Wine Tasting

[Thomas]

Randy reminds me of the time my wife and I visited Napa in the late seventies. I had worked on the visitor presentation film at Beaulieu Vineyards and so I made an appointment with Leigh Knowles, president of the company, to talk about updating the piece.

Gracious and warm, Mr. Knowles opened a bottle of Riesling (10 A.M.) while we talked. I noticed, however, while my wife and I sipped to be polite, he only sniffed what was in his glass. And when he opened the second bottle he still had the contents of the first in his glass, which he sniffed until lunch time, and our departure.

We went right back to the hotel to fall asleep.