Luigi’s POVThe hotel ballroom was noisy, with glasses clinking and the people chatting. At the side of the small stage, I mentally ran over my notes, preparing myself for what I was going to say in the press conference.My company was launching a new wine, a sparkling wine actually, which was new for our brand. In the past, we’d stuck specifically to red wines, but I’d procured a vineyard in the hills of California that grew the perfect grapes for sparkling wine, so I was excited to branch out into that wine genre. The press was there in full force, thanks to my publicist, who had arranged the whole thing. Public speaking wasn’t my favorite thing, and I always got a little nervous speaking in front of a crowd, but I’d rehearsed the speech so I was ready. Adjusted my cufflinks, I took one last deep breath, and approached the podium. Behind me, the table displayed bottles of my brand-new sparkling wine. Elegant bottles made from delicate glass, as delicate as the bubbles in the wine.
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