The first wine I encountered was Pommery Champagne, stacked in a pile of boxes across from an automatic player piano, which kept unspooling the same unidentifiable song.

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He surveyed boxes and suitcases, fingered the electric drill, tapped on the wine barrel, which echoed with a dim hollowness.

NEWYORKER: Waiting