41.   A lot of music-industry executives eat at this glossy, relaxed restaurant, with a good, mostly modestly priced wine list.

42.   A pretty good wine list, favoring regional offerings.

43.   A popular strawberry wine was added to their wine list and they hope to have a black currant wine ready by Christmas.

44.   A wine list?

45.   A wide-ranging dinner menu is complemented by an extensive wine list that includes reds and whites produced from vineyards on nearby hillsides.

46.   After looking over the wine list because it is well chosen, extensive and expensive, turn to the sommelier, Mark Slater.

47.   Bressman requested the wine list.

48.   Both have knowledgeable clients who come over from New York because of the extensive wine lists and relatively low prices, but neither caters only to wine sophisticates.

49.   But halfway through the meal, I began browsing through the wine list, something I should have done earlier.

50.   But the practice also occurs at fancier, more ambitious restaurants that have invested considerable amounts of money in building their wine lists.