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About Cin-Cin
Cin-Cin [chin-chin] is an Italian toast meaning "to your health."
Cin-Cin Wine Bar resulted from a friendship of a successful Bay Area local restaurateur and a former Google marketing professional-turned-sommelier. Don Durante and Lisa Rhorer developed the concept of Cin-Cin based on their passion for food, wine and the environment. Cin-Cin is a neighborhood wine bar for friends and family to enjoy food and wine produced by sustainable, organic and biodynamic methods. Cin-Cin is a place where you can nourish your palate with pure, sophisticated and intense flavorsCin-Cin's interior design will incorporate many natural and recycled items such as bamboo, cork, recycled glass and reclaimed black walnut that create a "green" and vibrant environment.Bring Wine Corks to Cin-Cin to be Recycled.
Cin-Cin is a partner of The Cork ReHarvest Program: a cork recycling program with ZERO increase to the carbon footprint. Put a cork in global warming. Bring your corks to Cin-Cin to be recycled.
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Don Durante is no stranger to the South Bay dining scene - his 30+ years in the restaurant industry have taught him the importance of impeccable customer service and enabled him to master the workings of a well-oiled restaurant. Don was owner and executive chef at the award-winning Le Mouton Noir in Saratoga and executive chef at the Silicon Valley icon Birk's Grill in Santa Clara. Dons most recent success is Cascal Restaurant in Mountain View where the Tapa-style menu offers bold flavors and exotic cocktails. Don looks forward to another great success with Cin-Cin Wine Bar.
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Certified Sommelier,Court
of Master Sommeliers,
Certified Spanish Wine
Educator, Academy of Spain
Lisa Rhorer is a former high-tech marketing executive, working for such Silicon Valley giants as Google, Oracle and Creative Labs as well as technology publishing media leader, IDG. Lisa left Google to pursue her passion for wine, going on to graduate from the prestigious Professional Wine Studies Program at the Culinary Institute of America in St. Helena.
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A Chef RJ honed his culinary expertise at four Michelin-starred restaurants before joining the Cin-Cin team, including: The Restaurant at Meadowood, St. Helena; Murray Circle Restaurant at Cavallo Point in Sausalito; Madera at the Rosewood Sandhill Resort in Menlo Park; and The Village Pub in Woodside. The family meal has always been important in Chef RJ's life and he grew up in the kitchen watching his greatgrandmother cook Filipino cuisine. After graduating from the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco, RJ dove into the world READ MORE
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