Our driver arrives promptly in the hotel lobby to escort us to the cabernet hued sedan of the Nakagawa Wine Co., Ltd. With gold wood flute on board, and everything set, I’m whisked into the heart of Tokyo traffic, at one with the way it breathes and moves. Our driver skillfully navigates through a sea of beautiful lights. Shimmering billboards cascade in light dissolves. Insistent pulsating lights ask--What is the tempo of Tokyo? Light skips across the tiny copper threads woven across the softest sea foam chiffon of the Malandrino dress chosen for the evening. And in the back of the sedan--wrapped with the utmost care are the magnums of Around the World Pinot Noir riding comfortably in the inky darkness. As Jim Clendenen had said he was glad to have over 3 months to give the wine time to rest---“Drue this wine is poised to travel around the world.” Suddenly it’s time for the right turn into the majestic Nomura Fudosan building and we disappear into the cavernous underground parking.