http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17770
--- Comment #2 from Nicholas Escalona nescalona@firehousemail.com 2009-03-16 21:56:31 --- (In reply to comment #1)
Correct, Steam queries d3d version and other properties before installing the game. Also you using old Wine version, please upgrade.
As I mentioned, I am using the most recent version on MacPorts. I could attempt to compile my own version of Wine of Mac OS X. IS this what you are referring to?