That ass Yutaka put me, Robert, in charge of judging.
Thus, I will declare here and now...
In the battle for the Third Apostle...
I have no choice but to say that neither of you are worthy.
Hey, Kanzaki!
There are still ten apostles to go! You've got to pull yourself together!
That's right... I lost this one.
And maybe I'll never win again!
Y-You're taking this worse than I thought.
Um... this is the wine division, right?
Oh, welcome.
Everyone, meet our newest wine division employee...
Kido Ryusuke.
I wanted to be in advertising,
but somehow I ended up here in the wine division.
W-Well...
You drink wine, right?
Nah, can't stand the stuff.
I drank too much once and puked it up, so now I won't go near it.
FREEZE
That's 'cause you drank bad wine!
But we just need to know about it, not actually drink it, right?
Now, where do I sit?
Anywhere that's open.
I'm going to the bookstore.
Th-That guy seems like bad news.
I think he needs a proper education!
Indeed, he does.
Let's have Kanzaki-kun be his mentor.
Can you get him to the point where he'll at least drink wine?
Jeez...
You didn't care for wine until a bit ago yourself, right?
Yeah. But I think in my case,
it's something I was destined for ever since I was a child.
Say, Shizuku-san,
when you were a kid, did you want to try the wine your dad would drink?
Oh, of course!
We need a wine that'll make someone who doesn't like wine want to try it!
One comes to mind.
Here at this villa, which I visited with my dad when I was young.
Shizuku-san, it's been so long.
This is Murakoshi-san. He's in charge of this place.
It's nice to meet you.
I come with a request.
Part of my dad's collection is stored here, right?
I was hoping you'd let me see it.
I'm sorry. I can't do that.
Kanzaki-sensei's will specified that no one
is allowed into the cellar until ownership of the collection is decided.
But Shizuku-san,
I can't have you heading straight back after coming all this way.
Let me prepare you some fine game.
I never thought the day would come that you and I got to drink together...
I had more wine than I expected.
If you'll excuse me, I'm going to go get some rest.
Thank you for the meal.
Good night!
Oh, right.
Your rooms are ready.
The keys to the mansion are all right here.
Enjoy yourselves.
Man, I must be getting old! I'm so drunk I can barely stand!
Shizuku-san, are these...
Yeah.
Let's go, Miyabi-chan.
This is Kanzaki Yutaka's wine collection...
A tasting comment?
September 8th, 1980.
I visited a small chateau, barely larger than a shed.
I had a taste of the yet-unfinished '79 from the barrel.
This will be a great wine someday.
This is a '79 Le Pin!
Impressive...
That chateau is so popular now it's hard to find anywhere,
and he recognized its worth from the very first vintage.
November 7th, 1973.
I visited Château Montrose.
Top quality in the old style.
A '70 Montrose!
I'd love to be able to drink it someday.
Next is...
October 5th, 1984.
Acquired on Shizuku's birthday.
"I shall leave this one blank in anticipation of the day
the two of us share a glass together."
The Mouton made from those grapes back then...
Shizuku-san...
At some point, I'd forgotten...
My desire to beat Tomine became all-consuming!
This collection is my dad himself!
I can't stay down after seeing this.
Murakoshi-san.
I was thinking about old times.
Specifically, that time you snuck into the wine cellar
and tried to steal a sip of some wine.
On that day, you watched Sensei drink
like you wanted that wine more than anything in the world.
You could tell?
Of course.
This is the wine my dad was drinking that day, isn't it?
Hmm... I couldn't say for sure.
Thank you.
This isn't that wine.
It's like a house made with the same materials but a different floor plan...
It seems you have your father's way with words when it comes to wine.
The wine you tried to sneak a taste of was, I believe, this.
Yes! That's the one!
But what you just drank was...
Even with grapes from the same fields,
the vintner makes this much difference?
And this is far, far cheaper than the last wine!
I bet this will convince the newbie!
Thank you for coming today.
It's finally your grand opening, huh?
Congratulations.
I appreciate that.
Oh, we have that wine we discussed as well.
Kido.
You're up for the tasting.
The customers will be here soon.
Be quick about it.
Okay...
Wh-What is this?
Welcome.
We're doing a tasting to celebrate opening.
Please try some.
Why, don't mind if I do.
It smells incredible! Like a field of flowers!
Truly. It's nice and tart.
Oh, man! What is this? It really is good...
How was it, new kid?
Your first real wine, I mean.
Um... it smells like fresh strawberries.
Or cherries... Or lots of different flowers.
It's nothing like what I had before.
It's like... I can't even describe it!
So, you bought some for yourself?
But this isn't the wine you tried to take from the cellar, right, Kanzaki-san?
The fragrance that captivated me was a DRC wine...
That is, Domaine de la Romanée-Conti,
home to the famous Romanée-Conti. It was their Échezeaux.
Strangely, this Échezeaux made by Girardin has a similar aroma.
The grapes used in this Échezeaux were harvested
from the growing fields for the famous DRC Échezeaux Grand Cru.
Girardin procured some of that valuable stock and made his own wine out of it.
So the wonderful aroma of DRC wines is something special to the grapes, then.
This guy's pretty special too.
He was able to identify the smell of strawberries and cherries in the wine.
He has a bright future.
I feel like I've grown up a little.
I can't wait to take time to myself to enjoy the wine I bought.
Hey! What are you doing?
Don't you know wine is better shared with friends?
Aw, come on...
Allow me to introduce you to a new member of our team.
This is Kyrgyz Loulan from China.
Thank you for having me.
Kobayashi-kun, is everything ready?
In the tasting room.
"Tasting"?
It's... when you sample wine.
Should I really have come?
When they learn of your talents, everyone will have no choice but to accept you.
I'll do my best.
You're the one who invited me here,
so if that's what you want...
I apologize for the delay.
And who's this?
My new assistant.
I believe we discussed this in advance.
Everything's in order, yes?
As everyone has arrived, I will now begin.
The Third Apostle is...
...locked within the drawers of my memory.
When was it again?
We were heading into summer.
I realized that I'd been left alone in a vacant lot.
The wind carried to me the delicious scent of someone making dinner.
I felt an overwhelming longing for home.
Home... Yes, I needed to go home.
And so I started walking.
I got lost and was about to cry,
when I felt a warm hand on my shoulder.
"Here, child."
The warmth I felt was carved into my young heart
as an everlasting memory.
What's wrong, Issei? You're scaring me.
Don't worry. I'm just thinking.
You're probably tired.
You seem busy... in a lot of ways.
Yes. I've learned about wine, thanks to Issei.
I feel like I've had something similar to the one we just heard about.
Okay, then let's head back to the office!
Indeed...
There's no other reason you'd have a woman at your side.
Sounds like even a prodigy like you is in for a struggle this time.
Why is that?
I feel like Yutaka is trying to teach you two young men about nostalgia.
Nostalgia...
Yes.
Nostalgia takes life experience.
And life experience when it comes to wine is...
Drinking a wine that moves you, huh?
Miyabi-chan, have you ever met a wine like that?
I sure have.
The '82 Branaire-Ducru.
That's what made me want to be a sommelier.
Wow, sounds good.
It's at its peak right now.
It might not be easy to get.
Come to think of it, I guess I've never had real wine at its peak.
You fool!
B-But you've got so many wines buried in the park...
I'm waiting for them all to ripen!
What do we do, Shizuku-san?
What we have to...
I'll take out a loan to buy wine.
Cut the crap!
You're such a pain!
Go and pay this man a visit.
He's got more top-quality wines than he can handle.
He might sell you one at a reduced price.
I-Is this really the place?
Oh, we don't need any newspapers.
No, that's not what we're here for. Robert Doi sent us.
Robert Doi?
If you're after my husband, he's at a shoot.
Wait, is this Kurokawa-san...
Kurokawa Akihiko the movie director?
Straight Ahead
Cut!
Shizuku-san?
Sara-chan!
What's this? Did you come to see me while filming?
No, we came to ask Director Kurokawa for help.
I know! Can you go get him for us, Sara-chan?
If you say Robert-sensei sent us, he'll probably agree to meet us.
Yeah, sure thing.
Wow, I was wondering who the famous Robert-sensei
could've sent my way.
To think it's Kanzaki Yutaka's son!
Miyabi-chan, is this wine expensive?
No, it's a daily drinker that probably costs 1,000 yen.
Does he really have top-quality great vintage wine at its peak?
So, what does the son of Kanzaki-sensei want from me?
Oh, don't worry about it.
I'm curious!
He wants some top-quality great vintage wine at its peak from your collection.
FREEZE
No, never mind... I'll just be on my way.
I've heard the rumors about Kanzaki-sensei's will.
I may be stingy, but I don't mind splurging once in a while.
If you want a bottle, you can have it!
So this is where the people live...
And this is where the wine lives?
Easy does it...
This wine is over thirty years old.
It's really up there, then.
Yet it's still young.
It's at its peak, but it'll stay there for another two decades.
Then this is definitely an incredible wine.
The question is if we can get the cork out.
Allow me.
It's asleep.
Let me hear how you describe it.
Here goes.
Where am I?
A cruise I went on with my father...
Father?
Someday you'll set out on a long voyage too.
Shizuku, when you leave port...
So this is wine.
A '70 Petrus?
That must've been an incredible experience.
Yeah, it felt like I was drinking time itself.
Wine is certainly intertwined with the passage of time.
That's right.
Karuizawa is a place where the old and new exist in beautiful harmony.
So I thought there might be a hint to the Third Apostle there...
Very well.
In that case, I shall be your guide.
Your father was quite good to me.
I helped him move his villa here from France when I was younger.
More than anything, he taught me a lifelong love of wine.
"Vieilles vignes"?
It's wine made from the grapes of old vines.
Let's try it.
Just what I'd expect of Yutaka-sensei's son.
I feel both newness and nostalgia from this wine.
Tomioka-sensei, could this taste be compared to architecture somehow?
I see.
This is about Yutaka-sensei's will, is it?
Tomioka-sensei, this wine isn't that old.
So why does it feel so nostalgic?
Perhaps this villa will provide you a hint as to that answer.
This place took ten years to build.
You could call it my life's work.
It was just built?
It looks like an ancient mansion.
Everything except the plumbing and gas systems was sourced from old materials.
The interior is full of things cared for throughout the ages.
I'm sure this house will live on after I die,
loved by its occupants for ages to come.
It's fresh and new but feels calm, like it's been here forever.
Which means...
The Third Apostle...
must be old vine wine.
Boss, just who is that customer?
A wine critic who rented the place out for today.
He asked us to make every dessert we know how.
That was good, wasn't it?
Although nothing like the image of what was in the will.
Excuse me.
I'd like one of every kind of sweet in this store.
Excuse me?
That's good!
I like these more.
I've never had them before, but they feel nostalgic.
What's wrong?
I've found it.
This is it!
Please, Mishima-san!
It doesn't need to be old vine wine.
I'm certain of that part.
So you want to try every wine with clearly defined characteristics
of its terroir and vintage?
All right.
I'll give you the wines you want.
Thank you!
These wines are all French. Is that all right?
Yes.
If it wasn't a French wine,
there'd be something in the description hinting as much.
And the reason you're sure it's a red?
The setting sun.
I've never felt a sense of twilight in a white wine.
No...
This isn't it either.
Shizuku-san?
Grenache...
A southern Rhône wine using grapes of a unique sweetness.
Huh? Miyabi-chan?
What are you doing here?
You didn't answer the phone.
Anyway, this is...
I've done all that I'm capable of now.
Now, let's see...
What wines have you picked for the Third Apostle,
and how will you describe them?