Those changes, Reda said, likely helped elevate the business from No. Vintage Estate also began having wine tastings and beer classes, Reda said. It also features a kitchen that makes flat-bread pizzas. The lounge has 12 craft beers on tap, 13 wines on a rotating wine bar, 15 mead selections and 17 varieties of single-malt scotch.
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Tasting Lounge, a bar free of televisions, in May 2009. Reda knocked down the north wall, as planned, and opened The V.E. We want people to be able to try a lot of different craft beers and wine.”
“At the time, we had a little over 500 beer labels. If he owned the place, he said, he would knock out the north wall and build a beer lounge.īy October 2008, eight months after getting out of the cell-phone industry, Reda finalized the purchase of the business and set into motion his plans to build a tasting lounge. The year was tumultuous for Reda, who dipped into his savings to avoid bankruptcy and had to watch his mother battle illness, he said.īut, months before Cellular One disappeared, Reda was sitting at the bar in Vintage Estate, talking to former owner Ron Bush about his vision for the establishment. “Within 30 seconds, my company was gone,” he said. Reda ran several Cellular One stores in the area, but AT&T ordered him in a letter to shut his doors after the mega- company purchased the smaller cell-phone provider. In February 2008, Reda was in the midst of a corporate takeover of his old company, Cellular One. Vintage Estate, 7317 South Ave., has no connection to he said. The rating is valuable, Reda pointed out, because it is unsolicited. Many reviewers noted reasonable prices, knowledgeable staff and selection as reasons for their high ratings. Reviewers for the Web site rate the establishment in six categories: ambiance, service, selection, food, value and overall. “I refer to it on the level of the Super Bowl of my business,” said Phill Reda, owner of the company, which boasts nearly 800 craft beers and more than 1,000 labels of wine. 1 beer retailer in the world by the Web site Last year, Vintage Estate broke into the rankings at No. The company was rated the number one beer retailer in the world by the web site By RICK ROUANīOARDMAN - Vintage Estate didn’t have a long climb, but it has reached the top of the mountain of beer retailers worldwide. The Vindicator/Geoffrey Hauschild.President of Vintage Estate, Phil Reda, poses for a portait on Tuesday afternoon behind some of the 760 beers available at Vintage Estate along South Ave.