For a while there's an interesting contrast between the couple's home life they could pass for rather formal suburbanites, savoring fine wines at dinner and Jack's nagging nostalgia for an earth that no longer exists.
My friend Mark, a collector, believes much the same thing although the last time I ate dinner at his house, he served two wines that I consider second-bottle types, 1998 Soldera Brunello normale and 1998 Soldera Brunello riserva.