IKES!

What a grand idea! After weeks of having very few people in the dining room, a norm for this back-to-school time of the year, and trying to re-coop from a half's week of being closed for the storm, we decided to throw a 1/2 off wine night. What a successful evening! Am thinking of doing one once a month (to be announced via blog). The best part was not only breaking even for the premature closing, but also seeing patrons ordering bottles on the list that they admittedly would not have ordered due to the price.

The wine of choice for the evening? L'Aventure's 2002 Optimus. What a great one! About a year ago, Christopher and I visited Paso Robles with some patrons/close friends and had the opportunity to not only meet the winemaker, Stephan Asseo, himself, but also get to try some samples from barrels that had yet to be bottled. (www.aventurewine.com)

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