Grape Tears

Baelon wandered in one afternoon, having heard nothing but good things about the place. He took a seat at the bar while he waited for Daenerys to arrive.

Daenerys arrived after a while, dressed in a nice blue summerdress, her golden hair down in a long braid. She had a few Velaryon guards with her, who sat at a table near the entrance. "Cousin," she greeted Baelon as she approached him with a slight smile of recognition, leaning her arm on the bar. "Shall we take one of the tables?"

Mattias disappeared down stairs, and then appraoched the table they were sitting at. He held out a red Norvosi wine. "This is for your table. From what you said before you would love it." He caressed the bottle lovingly, and smiled in deep thought, "The owner of the Blue Owl Winery is a bold man. He has spent fifty years steadily improving his wine. And this one from only five years ago was his best by far. I make a gift of it to you too, and hope you enjoy it with the same love I have." He places the bottle on the table.

Mattias snaps his fingers, and a buxom young red headed woman walks over and places three glasses on the table. She bends over slightly to pour into all three glasses.

"I heard good things from my network of fellow drunkards." Baelon told his cousin.

He kept the side of his eye on the waitress's breasts as she poured the wine, and asked the proprietor, "Three glasses? Are you joining us, Master...?"

"I rather like that custom, but I imagine it leads to some nights in which the proprietor cannot stand up by sundown. And I have something of a history of stealing from the Free Cities, myself. Sit, have some wine." Baelon waved a hand at an empty chair.

"It is not from Braavos, but several of the other cities." He sat and smiled at them both. "I am afraid all of my stories involve me finding undiscovered vineyards. I have spent thirty of my forty five years traveling from one to another. I would go on, but most people find the subject rather dreadfully dull."

"I was born in the heart of the reach, but my mother returned with me to her family in the Arbor." Mattias replied, "Where will you be lording, my lord?"

"That's the one." Baelon confirmed. "And I'm sure I don't know what that look is for, Dany."

Mattias smiled, "Many a great hero has called Sunflower hall his home, my Lord. And I have had a sunflower wine once... it was dreadful, but anything that can be made into wine is not that bad."

"I have never visited them myself. But I would be honored to tour them for you to see if there is such a location. I have helped found several vineyards in my time, and almost all have been successful." Mattias replied, "Only drought or Dothroki have destroyed my efforts."

"And you are getting married too... that is a great joy. My wedding day... I can still remember it like it was yesterday. We had a white from Dorne for the feast, and then reds from the Arbor for the celebration after." Mattias said with a wistful smile, "And who is too be your lucky bride?"