Like water without bread and coffee without Cap'n Crunch, wine without tapas is devoid of flavor and should be poured down the nearest drain. Add purpose to your wine tasting with today's Groupon: for $35, you get one bottle of wine, four tapas, and a brownie dessert at Reds Restaurant in Encino (up to a $79 value).

At Reds Restaurant, an open kitchen configuration showcases chefs busily harvesting tasty tapas from fire-spitting stainless-steel appliances. Diners can choose any four items from the tapas menu, along with either a bottle of the house sangiovese or house chardonnay. The 2008 Farnese sangiovese, a richly acidic Italian red, readily complements the menu's red meats (such as the beef short rib and ricotta ravioli combo), while the smoked Norwegian-salmon tapas or seared scallops offer compatible companionship to the light 2008 Farnese chardonnay. Two hours of free valet parking is provided by Reds, so guests won't have to worry about the fire hydrant running out of quarters again while they snarf their brownie dessert.