He Forgot That He Had Left His Beloved Gloria Behind!

He Forgot That He Had Left His Beloved Gloria Behind!

"I went to the table and told two people, 'I broke the bottle, and I'm going home,' and - bang! - I went home."

Hurrying out, he carried the remnant of the bottle, its face still intact, down a long hallway, leaving behind red-brown splotches that resembled drying blood. Some wine collectors, speechless, stood gazing at the spots as if a homicide had taken place. None had, but the event did have an air of mystery.

He forgot that he had left his beloved Gloria behind! And this was the midnight on April 25, 1989.
"My birthday," Mr. Sokolin recalled.

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