Asana, daughter of Ya Namina, my grandfather's senior wife: a magnificent hauteur flowed like river water from the mother's veins through the daughter's.
At the end of it, Wainewright emerges from his appalling hardships with a measure of genuine dignity that goes deeper than the affected hauteur of the dandy.
Full disclosure, the wines were not tasted blind, so guests were indeed influenced by the weight of the bottle and the hauteur of the label we all know that heavy bottles and fancy labels tend to make us think the wine is expensive.