Becoming wino easy with local venue

The crime: Choosing wine solely based on label aesthetics. The verdict: Guilty.

Although many might pretend to know what's best when it comes to wine, the truth is it's an often unexplored avenue of alcohol. Contrary to popular belief, Athens is a great place to venture into vino.

Perhaps the best place to start is at a restaurant with a long wine list. The National, located on Clayton Street, is only an eight-month old addition to Athens' wine scene, but it already sticks out from the crowd. The restaurant offers a cruvinet wine-on-tap system, which bar manager Chris Luken said is the best way to preserve a bottle of wine.

"Cruvinet works like a beer tap, but instead of using carbon dioxide to move wine through the system, it uses nitrogen," he said.


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