Chapter 73

"And this is the story behind Sovereign Hill," Ivy Vandermere explained, guiding me through a special section of the cellar where the oldest bottles rested in stone alcoves. "It started when my great-grandfather Arthur Sr. lost a bet to a Franconian producer. Out of wounded pride, he decided to create a wine that would surpass the best Bordeaux."

We were on the fourth day of my "lessons" with Ivy