THE WINE COUNTRY TRIP WAS A SUCCESS
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THE WINE COUNTRY TRIP WAS A SUCCESS
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| Alan Lubke, left, and Mike Brady, right, in front of the wine cabinet at San Francisco's Silks Restaurant in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel on June 23, 2002. They are discussing the Wine Country adventure in which Mike led a group of Financial "Top Guns" past the Joseph Family Vineyards of fellow classmate William "Bill" Esselstein, and on to the Chappellet Winery at St. Helena.. Mike's implied comments are ratified below by Alan Lubke. | |
| "I knew you were joking about dropping in on the Esselsteins, but it was a good try at a gag on me. I just hope you didn't make Bill part of the practical joke, and if you did, I hope he thought it funny. He may even have mistaken the 50 or so "Top Guns" and their wives for arms dealers. Your brother's office manager, Louie Berlin (son of Sid Berlin, Esq. formerly of Redwood City) knew the winemaster at Chappellet, and long range planning got us royal and exclusive treatment." (Editor: The Chappellet Winemaster is a childhood 'adopted' son of the Sid Berlins and deserves a longer story than allowed on this website) | |
| More pictures: Below I: Norman Lubke, Alan Lubke, Mike Brady. Below II: Norman and his wife Barbara, and Alan in the background behind his lovely wife, Ursula. | |
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| I would be remiss if I didn't include the pictures that Barbara took from their room at the Mandarin Oriental and/or the walkway to the elevator just outside their room. I was there. It's not my cup of tea. I actually became weak-kneed the entire time I was on that floor. I like to be wearing a parachute when I am at that height. -- Alan Lubke | |
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