Tastings are a cornerstone of the wine world. Usually I am not too hip on tastings because they are expensive, crowded and unless you're a spitter, the 27th sample tastes just like the 26th and will probably be very similar to the 28th. However, last Friday I attended a wine tasting at D Note in Olde Town Arvada and was pleasantly surprised.

First, I gave the wine-store-guy from Primo Vino my $15 and he gave me a glass and a wooden chip worth $5 toward anything in his store. Fifteen bucks is a steal when it comes to wine tastings. Second, the place was crowded with folks enjoying the Friday evening, but I only had to wait once to get my glass filled. Lastly, the tasting consisted of five different wines and each were pleasantly different for one another making it simple to remember what you "liked" and what you "loved."

D Note.

I don't like to admit when I'm wrong, and when I do it usually goes like this, "ALRIGHT... muftsh grunt, muftsh grunt ... was, rong." When D Note first opened for business, my wife and I eagerly bellied up to the bar and ordered a beer to show our support of a new businesses in Olde Town.

The service sucked.

Not a little suck, I'm talking $600 Dyson vacuum sucked.

I'm talking 50 cent hooker on Colfax sucked.

Yeah, that bad.

I vowed to never, ever spend another dollar at D Note.

Never.

Ever.

I then started to hear and read, from fellow YourHubbers, that D Note had really great pizza. This totally makes sense because it is owned and operated by three hippie brothers, and who better to make a pizza than a bunch of hippies with the munchies? Furthermore, a friend mentioned that the place had become very kid friendly and my 4-year old son usually does better if he has a place to run, jump, kung-foo kick, hide, slide, ride, cry, laugh, slap, flap, crap and nap.

My advice is to pay your $15 for the tasting and order the Good Vibrations pizza, which contains ham, pineapple, roasted red peppers, red onions, Italian aged gouda cheeses and a chili cilantro pesto sauce. Honestly, their pizza is the best that has ever crossed my Gene Simmons-like tongue, and any problems that may have existed with their service are now gone. The Good Vibrations paired extremely well with the 2005 McGuigan Cabernet Sauvignon that was offered as part of the tasting. Priced at $9 a bottle, I plan to take my $5 chip to Primo Vino and grab a few bottles for future consumption.

So. Here it goes, pay attention or you'll miss it:

"ALRIGHT... muftsh grunt, muftsh grunt ... was, rong."

PS: The live music at D Note wasn't bad, either ... if you like a bunch of bongo-banging hippies.