Eleusis or The Winery

Wandering around the next night I discovered the Weinerei (which had actually been recommended to me, by a former philosophy professor, of course). On a corner near the imposing Zionskirche. It’s a festive and happy place, a cafe by day, run by an organization after 10pm. For one euro you are given a glass and can try as many different wines as they offer that night (maybe 12?). You drink as much as you want and there is food cooked by the same organization which is free for all. Then, as you leave, you pay again giving whatever you can afford, or think you ought to (i.e., if you were an ungrateful mooch you could throw another 50 cents in and leave). Fantastic! It was packed with laughing gesellig people, but I could also imagine it being a dangerous place! It can be easy to lose track of wine consumption from this Bacchian fountain of sorts, so you need to watch yourself. Well, I guess that goes at anyplace.