NYC Dining with Wine

[Thomas]

Scoop, sorry. I should have told you to drop over to the Black Star Bar on 2nd Ave. My partner owns it, and that is where we held court this weekend. Met with cash register and computer people, plus potential suppliers from Cahors region. The store is under construction.

My partner is off to Italy this week to make some buys based on tastings we did in Verona at VinItaly in April.

This venture will surely be fun, provided I can find an apartment. I think I shall have to sell my house just for the so-called "key" money! I walked from 1st Street to 10th, along Avenue A, something I have not done since the late 1960s. What a difference a generation makes. What we used to buy in Tompkins Square Park simply wasn't available last week....

Winoweenie, when you get up the nerve, there will be a RED wine waiting for you--but you must first taste a good white, as intitiation into the Manhattan clan.