Gatsby's Vineyard

You might have heard of THE GREAT GATSBY, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s homage to a man with money and an impossible dream. The problem with that kind of dream is that it often ends up killing you.

Sandra, an old friend of mine, had a gift for nourishment. In Napa Valley’s lush wine country, she put me together after Fiora and I split the first time.

I owed Sandra for her simple, life-giving generosity. When trouble came knocking at her door years later, I was just the man to open it.

But Fiora was dr...