In a proper tasting, wine must be held up to the light to gauge its color, tossed on a cat's back to judge its acidity, and sipped through a crazy straw to annoy the host. Become the toast of any tasting with today's Groupon: for $49, you get a punch card good for one tasting each at nine wineries from the McMinnville Downtown Wineries Association (a $110 value). The punch card is not valid at the Edgefield Winery at Hotel Oregon.
Renowned for its artisan wines and varietals of pinot noir, the McMinnville Downtown Wineries Association whips taste buds into flavorful frenzies with elegant quaffs that highlight the pure grapes of the region. Each winery rotates its tastings, featuring a different lineup of four to six distinct libations, and tasters can count on different swig selections at each location, as every winery serves its own unique potables. Blossoming sommeliers step up to their glasses and test their scent sensors under the guidance of professional drink detectives, aiding their efforts to detect possible notes of cherry, dark chocolate, discontinued Skittles flavors, and spice laced throughout each beverage. All of the wineries lie within walking distance of each other, meaning all nine tastings can be used in the same day without the use of a gyrocopter.
Groupon Says
The Groupon Guide to: Movie-Theater Snacks
Most Hollywood scientists agree that modern movies are so suspenseful that if you don't distract your mouth with a delicious snack, you may perish from overgasping. Protect your health with these common cinematic concessions:
• Popcorn: Made by injecting regular corn—one kernel at a time—with a hypodermic full of nitroglycerin, these partially exploded seeds must be lubricated with a hot thimble of liquid butter to prevent them from embedding themselves in the esophageal lining.
• Sno-Caps: You can make your own Sno-Caps at home by running a moistened sponge over individual chocolate chips and then shaking them up in a ziploc bag full of sprinkles.
• Soft Pretzels, Nachos, Hot Dogs, Chicken Fingers, and Pizza: Responsible parents know that even though you're going out for dinner after the movie, some kids are dinner-hungry right now.
• Mike and Ikes: Fat- free, gluten-free, and completely kosher, these rhyming fruit-flavored candies are rumored to be named after former U.S. presidents Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower and Michael "Mike" Jordan.
• Individual Cookie-Dough Bites: Yet to be tested on human theater patrons—will you be the first to dare try this futuristic feat of treat?
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