The well-appointed Armanetti Wine Shoppe provides the wine connoisseur with nearly everything there is to enjoy about wine, from educational seminars and weekly wine tastings to a wine club that features discounts. Armanetti's seminars run from September through April and educate consumers on different growing areas in the world. The sessions focus on a region's terrain and grape quality, and reveal what types of food are best served with that particular region's wines.

Excellent customer care also reveals itself through Armanetti's weekly beer tasting each Friday from 5-9 p.m. and weekly wine tasting each Saturday from 2 to 5 p.m., in which four to six wines of its more than 800 varieties are poured for sampling. Armanetti also carries a full selection of beer and other liquors, making it a one-stop shop for your next party.

Centerstage Reviewer: Dennis Mahoney