A Note From Gary Fishman at Wally's Wine About the Seghesio Wine Dinner at Drago

"It was a fabulous dinner, and the evening unfolded beautifully. A splendid collision of super wines and fantastic food! Total attendance was about 70 persons. We had a tremendous response to the wines: 18 different orders totaling nearly 200 bottles of wine were sold at the dinner! Sorry to say we did not take any photos of the dinner. Darn! I can report that there were lots of smiling faces, and that the crowd lingered happily over their coffee and cappuccino. Great to be able to introduce Celestino to the group. Pete and Cathy Seghesio were thrilled with the way the affair was handled. Being in the business for 30 years now, I am pleased to report the Drago/Seghesio Dinner was as flawless an evening as I have ever experienced. My wife and I have been smitten with Celestino and his cooking since he got off the boat in the early 1980s and we tasted the duck ragu over parpadella pasta he prepared when he had his first chef job at a little lean-to off Third Street in West Hollywood by the Beverly Center. He couldn’t speak much English then, but he certainly spoke our language when it came to food! We value his friendship, and are thrilled he and his family have been so successful in our part of the world…."

Regards,

Gary