Fixing ThingsThat evening I walked down to the winery. Vito told me that he felt the Castello dei Trantini had given him a chance to become someone, and he had worked hard through the years to take advantage of that opportunity. This made him feel like he belonged. He was surprised by the news that he was actually a Trantino but horrified by what had happened when Elena confronted Filippo. “My brother,” Vito said with a mixture of love and remorse. He didn't want some indiscreet secret buried in the city's old record books to change what he had become, what he had accomplished as the winemaker of this fine estate.
Then, saddened a bit, he talked about how he never married. He wanted to have a wife and family, but just never got around to it. His mood changed a bit when he joked that perha
