Chozet tells me he will be at Cibo until 11:00pm. I meet him there after my devastating three mile sprint->run->walk->limp->almost-crawl with Jessica.

Having only been there once long before for a Sunday brunch, I make light, polite conversation and remark on the new decor. Chozet starts me off with soda water and some wine for our business talk at the bar. The owner and head chef, an 18.5 year veteran in the culinary business is on my left texting behind a half full glass of pilz. To my right, a young couple share a pork belly antipasto accompanied with a nice white. I ready my sharpie and moleskine.

Chozet, in between talking business, is a multitasking blur, but manages to introduce me to my neighbors. From Will, the owner and head chef, I quickly learn that one bottle of truffle oil goes a long way, but by no means spill any on the floor or you will never get the smell out. Moreover, truffle oil and truffle salt, once obtained from Central Market, can be the perfect finish to sauces or can be par excellence when tossed with fries over medium heat. Bread and a bowl of delicious pasta appear before me and I leave the truffle talk far behind.

The couple from my right are doctors. Oliver works as an emergency room doctor and works 10-12 hour days, ten days a month. Tuyet is a family medicine doctor who works 6 days a week. Tonight, they thought about Wink but made their way to Cibo instead. Tuyet got her masters in science and wanted to find aliens from outer space, but her brother convinced her medicine is the way to go. Her 5′1″, 95 pound Asian frame soaks in the wine magically. The doctors and I talk about opiates they can prescribe (but normally don’t) and their corresponding street value. Their menagerie of pain defying miracles, on the street, ranged from 10 dollars a pill for Valium to 110 dollars per vial for 10 milligram of morphine. Tuyet graciously offers me a glass of their ridiculous 2002 Bressan pinot. It is stupid good.

Before close, Chozet jumps into the wine cellar and reappears with a single three liter bottle of wine made only from the juice of raisins (it is 31 proof-15.5% alcohol wine). It costs $980.00. But, our jaws drop completely to the floor when he showed us another bottle that costs the same but is only 750ml.

I think this wine will probably molest you and make you like it.