These days, it turns out there's an area wine bar for every temperament, time and taste.

On a recent stormy night, I popped into A Perfect Day, the city's newest wine bar with plans to take advantage of its program of $10 by-the-glass house wines. Halfway through my first pick, a chardonnay from France's Pays d'Oc, a friend happened to stop by, soon followed by his wife...