Great dialogue:
Maya: You Know, Can I ask you a personal question? Can I ask you a personal question
?
Miles: Sure.
Of course.
Maya: Why are you so into Pinot Noir. I mean, it's like a thing with you. Why are you so into Pinot
Noir. Just like your hobby.
Miles: I don't know, Um, it's a hard grape to grow, as you know, right? It's thin-skinned, temperamental, ripens early, you know. It's not a survivor like Cabernet, which can just grow anywhere and thrive even when it's neglected. No, Pinot Noir needs constant care and attention. In fact, it can grow only in these really specific tucked-away corners of the world. And only the most patient and nurturing of growers can do it, really. Only somebody who really takes the time to understand Pinot Noir's potential can then coax it into its full expression. And then, I mean, oh, it's flavors. They're just the most haunting and brilliant and thrilling and subtle and ancient on the planet. No, I mean you know, cabernets can be powerful and exalting too, but they seem prosaic to me, by comparison. What about you?
I don't know either, it's a very difficult grape to grow, you know? Its skin is thin, very sensitive, and ripens early. It's not as easy to grow as the black grapes like cabernet can grow anywhere, and it thrives even when neglected. Pinot noir requires constant care and attention, it only grows in those hidden, special corners of the world, and it can only grow with the utmost patience and nurture of the gardener. Only those who take the time to understand Pinot Noir can understand its potential and feel all its expressions, I mean taste. It's the haunting, the brightest, the subtlest, the oldest thing in the world. I mean red wine can be powerful, but cabernet is tacky by comparison. How about you?
Maya: what about me? What about me
?
Miles: I don't know, why are you into wine? I don't know, why are you
so interested in wine.
Maya: oh, I'm I think I , I originally got into wine through my ex-husband, you know. He had this big, you know, sort of show-off cellar, you know. But then I discovered I had a really sharp palate. And the more I drank, the more I liked what it made me think about.
I first got interested in wine from my ex. He has a very large wine cellar that is very flamboyant. But my palate is very sharp, and the more I drink, the more I enjoy the things that wine can enlighten my mind.
Miles: like what?
Like what?
Maya: Like what a fraud he was. No, I like to think about the life of wine, you know. How it's a living thing. I like to think about what was going on the year of grapes were growing. How the sun was shining, if it rained. I like to think about all the people who tended and picked the grapes. And if it is an old wine, how many of them must be dead by now. I like how wine continues to evolve, like if I opened a bottle of wine today, it would taste different than if I opened it on any other day. Because a bottle of wine is actually alive, and it is constantly evolving and gaining complexity. That is until it peaks, like you '61, and then it begins its steady, inevitable decline…
For example I would wonder what a hypocrite my ex-husband was. I always think about the life of wine. Think of it as a living thing. Alive, alive. I always think about what happened in the year the grapes were grown, how the sun spread over the earth, and what would it be like if it rained. And how do people take care of those grapes and pick them. If it was a bottle of old wine, how many people who cared for those grapes have died. I always think about how wine is constantly growing and changing, like if I open a bottle of wine today, it must taste different from any other day I open it. Because wine is alive, and it is constantly changing and becoming more complex. Until it reaches its peak, and then it begins its steady, aging process, like you said 61 years...
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