Judge: If you endorse a certain wine, what happens to that wine? Do people buy it?
Once outside, however, merriment gave way to a sobering surprise. “I heard the squawk of a police siren, followed by a stern, amplified directive to move to the sidewalk,” Oldman said. The cops had spotted a bit of liquid in the bottom of the bottle. “My friends — good friends that they are — scattered like confetti.” Oldman tried in vain to explain that this was only sediment: “It’s what is left after you decant a mature bottle!” But the police issued him a court summons anyway.
Judge: That’s a good picture of you.
On a recent evening at Colicchio & Sons, in the Meatpacking District, the wine writer Mark Oldman attended an engagement dinner during which several bottles of 1970 Chateau Palmer were drunk. “I still remember the plums-and-truffle perfume and enduringly silky, savory finish freewebmakemoneyonline.weebly.com/url,” Oldman said. He was so enamored, in fact, that before leaving, he snuck out an empty bottle with him as a souvenir. (Oenophiles, Oldman noted, refer to empties as “dead soldiers.”)
Natalie HayesWine writer Mark Oldman with the Bordeaux in question.
Court Officer: Mark Oldman, Docket ending 9818, open alcohol container.
Oldman: Thank you, Judge.
Oldman: You can have it. [At this point, Oldman said, the court-assigned lawyer standing beside him warned that such an offer could be construed as bribing the judge.]
Judge: No, thank you. So the publisher pays you to go around drinking wine?
Judge: Have you ever seen Night Train Express?
This weekend, Oldman will appear in two sold-out events at the New York City Wine & Food Festival. Neither of them is about how to get out of an open container violation. Nevertheless freewebmakemoneyonline.weebly.com/url, the writer was kind enough to share with T the following court transcript which recorded his defense before a somewhat incredulous New York City judge.
Oldman: Wine writer. I was taking the bottle as a souvenir. It was a 40-year-old bottle. I have it downstairs. They wouldn’t let me bring it up.
Oldman: Thankfully not. I have books published in French, though, which is funny. An American publishing books in French is like –
Judge: How did you get to be an expert in drinking wine? I’m looking for another career. I’m going to retire.
Oldman: Yes, it is. And writing about it.
Oldman: It’s quality, not quantity. It’s not about drinking as much as you can.
Oldman: A little of each.
Oldman: It was an empty bottle of 40-year-old Bordeaux I was taking as a souvenir. I’m a wine writer. The officer thought there was something in the bottle. He started writing up the ticket. I’m a well-known wine writer.
Oldman: Exactly.
Judge: Who pays you to drink wine? I know of a lot guys that would like that job.
Judge: What was this? [referring to the bottle in question.]
Judge: You’re not French?
Oldman: I love it. Does a body good.
Jed Philwin, the court-appointed lawyer: Move to dismiss, facially insufficient.
Judge: Before or after you drink it?
Judge: What’s your record in one day of consuming wine?
Judge: If you are going to buy wine and stick it in a warehouse, what kind of wine would you buy?
Judge: A well-known what?
Oldman: Special stuff, you mean? Like the kind that my bottle was, old Bordeaux. Only two percent of the world’s wine gets better with age. People think any wine improves, but only two percent does, so red Bordeaux is a good bet.
Oldman: My publisher. They do a lot of books. [Oldman then offers the judge to look at one of his books. The bailiff brings it to him freewebmakemoneyonline.weebly.com/url, and the judge pages through it approvingly.]
Oldman: Well, you know, practice makes perfect, and some people have a nose for it. I have a good size nose. You’ve got to smell and taste different things.
Judge: There’s your book back, for the record. And I’ll dismiss the case.
Judge: Let me get this straight. Your job is to go around drinking wine all day?
Oldman: Absolutely, they do. They trust my judgment.
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