Food and wine pairings allow people to diversify their palates in one day, a feat previously attainable only by cramming five frozen dinners and a variety pack of juice boxes into a blender. Savor expanding horizons with today's Groupon: for $15, you get a tasting at Market Place Wine Bar, with wineries Emvy Cellars and Bridgepass Cellars (up to a $32 value). The tasting includes the following:
- Two glasses of any wine
- A gourmet cheese plate
Recently featured in Spokane Wine Magazine and home to local wineries Emvy Cellars and Bridgepress Cellars, Market Place Wine Bar satiates the palates of wine novices and aficionados alike with its delectable pairings of red and white pours with gourmet cheeses. Visitors can imbibe one of five concoctions from each winery, such as Bridgepress Cellars' Cabernet and Merlot or Emvy Cellars' Veba Blanc and Devotion 2006, which honors its namesake by devotedly crawling back into the bottle from which it was poured. A plate of five gourmet cheeses boasts complements each glass of grapey goodness, whether in the form of Grand Cru gruyere reserve or Red Spruce cheddar.
Market Place Wine Bar's tasting room, composed of exposed brick, concrete floors, and wooden beams, accommodates sippers with barstools fashioned from wine barrels and barkeeps woven from plucked grapevines. A rotating display of local artwork adorns its walls, and live music enthralls patrons every Friday.
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The Groupon Guide to: Being a Good Friend
Though many of life's accomplishments are important—working as a reading tutor, not setting fire to every mailbox you happen to pass—only one accomplishment matters in the long run: being a good friend. Follow these friendship tips to separating besties from the resties:
• Every time you're drinking something, offer your friend a sip from your glass. If they decline, show them there's nothing to worry about by sterilizing your own mouth with a crème brûlée torch.
• Pick up the check whenever possible—but don’t stop there. Use your intimate knowledge of your friend to glean possible passwords to their online bank accounts and transfer their funds into a high-yield CD just in case they want to save up to go to college again.
• What's your friend's favorite animal? Do they own one yet? Could you conceivably get them one? Keep in mind that the word "impossible" was most likely invented by a bad friend.
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