Success in the Cellar

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For chef Didier Virot, the secret to great food is the wine match

Kristiana Kahakauwila
Issue: November 15, 2005

The kitchen at Aix, a Provence-inspired restaurant on New York's Upper West Side, is packed, despite the fact it's early afternoon. Chef Didier Virot is leading his staff through a wine tasting, his French accent caressing the names of the wine list's newest additions.