Merced’s own Rainbird offers wine experience like no other
Hakan Kocak is all smiles as he sits in his office above the Rainbird restaurant at the El Capitan Hotel, with a Napa winery representative on the phone, a schedule of upcoming events in his hand, and a reporter by the door wondering what question to ask first.
The 57-year-old director of Food and Beverage — someone who has created…