WHY For tasty, good-value bottles from the Santa Ynez Valley and the northern and southern Rhône.

WHAT The selection is small at this tidy little shop, but it’s creative and includes some very good specials. The focus is on just three regions: California’s Central Coast, the Rhône and Spain. Regulars stop by for the Friday- and Saturday-night tastings, and party-planning beer lovers order kegs of local and import craft beers (Bitburger, Allagash, Bayhawk, Green Flash and many more).

WHO South Bay food-and-wine buffs who are tired of Trader Joe’s.