This introduction would be apropos of nothing besides pretentious wine writer affectations were it not necessary to establish the backdrop for what is a compelling convergence of issues in the wine world.
Paradoxically, the alleged affair added rather than subtracted from his already iconic status, introducing a dash of devilry and rescuing Beckham from a kind of borderline piousness, and perhaps issuing a reminder that, despite all the affectations, his manhood was beyond doubt.