Owner , Brian Snelling, at the wine bar.96 Hours Bar Bites feature the scene, people, food and drink at 750 ML. This is a wine bar in San Mateo .(Christina Koci Hernandez/The Chronicle)

Owner , Brian Snelling, at the wine bar.96 Hours Bar Bites feature the scene, people, food and drink at 750 ML. This is a wine bar in San Mateo .(Christina Koci Hernandez/The Chronicle) Ran on: 05-31-2007 Brian Snelling, above and top center, discusses a wine with customers at the counter of 750 ml. Customers can also help themselves to 1-ounce tastes through a self-serve wine dispenser, top left. Snelling offers mostly California wines as well as appetizers, top right. (Photo By Christina Koci Hernandez/San Francisco Chronicle by Getty Images)