Bottle Shock Page #4

want it, put it on the bar.

[Exhales]

It's cabernet.

- Yep.

- 1971.

- Ridge.

- Yep.

- Let's see the bottle.

- Oh, that's nothin'.! A recent vintage.!

[Swirling Wine In Mouth]

[Exhales] Dances like a lullaby

at the tip of my tongue.

Sonoma. Pinot noir.

Buena Vista.

- Yep.

- How does he do that?

- Attaboy, Stav. Go get 'em, baby.

- It's not from Napa.

[Sniffing]

I can't tell you whether

it's a merlot or cabernet.

[Chuckles]

Oh, dear God.

I can't say because...

it's a 1947 Cheval Blanc.

About half merlot,

half cabernet franc.

- Amazing!

- Ooh!

Yes.! Thank you.! Yes.!

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.

greatest wine ever made.

[Grunting]

Very nice.

- Thanks.

- Yes, yes, yes.

Twenty, 40, 60, 70...

$100.

- Sweet!

- The Cheval Blanc was 50 bucks.

How 'bout we throw in

the other two wines for free.

- Enjoy.

- Uh-

I believe you owe her 10 too.

- Oh.

- Thank you.

Hey. I thought you were gonna lead

with the Buena Vista.

No, Joe switched 'em.

I had nothin' to do with that.

Yeah. I mean-

- For the Cheval.

- You hustlers.

Hand over my 10.

Thank you.

## [Jukebox:
Rock]

## [Woman Singing Aria]

[Man]

Who is it?

It's, uh, me, Gustavo.

## [Continues]

[Moans]

Sorry. Did I wake you?

Maria Callas and I,

we don't sleep much.

I need to check the wine.

Someday we'll do this

in plain daylight?

I think I'd sleep much better

if I sold my grapes to Gallo.

[Sniffing]

[Exhales Softly]

- I think it's time to bottle.

- The third act of the grand opera.

The wine in the glass

before it is no more.

Taste that wine.

Tell me if you still would

have rather sold your grapes to Gallo.

Not bad.

When can we tell people?

I hate secrets.

Soon.

Soon.

- [Explosion]

- [Tires Screeching]

[Shouts]

Oh, for Christ's sake!

Stupid "assing" car!

Of all the stupid sh*t!

I got a better jack in the truck.

Is there a spare in that trunk?

Oh, yes. And a first-aid box

with a snakebite kit.

Ah. Alls we'll need is the spare.

So, the Acadmie du Vin in Paris...

is gonna give people instruction

in California wine?

Part of my thinking, yes.

I just have to be sure I'm not introducing

anything completely unpalatable.

Well, there are plenty

of palatable wines in this country.

- You don't have to worry about that.

- Yes, well-

My definition of palatable might be

slightly different from yours.

Why is that?

Oh, years of total immersion

in a nation...

devoted to its enological endeavors.

One can't just decide to be a vintner,

and then conveniently become one.

- There are dynasties at play.

- That isn't true in California.

I rest my case.

- You're a snob.

- Am I?

It limits you.

Well, thanks for your help,

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