In that peculiar Southern way, when the conversation was important, he used both my given names.
"John Charles, you've been doing very good work. So good I wondered why you were here. I checked up on what you put on your resume, and it was all true. I have a feeling you won't stay with us long, so I'm going to use you hard. I'm giving you a new account. He's a friend of mine who owns a very successful regional winery and wants to take his product national. Go talk to him, set up some meetings, and start thinking. This could be very good for all of us. And if I grow, I want you along."
I was flattered that he thought so highly of me.
The vintner was a local, who had trained and studied in Italy for six years, before coming home to take care of his aging parents. He took over their farm,
