If you have not been to the 1215 wine bar in Over-The-Rhine, I strongly recommend stopping by sometime. It’s an AFWE-leaning wine geek’s oasis. They have probably 30 different wines by the flight/glass/bottle that probably run $15-$30 at typical retail shops, a bit more if you buy the bottle there. They do a “blind flight” on Wednesday evenings after 7pm where you can try to guess based on one of their sommelier’s notes. Their latest flights are an extremely eclectic mix of mostly smaller producers from around the world, and there’s not an over-ripe, over-extracted, over-oaked, spoofed, imbalanced, or flabby example in the bunch. Lots of off the beaten path stuff. Jura chardonnay? Portugal? Costieres de Nimes? Germany? Loire Chenin? Sardinia? Corsica? Etna Rosso? How about a dry, earthy, tannic, frizzante lambrusco? Definitely worth checking out if you’re local or passing through.
Note: I am in no way affiliated with the 1215 wine bar. Just a fan.