the idea of drinking at the Plant Warehouse… and it WAS like drinking in the jungle, just as I had hoped and imagined.
Good wine, fun music and very cool people — plus some swag. I made off with two Unilocal beer cozies and a wristband. Total score. Thank you Team Unilocal

What an incredible evening! Thanks to Jessica, Ruggy, Tiffany, and Adam G, this was a most memorable evening. Had the most amazing time here last night!
Loved the jungle setting of the Plant Warehouse and thought it would have been the perfect place to have brought my bird Sonny to as he would have really enjoyed it. Regretfully, he’s still really young and not used to being out of the house or around people yet, so I couldn’t bring him this time. Even the big painting on the wall had a bunch of colorful birds in a jungle setting! So appropriate.
Upon arrival, each guest was warmly greeted by all the awesome Unilocal staff and immediately given a wine glass. As I wrote my name on my name tag, I had a hilarious thought and drew a little bird next to my name so people would know who I was (I posted a picture). Sure enough, I really did hear, «Oh you’re that bird guy!» So much fun!
Dominick of Domenico wines was super cool and extremely generous in making sure that everyone had plenty of excellent wine. He really made an effort to make sure that everyone’s glass was always full and he really amazed me because he not only made sure everyone had wine, but he even remembered which of the four selections each person was having so that they would be able to try them all before starting over again. He was the perfect host and his wines really made the event. I’m sure many of us will be visiting his winery in the future.
Four varietals were served… Chardonnay, Barbera, Aglianico, and Primitivo. They were all great, but Aglianico and Primitivo were my favorites with Primitivo being the best. Thanks to Dominick, I had plenty of each.
Loved the snack table and all the cool little Unilocal giveaways… the chocolates were great too and went extremely well with the wines.
Truly an amazing event… I had the most fantastic time speaking with many friends I’ve made through Unilocal and also made quite a few new friends. Definitely looking forward to the next one! :)
(Menneley and Adrianne K, please message me… I looked for you on Unilocal when I got home, but couldn’t find you. Not sure if it was because of all the great wine!)

Unilocal events are always a guaranteed good time! A happy hour in a lush jungle with unlimited wine tasting? What could go wrong?! Well, I guess many things…
Anyway, it was a small intimate setting where you had to push your way around a bit, but in a friendly «hi, nice to meet you on the way to the snack table» way. Domenico was a great host and poured generous tastings of his collection. He would scan the room to make sure everyone’s glass was full at all times. No stamp cards here!
And as usual, you walk away with new friends because the Unilocal community is really just that cool. An hour later, my date and I were sitting with another couple across the street enjoying dinner and sharing laughs. What a lovely evening.

Tonight was awesome! I have to thank Jessica, Ruggy and Tiffany for hosting such a nice, intimate event.
Set at the Plant Warehouse, it was like hanging out at a greenhouse, but even more awesome because there was great wine and a killer music selection (by Jessica, girl has taste!). Set amongst the greens we tasted four wines from Domenico Wines and got to meet other new and/​or up and coming Unilocalers. Small it was, which really made the night enjoyable. You could meet everyone else who came out easily, which I think really made the night a success.
Thanks so much for the lovely event, my friend and I had a great time and met some great people. What more could you ask for?