For herself, Brooke ordered the Cabernet Franc, preferring its light sweetness - along with the burst of strawberry, raspberry, and cherry flavours - to the drier, more full-bodied red wines.

She had always been a wine person. Harder liquors didn't sit well with her, and things like beer were something for the blue collared classes.

"How did you manage it? Certainly, it's not the sort of life you were used to."