Looks like Vinoteca will have to add a few more bottles of chianti to its wine list now that its backyard bocce court and patio have opened. In strong contrast to the wine bar’s contemporary, dark-wood interior, Vinoteca’s patio area resembles an open-air Old World villa. “We were going for an old European town square feeling,” says owner Paul Carlson. Although the patio’s aesthetic isn’t completely traditional, it appears Carlson spared very little expense…

Photo by annejuliet If kickball is simply too sporty for you, you’ve got two new ways to drink a whole lot and not feel guilty about it. The city’s growing bocce league has announced that their fall season will take place indoors at the American Legion and Pour House on Capitol Hill. Instead of forcing participants to actually walk from the usual outdoor fields of play to the bar and then drink, the new…