text: We chose this place for a small unofficial gathering of friends and coworkers just to chat and hang out I was concerned that a wine bar may be too stuffy for our crowd especially one with a terrible terrible pun for a name but found DVine Wine to be comfortable and upscale but not pretentiousnnLocated on the second floor of the Ballentyne Village complex DVine Wine overlooks unfortunately the rest of the shopping center and a parking lot but do not take this as much of a criticism I really liked the second floor location and large balconies The balconies had several large outdoor couches that would have been nice to hang out on on a nice comfortable summers evening but alas it was winter nnWe ended up sitting indoors in several soft chairs around a leather topped coffee table which lent our gathering a comfortable homey feel nnIt was empty when we arrived shortly after pm on a Thursday but as the night continued the bar filled until there was a fairly good sized crowd of something is chatting and hanging out I never felt that it got overly crowded and uncomfortable nnWine was available by the glass halfglass and bottle The bottles of Reisling and Syrrah I sampled this evening were excellent and as luck would have it half price Check the calendar on their website for specials and other events nnWe also ordered some appetizers Toasted bread with apple fig and brie Stuffed Portobello Mushroom and Hummus with toasted pita pointsnnThere were three kinds of Hummus and they were acceptable but not substantially distinct from one another except in color The toast with brie was good though very sweet more like a dessert than an appetizer I did not sample the Mushroom because it was laughably small I would expect an appetizer that consists of a single portobello mushroom to be at least to times the size of the one on the plate we received This was more like the size of a single stuffed regular mushroom from any other restaurant you know where you do in fact get six of them They did give us another order of toasted pita points without us having to ask even though we were not sitting a table nnAll in all I enjoyed the evening and this was a nice place to hang out sit and chat We will be making a trip there next month as well