Kaje Y.
Yelp
My friend recommended this spot for us to grab lunch. I came in with zero expectation, but my friend knows I'm a big wine guy, so he picked this spot.
Upon entering, it looked more like an upscale modern brewery with high ceilings. Less so a wine bar. I like it though, it keeps things a bit more casual. We were seated by a friendly waitress. I asked a little bit about the wine offerings on the red side, and it seemed like the waitress unfortunately couldn't go into more depth on the wines varietals offered. I'll get into the wines after the food.
Got the OMG Grilled Cheese which was super tasty. The blend of cheese was on point and it was perfectly grilled. I then went with a board (choose 4) and I can't remember which 4 I got anymore, but they were all very tasty. This is a huge dish for 1 person!
I had 3 glasses of wine, a cab franc, a sangiovese (can't remember if it was a chianti), and a temperanillo. I do remember asking about a bordeaux that was on the menu, and if it was left bank or right bank, but when our server went to go check it was out of stock, so I moved on. I asked about the body of the cab franc, but the server was uncertain how to describe it. The cab franc was also something that was different than what was on the menu, but this one seemed very light bodied and not very tannic. The sangiovese was also a bit on the lighter side, and I'm more used to medium bodied sangiovese, but had classic sangiovese notes. Finally the temperanillo is usually a fuller bodied red, but the one offered here was medium bodied at most, with just hints of tannins.
Overall, I was very happy with the food selection here, but a bit underwhelmed by the wine selection. I'm glad they offer wines from around the world, but the selection doesn't really do it justice.