Truth be told most of the legal community was there to show their support, from nearly all legal firms large to small were represented, along with judges, clerks, and governmental officials high and low, state and local. Vanessa did know how to throw a party and whom to invite.

Hearing the hesitation, however so slight, Vanassa whispered conspiratorially, "Don't you hate it when all you hear is the winery's name and get a snooty raised eyebrow, as if to say if you don't know what they're talking about then you're not worth a glass?" She knew how to fit herself to the audience, a social chameleon. "Tell me, do you like sweet like dessert or dry that leaves a snap of a tart granny smith apple on your tongue?"