Chapter 87

“How’s this going to work, Andy?” I said.

“What we did last time,” he said, “was after everyone was here, we lined the wines up in order of probable quality and started sampling them along with our meal, saving the best ‘til last.”

“That took a while,” Jackie said, “because we weren’t all in total agreement as to how they should be ranked.”

“Yeah,” Andy said, “but it was great fun getting to that point.”

“In any case,” Jackie said, “it won’t be a problem tonight.”

“Why?” I said.

“Because the manager of the wine shop is joining us tonight,” she said, “and his knowledge of wine is encyclopedic.”

“Speaking of the devil,” Andy said very softly.