• The Grape will hold its Come as You are Chef’s Dinner, featuring wines from Burgundy, on Jan. 24. Price is $48 for three courses; reservations are required.
• Wine of the week: Alaya 2009 ($10), a Spanish red blend. has many of the qualities of a great cheap wine, including lots and lots of black fruit that is neither sweet nor extracted – just intense. Available at Spec’s.
