Went to a great wine bar this weekend...Noble Rot, located at 2724 SE Ankeny, is a hip place to have wine (beer too) and small plates of delicious food...

The wine flights, which are three two-ounce pours, are a great way to sample the same wine from different vineyards. I was with friends, so we sampled a little bit of everything: meat plate with prosciutto, coppa, and spicy salami with arugula, smoked trout salad with fennel and beets, baked shrimp with garlic, panini with coppa, tomato and taleggio cheese, onion tart, flank steak salad with blue cheese, and peach tart with vanilla ice cream. The wine drinkers also sampled the syrah, pinot noir, and bordeaux flights. We got there at 5 p.m. when they opened. Got seating right away. By the time we left two hours later the place was packed and people were waiting for tables. Great atmosphere and a cozy setting. There is a nice room in back for larger groups too. A big thumbs up.