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-- A third Ernie Boch has appeared, and the car guy is getting pissed at the blogger. [Blue Mass Group]

We dug Wine Riot back in April, and now that its sponsors have more experience under their belts, the latest iteration of the event is sure to be even better. Wine Riot is a unique blend of instruction, imbibing, and getting down, with subtle notes of enlightenment and a refreshing mouth feel. Or something like that. Presented by the Second Glass, everyone's favorite local wine magazine run by a dude with a Dig column, Wine Riot will take place next weekend (September 25 and 26) at the John J Moakley Courthouse on the waterfront. Get your tickets soon, because the ticket bottle's almost drained. $65 for a VIP session on Friday evening or $45 for regular sessions Saturday afternoon and evening (1-5, 6-10).

                 

On Saturday night, a line of stylish 20-somethings - the men in blazers and Converse, the women in scarves and heels - snaked through the plaza outside the Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts. Nine hundred and fifty tickets had been sold for the Wine Riot, the first mass tasting of its kind in Boston, and the Cyclorama space was soon packed with people who may or may not have been attending their first tasting, ever. Tyler Balliet, editor of wine publication The Second Glass and one of the event’s organizers, said that the goal behind this event was to “get people to drink more wine,” and by these standards, the event was a success.

Wine Riot, a wine-tasting extravaganza of epic proportions, is taking over the Cyclorama next weekend. Hipster wine mag The Second Glass and Boston’s Weekly Dig, the event’s organizers, promise that “This Isn't Your Parents' Wine Event.” With DJ Die Young on the decks, fake tattoos galore and a photobooth on-site, the Wine Riot may have more in common with popular club events like Paper or The Pill than with the overwhelming, cougarrific Boston Wine Expo. But with far better food, of course, provided by Savant Project, Mission Hill's newest hipster bar; Ronnarong, Union Square's brand-new Thai restaurant; Garden at the Cellar, Will Gilson's Central Square locavore paradise; and Sel de la Terre, L'Espalier's accessible little sibling.