A passing thought on the understanding Shakespeare: For the past two summers, I have had the pleasure of enjoyng the Bard's plays as interpreted by Shakespeare Santa Cruz. The company's style is to remain true to the original text, but to spin the setting (for example, they set this year's Shrew to 1950s small-town Europe), and provide nuanced, but accurate, presentation of the meaning of the dialogue through carefully crafted delivery and body language. Hence, despite never ever reading most of the plays that I have watched, and not being a scholar of Shakespeare (or even the humanities, for that matter), I was able to immerse myself in the language and fully appreciate the immensity of the work. The bottom line: An excellent wine depends on not just the type of grape, but also the ability of the winemaker and the sophistication of the wine drinker. An absence of skill on the part of the enologist, or a lack of appreciation on the part of the consumer, will render the noblest of grapes impotent.