Sur Vingt News Today

Some of the Big Apple’s top chefs are packing their knives and toques to open new restaurants in the Hamptons as the summer season officially kicks off this Memorial Day Weekend.

Kidd Squid makes a new beer with Sage & Madison’s blackberry thyme jam, Wolffer Estate celebrates 35 years of wine, and more from the East End "Food Seen."

Sporting a shock of auburn-ginger hair and a tight-fitting T-shirt that shows off forearms studded with tattoos, restaurateur Sebastien Auvet gives off a first impression similar to a SoCal surfer dude. The vibe at Vin Sur Vingt, a New York City-based wine bar brand the Frenchman brought to Logan Circle in late March, is similarly casual. Auvet, who opened his first shop along with business partner Rakesh Chandiramani in 2011, is not a classically trained sommelier. He earned his chops in a s...