Ever After Wine — Restaurant in Elk Grove

Disclaimer: Before reading this lengthy review, I suggest pouring yourself a glass of your favorite wine.

Not to date myself (2002ish), but I can remember the days when I was a teenager speeding through a fairly newly incorporated Elk Grove that had tons of undeveloped land and very little culture. Fast forward 22 years later, (time has wings) a lot of the land has been occupied with new homes and businesses, and you can find food from a myriad of cultures. With the growth of the city, it seems like new businesses are opening at a fast rate. Therefore, I was excited when I read an article months ago about a new wine bar called Ever After Wine coming to Elk Grove.

You may be saying "what makes this wine bar unique in comparison to the other local wine bars?" Ever After Wine offers low intervention wine aka natural wine that is fermented without additives. Being that I work in public health, this was immediately a selling point and I couldn't wait to take my wife on a date so that we could experience what they had to offer.

Upon entering the wine bar, we were simultaneously greeted by the euphoric sound of laughing patrons and by co-owner Nadia. Even though the establishment was busy, she quickly made her way over to our table, introduced herself, and gave us a brief overview of the food and drink menu. Our first selection was glasses of the La Volta Lambrusco imported from Italy. Although it was a chilly night, the Lambrusco was very refreshing and not overly sweet.

In between sips we took in the snug ambiance (where were places like this when my wife and I started dating?!) and people watched from the nearby window. Nadia was very attentive and did a great job of checking in with us during our visit. Unlike some wine rooms that we have visited (I will not name any names) that simply pour the wine of your selection, Nadia gave a little background of each wine and pointed out some of her personal favorites from the menu. For our next order, we chose glasses of the Margarethenhof Elbling Der Spritzige Nicolas Weber imported from Germany (not listed on the menu). Being fans of sparkling wine, we loved it!

Overall, we enjoyed our experience at Ever After Wine. Nadia is very personable and makes you feel as if you're a guest experiencing an in-home wine tasting. Both selections of wine were delicious, so delicious that we tasted the last bottles of both options (don't worry I'm sure that they will be restocked soon). We look forward to checking out their wine tasting flight events and trying glasses of the Donkey and Goat New...

Oh my goodness this place is just so freaking adorable. We had chosen this place to come celebrate our friends 50th birthday and we were so happy to have chosen this place to do this mini celebration.

For it only been open for a short amount of time the space was decorated very nicely and it gave you a homie vibe but still maintain the upscale atmosphere of a potential winery tasting room. I really enjoyed the shelf on the left hand side as you walked in that displayed the different wines that were available it just looks so neat that the wine was given the illusion of floating with the shelves.

While we were there we all got the wine tasting and it was nice that we could all select the types of Wyoming wanted to enjoy. For context, know that these wines are on a rotation so though you might like something the day you go it may not be on tap or available to pour the next time you go so if you like it make sure to buy some while you're there.

The wines that we tasted were very nice delicate on the palate with some very fruit forward with others and overall a nice blend of flavors as you continue throughout the tasting.

We paired our wine tasting with the torched burrata and the meat and cheese plate. For real that torch burrata was something else I had never experienced burrata in that style before and it was superb especially the accompaniments that came with it. Also the different cheeses especially the goat cheese that came with our plate was superb creamy with a little bit of tanginess I want It by a block of that thing.

And lastly the owners of the wine bar were there and were so gracious with their time with us. They would ever so often come chat with us talk to us about what we were doing, about our day, and give us just tidbits about the wines and the space and themselves. So excited to have had that time with them and wish them the utmost success with this beautiful place.

We are definitely looking forward to other events that they will be doing. One suggestion, if it can happen, is that the space has a lot of bare walls right now it would be amazing to get local artists to put their artwork up there that you could potentially...

I had the pleasure of meeting one of the owners of this establishment and she was nothing short of spectacular. You know when someone loves what they do and you can tell from your experience? That was exactly that. Nadia informed me on the differences of the wines on the menu and taught me alot of the process of getting the final product she serves (and yes easy enough for someone who doesn’t know much about it either). You can clearly tell there was a lot of thought and care of picking what is on the menu. She was patient, understanding and knowledgeable. I cannot wait...