Venice Enthusiasts Gifts

'Our gondolences on your loss.'

"As the executor for your mother's estate, let me say that she loved each of you, but she also loved Las Vegas."

"Of course, it may be one of those sting operations!"

"My wife commissioned a portrait of me."

Fully aware of the dangerous romance of Venice's canals and bridges, Gwendolyn approached this moment with a degree of caution.

'Okay, so you were right; maybe figuring 13 bottles of wine per person was a little too much.'

"Excuse me, but have you ever thought of play the mandolin?"

'C'mon! Speed it up! I've got a bottle of wine here that says it's meant to be drunk soon!'

'We outsource our grape juice, marketing, bottling and distribution, and yet he's supposed to give a speech tonight on winemaking - bosses,outsources,outbetter show him what a grape looks like.'

"I'm so looking forward to the weekend, there's a show on: We're going to be pampered and they'll put lovely ribbons in our manes..."

"I've tried that one; it's a blend of 74 different red grapes - including two of the plastic decorative type."

'No, I can't remember the name of the wine, but it did come in a bottle about this tall, if that's any help.'

A gondolier clears leaves form a pool

'Just as I suspected, guys - looks like we'be got ourselves an undercover wine drinker.'

'Nothing really happened in Vegas, but my money stayed there.'

'Ahh, the '74 Amarone. Unfortunately, I can't sell it to you. There's no possible way you'd appreciate it.'

When the water's colder than you thought...

Gondola safety life jacket demonstration.

'I was ahead the entire trip, until I took a shot at the double-or-nothing checkout option.'

421AD...north east Italy

Too Much?

Fighting Gondoliers.

New York Gondolier

Vatican Car Park - Staff Parking Only

'I hope we don't start getting competition from redundant bankers homes.'

'We let 65 people try the '03 Malbec and told them they couldn't just describe it as 'good'. The result: 65 said it was 'very good'.'

Noah's Ark

Pirates of Venice

'Too acidic? On the contrary, I find it well balanced.'

"Gregorio, are you sure we're not rushing into things?"

'I caught this one while fishing off of a bridge in Venice.'

Drinking wine has never been a spectator sport.

"Be nice to people climbing the wall, because you'll meet them again rappelling down."