No joke — this place should be the example on Unilocal’s rubric of what a five is. It is seriously«Whoo hoo!» inducing and is as good as it gets. Been a rough few days so I decided to get out of the house and shake it off with a spot of Indian food for lunch. I figured, since I was walking past it, that I would pop into this unassuming shop and ask my standard wine shop question and get the standard disappointing answer… Me: Do you have orange wine? Shop Owner/Worker: Huh? Uh… not quite. I asked my question, looking like a person who has had a rough few days and probably grouchily and was met with an enthusiastic, «Yes!» West’s has orange wine. WEST’S HASORANGEWINE! No one has orange wine. My day was instantly made, and I clearly made Jason’s who walked me through a few. I ended up walking out with two bottles — a Croatian orange and an Italian — but only after a LOT of good talk about wine. And a little time with Jess, the shop dog who is super friendly and must have sensed that I have two at home. As a wine writer I’m always looking for places to expand my knowledge and be able to find new/interesting/good bottles. I’m super excited for these two and hope that I will bring myself to actually drink them and not hold them for the right occasion as I’m wont to do. Needless to say, I will be a regular.