Wine bar in Fukuoka

Before leaving for vacation, for one of my best gal-pal’s birthday I took her to a kimono shop and wine bar, Yumekichi Wine.

Outside Yumekichi Wine.

 

It was last minute luck, because we really wanted to go out, have a couple drinks, and just relax. But we were picky…we didn’t want beer, or have the usual sake or shochu…we were feeling classy tonight and wanted wine. I was lucky to come across an article in the Fukuoka Now Magazine! We were in even more luck as we found out it was about 10 minutes away from my friend’s house.

Situated along the river side.
Great view if you sit at the bar.

Yumekichi Wine

The interior ambiance was beautiful. The soft-lighting and candles made it intimate yet chic. Seating was limited to the bar, one high top table area, and one lounge. One side of the room had this huge wine cabinet, with glasses hung or sitting on shelves.

Not only a wine shop, it’s also a kimono shop. The bartenders and employees all wore yukatas (men and women), and they advertised for yukata and kimono rentals. But probably the best thing about this place was the fact that no one smoked!

Complimentary appy’s.
Smoked cheese, raisins, and smoked meat.

 

4 Wine Tasting Special

The drink menu was written on a glass window, while our menu was written in beautiful calligraphy on heavy duty rice paper.

The special is 2500 yen for tasting 4 different wines, your choice of either 4 reds or 4 whites. Sorry, no mix and matches. Both my friend and I ordered a set of each to share as we munched on appetizers and complementary nibbles.

4 Wine tasting.

 

Everything tasted really good and went well with the wines! Things that I never knew that could be paired. Like certain traditional Japanese pickled vegetables, etc. And the shop owner was a wine connoisseur herself! It was really cool to watch her professionally taste wine in her yukata. Everyone there was pretty chill, and it seemed that many of them were regular customers…or maybe it’s because the staff there really make you feel at home, as if you really were on the set of “Cheers”, where everybody knows your name.I think I found my new favorite hang out. Cheers! *clink!*