Acknowledgments

Thanks to Shirley Ragsdale of Diogenes Ridge Vineyard for connecting me to Randy Dunn of Dunn Vineyards, in Napa Valley, for his wine expertise.

Thanks to Betty and Roger Eggleston, my Florida spies, for Cane Fu (and especially thanks for Deb).

Thanks to the wonderful Toby and Bill Gottfried, just because …

And rounding up the usual suspects, Caitlin, Nancy Y., Peggy, Jonnie, and Camille.

And my boys, Howard and Gavin, every single time.

Farewell to my beloved aunt Annie—my “Evvie”—never to be forgotten.