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NEWS

HEFTER WINS BARRON’S AWARD AGAIN

Sheridan Turner, the CEO and President of the Kohl Children Museum in Glenview. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER

BY DAVID SWEET

or the sixth straight year, Highland Park resident Steven Hefter of Wells Fargo Advisers was ranked by Barron’s as the top financial advisor in Illinois. ILLUSTRATION BY BARRY BLITT

The 60-year-old oversees a typical account of $10 million at Hefter, Leshem, Margolis, a capital management group in Deerfield. His interest in the market began at 13. With bar mitzvah money in hand, Hefter started examining the stock listings in the

newspaper. He bought 10 shares of Sperry Rand at around $13. “That got me interested. I’d check how it did every day in the afternoon Chicago Daily News,” he noted in an interview with The North Shore Weekend last year. When he joined Wachovia Securities in 2007 (which was purchased by Wells Fargo the following year), Hefter enjoyed access to top money managers around the world (most firms require advisors to use company managers). “When we found out we could have access to better returns for us and for our clients, that’s a huge difference,” he says. “We used to analyze individual companies and stocks. Now we can pick the best managers.” If his past words are any guide, don’t expect the financial advisor to rest on his laurels anytime soon. Hefter told us in 2014, “I prefer work to golf. I don’t think I could ever retire because I enjoy it too much.”

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Rampant boredom gripped the bulk of the students after a week of the one-month work stoppage. Kohl Children’s Museum, a nonprofit based in Glenview, eradicated students’ ennui at a library in Waukegan. An educator from the facility — Kohl Children’s Museum encourages young children, from birth to age 8, to become effective learners — packed educational supplies and headed north during the class stoppage. The educator supervised activities, lively and creative and engaging ones. GradeContinues on page 9

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very so often, I enjoy sending a complimentary e-mail to someone I don’t know. Lest you think I send them helter-skelter in a spooky manner, let me point out it nearly always involves a fine story I’ve read. Four months ago, I sent such a missive to a New York Times columnist. I was especially taken by his lead on a piece about Ben Bradlee, the legendary Washington Post editor who had just passed away. Unlike most journalists, the writer offered a nod to the thoughts of regular people, those not immersed in the media bubble: “Civilians, people who don’t think the toppling of a sitting American president with newspaper articles is one of human-

kind’s lasting achievements,” he noted, “will read encomiums to Ben Bradlee like this one and wonder: What’s the big deal?” Upon finding the columnist’s e-mail address, I wrote two sentences of sincere praise, signed my name, pushed send and moved on to whatever else I was occupied with. Oftentimes, especially at big-time publications, no response will be forthcoming. But within 20 minutes or so, I received this note in return: “Thanks for the read and the kind note, David. I wondered about slow walk in lede, but sometimes we get caught up in our legends and have to invite normal people in.” It was signed “Davdi,” which

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Upon finding the columnist’s e-mail address, I wrote two sentences of sincere praise, signed my name, pushed send and moved on to whatever else I was occupied with.

was sort of funny, given his name was David and Journalism 101 teaches to spell names correctly — especially one’s own. I felt fortunate to receive such a nicely crafted response. And that was that. Until I clicked on the New York Times site one day this month and literally said “Oh my God” — because David Carr, the author of the e-mail, had dropped dead in The New York Times’ newsroom. He was 58. Few of us can control the day we will die. But we can control how we live. And whenever you have a chance to compliment someone on a job well done, whether you are his or her best friend or simply an unknown voice in the wilderness, make sure to do it. The opportunity to praise is a gift that may vanish at any moment. Enjoy the weekend.

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NEWS

TEACHER HOPES DOCUMENTARY IS EVERYONE’S CUP OF TEA

PHILANTHROPY Continued from page 1

BY SELENA FRAGASSI

s a documentarian, Brett Schwartz is most interested in telling the stories of innovators and entrepreneurs. His latest short film, “Rare Tea Cellar,” is a prime example, delving into the tale of Chicagoan Rodrick Markus and the homegrown international emporium he created that services a group of culinary elite. “I want to know where [these types of people] come from and what keeps them going, to push themselves and always show up even when the work is done,” he said of his profile subjects. “Probably because it’s not in my DNA.” Yet, actually, it is. By day, Schwartz is a teacher of history, TV production and journalism at Deerfield High School. By night (and weekends and summer breaks), the Highland Park resident runs StoryScreen, his almost year-old production company where he hones his side projects. It continues an award-winning career he began in 1995 producing programs for such networks like MSNBC, PBS, and Court TV before Schwartz started directing, writing, filming and editing independent works including 2010’s feature length Mashed Media about the current state of Chicago journalism that has aired on BRETT SCHWARTZ

WTTW-11. Three years ago, Chicago was again taking his attention — this time its celebrated culinary world — as Schwartz began working on a feature documentary about chef, inventor and molecular gastronomer Homaro Cantu, the man behind the creative, high-tech Moto restaurant. “I was really interested in the social innovations he has done to deal with issues like obesity and hunger,” says Schwartz. His upcoming film traces Cantu’s research with a MiracleBerry from West Africa that has the ability to make sour and bitter foods taste sweet. “Dozens and dozens” of hours of footage later, Schwartz started losing steam on the project, until he found another story within it that was waiting to be told. “When I was doing all this research, I kept stumbling into Rodrick Markus,” Schwartz said. The two already had a history as classmates years ago at Highland Park High School before they ended up taking “very different paths.” Schwartz went on to live on both coasts, earning a number of degrees from Stanford, Cornell and NYU and working for New York-based networks before returning home to the North Shore Continues on page 10

Brenda Dick is overseeing a major renovation at Gorton Community Center. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER

schoolers listened and learned. Grade-schoolers interacted. Brains got rebooted. “We wanted to make sure students had meaningful experiences during the strike,” says Sheridan Turner, CEO and president of Kohl Children’s Museum. “Outreach is important to us. It is a significant part of our mission. We do things beyond the physical boundaries of our museum.” Chicago Botanic Garden, another North Shore nonprofit, enlightens and delights people of all ages at its resplendent 385acre, 26-garden tract in Glencoe. Visitors who arrive by foot or by bike get in for free. What they get to see at the world-class attraction is priceless, breathless. “People receive instant gratification here,” says Jim Boudreau, vice president of marketing and development at Chicago Botanic Garden. “They walk around, soak up nature and the beauty. People love to reflect these days.” All kinds of nonprofits dot the North Shore. Most are taxexempt organizations. They rely on funding from sponsors and generous individual donors. They bring residents together, generate community pride. They entertain and educate. They improve lives. They are refuges and hubs. They are beacons near Lake Michigan,

blinking hope. Erika’s Lighthouse, based in Winnetka, saves lives. Established in 2004, its mission is to raise awareness of adolescent depression and mental health and eliminate the stigma of adolescent depression. Education tears down stigma and lifts spirits. Teen suicide numbers, in turn, dwindle. “Social workers and guidance counselors at schools have seen an increase in the number of teens seeking help for depression,” says former Erika’s Lighthouse executive director Peggy Kubert, now the director of education and programming of the nonprofit on Green Bay Road. “Awareness is up. Our mission statement is our map, our guiding force. If we’re doing this or that and wondering if it’s the right thing to do, we always go back to our mission statement to get our answer.” Gorton Community Center in Lake Forest is home to 10 different mission statements. It is not an aimless nonprofit — far from it. Gorton shares space with nine resident nonprofits: CenterStage in Lake Forest, Deer Path Art League, Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association, Lake County Cares, Lake Forest Civic Orchestra, Lake Forest Preservation Foundations, LEAD (Leading Efforts Against Drugs), Mothers Trust Foundation, and

Bravo Waukegan! “Nonprofits helping other nonprofits … it’s a part of our center’s culture,” Gorton Community Center executive director Brenda Dick says. “Each month we meet, share ideas and calendars. We zoom around the room. If one of the nonprofits needs a marketing specialist, we help it find one or recommend one who is available.” A little more than a year ago, longtime Lake Forest resident Nancy Hughes, the widow of film director John Hughes, donated $2 million (including $500,000 designated as a perpetual fund benefit) for the renovation of the Gorton Community Center’s auditorium. The state-of-the-art film and theater space will be named the Nancy and John Hughes Theater upon completion of the project this year. Last year Chicago Botanic Garden raised $39.6 million, a record. (In recession-ridden 2008, it raised $20 million.) Chicago Botanic Garden welcomed more than 1 million visitors to its grounds last year, another record. Kohl Children’s Museum averaged about $2.5 million in donations per year in the last five years, Turner says. A fundraising letter from Erika’s Lighthouse generated between $85,000-$100,000 in 2014.

People are giving. Grateful nonprofits are receiving, are fulfilling missions. Enrich a nonprofit … a nonprofit enriches back. “Donors on the North Shore don’t just want to feel good about donating money to nonprofits,” Turner says. “They want to make sure their money, their investment, will make a difference. The key for any nonprofit to remain strong and attract donors is to make sure its mission is concise and clearly defined. The North Shore, in general, is very fortunate to have wonderful cultural institutions and generous, philanthropic people who support those institutions year after year. Nonprofits are doing important work, meaningful work.” Gorton Community Center is the gathering place for the residents of Lake Forest and Lake Bluff and beyond, its sturdy doors doubling as warm, familiar portals for tots, teens and adults. People “connect, converse, learn, listen, play and perform” there, the center’s mission says. It is where lives have been enriched through cultural arts, education and charitable service since 1972. “There’s more to philanthropy than money,” says Dick, a Lake Forest resident for 45 years. “It’s also about time commitment, about lending one’s expertise.”

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NEWS DOCUMENTARY Continued from page 9

with his young family in 2004 and teaching for the past decade. Markus opened Rare Tea Cellar, akin to a “19th-century warehouse” according to Schwartz, that goes to all the ends of earth to find rare and delicate accouterments for cooking. Although the Ravenswoodbased depot is not open to the public, “Rod has penetrated every major kitchen in Chicago,” said Schwartz. “Power chefs like [Grace’s] Curtis Duffy and [Alinea’s] Grant Achatz are able to push themselves in the kitchen in one way based on the ingredients they use like those that come from Rare Tea Cellar.” The under-seven-minute film has been screened (and judged for a jury award) at the 13-day Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, California— the same short festival where Schwartz screened his first film out of grad school in 1999. “Rare Tea Cellar” was one of only 188 films chosen from a pool of 2,000-plus submissions in a growingly popular field of short films.

I was really interested in the social innovations he has done to deal with issues like obesity and hunger. —Brett Schwartz

Schwartz has also featured his new film in its entirety on StoryScreen’s website, where it can be streamed, downloaded and embedded, a bold move for an indie filmmaker. “In the past we’ve been very scared about copyright, and there have been some places I can’t apply for festivals or awards because they want exclusive rights to it,” he admitted. “But as we know the 21st century is an online world, and we have to wrap our heads around how to use that as an asset. I’m just trying to get it out there in the world and have more people see it and see what I’m doing with StoryScreen.” Like his subjects, that mission is to be a motivation to himself and his students. “I made a commitment that I’d be a teacher practitioner and that means moving beyond the theory and continuing to be a storyteller and hone my craft,” he said, “and hopefully that means not waiting until the school year is over to go full on with it.”

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LOVE & MARRIAGE UNDERSTANDING THE BIGGEST RISK FACTORS FOR CHEATING

40 percent more likely to cheat today than we were 20 years ago. That is, if you think people are honest when questioned about their cheating ways. Dr. Berman said next that cheating is more likely to occur as we approach milestone birthdays. She reported an uptick in cheating at ages 29, 39, 49 and so on. But science says that there is a lot going on at these times in our lives. Researchers from New York University surveyed 42,000 adults in more than 100 countries and determined that people with an age ending in nine were more likely to make changes “that suggest a search for meaning” such as taking up marathon running or joining an extramarital dating site. Next, Dr. Berman noted relationship dissatisfaction — both sexual and emotional — as a risk factor for cheating. She pointed at couples who find themselves fighting all the times and appreciating each other less; backing her up is a survey of 1,000 couples in the United Kingdom found that happier couples tend to sleep closer together. A professor at the University of Hertfordshire reported at the Edinburgh International Science Festival that 94 percent of couples that spent the night in contact with one another were happy with their relationship, compared to just 68 percent of those that didn’t touch. To combat

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he local news earlier this month brought a mix of headlines: those related to Chicago’s mayoral election, and those related to Valentine’s Day. In one case, candidate Willie Wilson mixed the two in a television ad where a couple, fighting over her traffic ticket, agrees to stay together and dump the incumbent. The result was nothing short of awkward Thank goodness most news outlets chose to run the candidates on page 1 and the Valentine’s Day features somewhere inside the paper. In a far more successful spin on the so-called holiday, I caught sex and relationship expert Laura Berman on the morning news just before Valentine’s Day talking about the biggest risk factors for cheating. Berman is a skilled television guest, at ease in front of the camera, and her charming disposition easily captured and held my attention (note to husband: I took notes for professional, not personal, reasons). According to Dr. Berman, there is a gender gap among cheaters. Men are more likely to cheat than women: 25 percent of husbands vs. 15 percent of wives, according to the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. But the gender gap is closing, and a 2010 survey by the National Opinion Research Center found that women are

dissatisfaction, Dr. Berman recommended working for two weeks to give your partner five genuine expressions of appreciation daily, for things as simple as taking out the trash cans on a snowy night, and increasing the frequency of physical connections like kissing and snuggling. And then Dr. Berman brought up social media, saying that Facebook is sited in one in five divorces. She compared the online community to a high school reunion on steroids.

When spouses fight and one seeks validation online, disaster can ensue. But, Dr. Berman emphasized, cheating does not define disaster in a relationship. It can be a good thing when partners take time and action to repair the relationship and rebuild trust. After all, crisis in any facet of our lives shows us just how strong we can be. Love & Marriage columnist Joanna Brown can be reached at Joanna@northshoreweekend. com.

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STANDOUT STUDENT SISTERS HAVE A BALL SERVING VETERANS BY JAKE JARVI

hen Sydney DeHorn was a freshman at Glenbrook South High School (GSHS), she was looking for a way to spend time in service to others. An Internet search unearthed The Charity Stripe, a 501c3 organization out of Northbrook that enables young athletes and musicians to raise money for people experiencing financial hardship due to military service, debilitating illness or natural disasters. “I wanted to do something to help,” says DeHorn, now a junior at GSHS. “I’d always had an interest in raising money for military families and heroes in need. I just think it’s amazing what these people do. They do everything for us, so why not help them?”

Marrying her position on the

I just think

it’s amazing what these people do. They do everything for us, so why not help them? —Sydney DeHorn

GSHS basketball team with her desire to help others, she organized a Charity Stripe event called “Free Throws for Heroes.” Every participant finds sponsors who donate either a flat fee or a certain dollar amount for every free throw basket made out of 50 attempts. Last month, DeHorn hosted her third annual event. A year ago Sydney’s younger sister, Annika, decided to get her volleyball network in on the action, hosting an event called “Serve Our Troops.” Much like with “Free Throws for Heroes,” participants find sponsors for every serve they land in play over the volleyball net while serving for 20 minutes. Not only did the GSHS volleyball teams participate, but Annika drew teams from other towns. “My favorite part was that troops came in and they were

Sisters Annika and Sydney DeHorn are happy to help the military.

having fun with all the kids,” says Annika, a freshman at GSHS. “They got to serve, too, and it was really fun. It felt good seeing that we were helping.” Over the first two years alone, the combined efforts of “Free Throws for Heroes” and “Serve Our Troops” — united under the banner organization Sisters for Heroes — has raised more than $33,000 to support military families in need and

wounded veterans. This year, Sydney decided the money raised would support the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital in Hines, Ill. She, Annika, and nine other members of the GSHS girls’ basketball teams travelled to the hospital with a bin of necessities they donated to the veterans recuperating there. They visited with service members in the hospital section and participated in some of the

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LIFESTYLE & ARTS

SOCIALS BE MY VALENTINE Photography by Sheri Whitko Photography

Cupid’s arrow was right on target during The Lynn Sage Cancer Research Foundation’s 8th annual “Be My Valentine” event at the Ritz-Carlton on February 8. The sold-out event featured sweet treat decorating, a bead bar, video arcade, and live performances by folk musician Little Miss Ann and the Jesse White Tumblers. More than $93,000 was raised to benefit the Lynn Sage Cancer Research Foundation, which funds research for treatment, education, and early detection of breast cancer. lynnsage.org

TOM ORDOVER, STEPHANIE LIEBER, ASHLEY HEMPHILL NETZKY, JULIE LAMPERT

NICOLE AND ARIELLE SUGARMAN

DAVID & CAOILAINN SACK

MELISSA & SHAYNE LEDERER, MEREDITH SARNOFF

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JOANNA AARON, SHERRI HOKE, AND THEIR CHILDREN

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GROUP OFFERS NEEDY A LIFT BY JOANNA BROWN

s Los Angeles native Jordan Anderson works toward a master’s degree from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, she’s changing l ive s i n her adopted community. Anderson is helping Chicago residents leave poverty behind as an advocate for LIFT Chicago, the local arm of a national organization. Volunteer advocates meet regularly with community members to achieve goals like finding jobs, securing childcare, and identifying affordable housing near their workplace. “The concept of ‘go get a job’ sounds easy,” Anderson said, “but within that goal of finding a part-time job are so many action items. We need to make a budget that includes rent on the North Side of the city, for example, and then search for a job and draft a resume and a cover letter. “For some of our members who have been out of the workforce for a while, using a search engine on a computer can be the

most intimidating first step.” LIFT Chicago’s team of volunteer advocates invested more than 19,000 hours with 2,300 individuals and families in 2014, helping them to improve their living conditions and rise out of poverty. Organizational leaders estimate that their efforts translated to $1.4 million in earned wages for their community clients. They’ll celebrate their successes and outline goals for the coming year at the fourth annual LIFT Local Celebration on Thursday, April 9 at Ignite Glass Studios. The event will include music, cocktails, food and glassblowing demonstrations. This year, City of Chicago treasurer Kurt Summers Jr. will receive the upLIFTing Leadership Award for his support of the LIFT program. “What drew me to LIFT was that it’s driven by volunteer advocates who participate in a week-long, rigorous training program before they are paired with community members who have needs,” said Chicagoan Alison Heyman, who is cochairing the event with husband

For some of our members who have been out of the workforce for a while, using a search Kirsten Lodal (left), co-founder of LIFT Chicago, joins friends at a recent event.

David, along with Dirk and Caroline Degenaars. “It might be as simple as getting better eyeglasses, or it might be a much harder challenge to tackle. But the advocates are all energetic and excited and committed to meeting with their community members week after week after week, and they infuse that energy as their clients check off their goals.

For Anderson, it’s as big a task to keep her clients motivated as it is to help them achieve their goals. “At our first meeting, I always ask our community members what strengths they bring to the table, and many of them doubt their efficacy,” she explained. “But I remind them that they took the initiative to make an appointment and come to our

engine on a computer can be the most intimidating first step. —Jordan Anderson

office. They have long-term goals in mind, and it’s not always easy to see your progress when you are in that situation, so we recap their accomplishments at the end of each meeting. Maybe it’s just that they sent out their first resume, and we’re ready to look for another job to pursue.” Anderson recalled one client in particular who came to her with one month to move out of her apartment or face homelessness with two young daughters. Anderson helped her client apply for housing specifically for homeless women, but the wait for her acceptance letter was long and discouraging. “I get frustrated, and the community member got discouraged and talked to us about how it was the hardest time in her life. But when January came and she was able to find housing for her family, her whole demeanor changed. It was important for me to see that, too, that it takes time but we are able to come out with positive results.” Find more information about LIFT Local and its upcoming event at www.bit.ly/liftlocal2015.

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OUT & ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROBIN SUBAR

What’s your favorite restaurant on the North Shore?

DIANE MALDONADO, HIGHLAND PARK

Backyard Grill in Highland Park.

DOMINIC BENEDETTO, LAKE FOREST AND SHAWN DAVIDSON, HIGHLAND PARK

Dominic: Backyard Grill. Shawn: Found.

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DONNA SITKO, HIGHLAND PARK

Hewn in Evanston.

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Elizabeth: Shakou in Libertyville. Kyle: Inovasi in Lake Bluff.

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Taste on Chestnut.

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01 | 373 BERKELEY

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Highland Park 14

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DEERFIELD Sunday 12-2 $575,000 Wexler/Gault, @properties

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Grand two-story foyer with bridal staircase and marble floor, kitchen w/custom cabinetry, large center island, dual drawer dishwashers, stainless steel appliances, peninsula and breakfast room. The family room includes a wet bar, fireplace. Grand scaled formal living and dining rooms, custom wood paneling and library. First floor has master suite, solarium, views from the foyer, family room, covered patio and pool! The second floor has 6 bedrooms, 3 full bathrooms and a private workout room and full finished

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2 Steeplechase Northfield 7 bedrooms/4 full & 3 half baths Exclusively presented by: Sarah Dwyer & Dinny Dwyer Jean Wright 847-446-9166

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120 EUCLID AVENUE

1345 MCDANIELS AVENUE 22 HIGHLAND PARK

847.912.4806

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SPORTS

MARK-ED IMPROVEMENT Schneider assumes larger — and faster — role

Glenbrook North’s Mark Schneider qualifies to state in three events.PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER

BY BILL MCLEAN SPORTS@NORTHSHOREWEEKEND.COM

e races for Glenbrook North High School’s swimming team. He lifeguards and teaches swimming at the North Suburban YMCA in Northbrook. He trains with the Glenview Titans Aquatic Club. He knows — must know — that about 71 percent of the earth’s surface is water-covered. Where there is water, there is usually Mark Schneider. “Swimming?” the junior said after last weekend’s sectional meet in the home water. “This sport has made me tough. I don’t give up, if it’s in a race, if it’s a school thing, if it’s a personal thing. It’s

internal with me, swimming. I always want to race. I hate losing. “Our coach [Kirk Ziemke, the Spartans’ first-year water boss] tells us swimming is going to help us when have a tough test in college, when we’re in a job interview, when we have to face any kind of challenge.” The 6-foot-4, 175-pounder stared at four tests at a sectional on Feb. 21. He nailed three of them, qualifying for state in the 100-yard freestyle (fourth place, 47.27), 200 free (fifth, 1:43.84) and as the anchor of the runnerup 200 free relay (1:27.73). The team’s 400 free relay, of which

Schneider served as the anchor, missed a state berth by a little more than a second. Schneider took the news hard. Had he taken it any other way, it would have been startling to his teammate and coaches. “Big, strong kid, a competitor,” Ziemke said of Schneider, a state qualifier on two relays (with 2014 graduates Victor Qiao, Jack Brierton and Patrick Gosciminski) last winter. “He’s a big force for us. He has developed his athleticism since last year. Only a junior, with a lot of talent.” Max Schneider is six years old, with a big brother named Mark. The two spend time in the pool at the Y, Mark Schneider’s place of business. They splish. They

splash. Max also plays soccer and executes gymnastics moves. Mark spends times watching Max play dryland sports. The brothers use sports to bond, to laugh together, to create memories. “It gives me great enjoyment, being around him,” Mark says. The same could be said about Mark Schneider, who sports a race face during meets and a friendly face during school days. “Mark is super funny, a good dude,” said senior Abigail Rosenberg, among the best females to ever swim for Glenbrook North and another Glenview Titans Aquatic Club member. “He’s a good teammate … on a team that got hit hard [by graduation [’14]. He gets the boys

revved up. His turnover [rate] has improved; his streamlines, too. “In school,” she adds, “he’s fun and respectful, always a good addition to a group.” Schneider and his teammates finished an impressive second (181.5 points) to New Trier (287) at last weekend’s 13-team sectional. The Spartans advanced six entries to this weekend’s state meet and received top-six efforts from five other entries. Glenbrook North junior Brendon Johnson sped to an astonishing time drop in the 200 IM, clocking a runner-up and state-qualifying 1:55.8 from an outside lane. The time sits atop Glenbrook North’s alltime 200 IM list. Johnson had entered the race with a seed time

of 2:02, nearly four seconds slower than the state-qualifying standard in the event. The result turned Ziemke into an ecstatic, fist-pumping coach on deck. He roared after the swimmers in the final 200 IM heat stopped swimming. He raised his arms, hands still clenched. His joy was pure. Spartans senior John Roberts qualified for state in the 50 free (second place, 21.45) and swam the second leg of the state-qualifying 200 free unit (127.73, with Schneider and juniors Arshad Baxamusa and David Kim). Glenbrook North junior Andrew Cooke’s fifth-place showing in diving (431.35 points) earned him an at-large state berth. “Our team had an amazing day,” Schneider said. “Coming into this year, with a new coach, a bunch of juniors and a couple of underclassmen … and we lost three very good seniors. Look at what we did. Awesome. We had an awesome meet.” Josh Khazanov, Glenbrook North senior swimmer, saw what Schneider did on Feb. 21. It made him think of Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch. It conjured up a certain fairy tale character, the one who played opposite a beauty. “Mark,” Khazanov said, “swam like a beast today. He brings so much positive energy. His work ethic is unbelievable. He’s a great teammate. He absolutely loves swimming. “I look up to him, and I’m older than Mark.” The state meet starts Feb. 27 at New Trier High School. Notable: Ziemke and Rolling Meadows High School swimming coach Monika Chiappetta shared Glenbrook Sectional Coach of the Year honors. … Wesley Chan, Kim and Baxamusa preceded Schneider in the 400 free relay (fourth place, 3:15.51) at the sectional. GBN’s Sam Ehrlich touched fifth in the 500 free (4:58.66), one spot ahead of teammate Alec Leven (5:00.39). The 200 medley relay of Johnson, Baxamusa, Roberts and Ethan Schonfeld finished sixth (1:38.78). Baxamusa contributed sixth-place points in the 100 butterfly (52.94).

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ll she could do was work on her uneven bars routine. Reach up, grip, swing, no dismount. Reach up, grip, swing, no dismount. The repetitive routine protected Hannah Hartley’s injured right ankle for most of her sophomore gymnastics season this winter. The Glenbrook South High School Titan could not work on her balance beam, floor exercise and vault routines. Too risky, too risky, way too risky. “After working on bars for 30 minutes, sometimes 45 minutes, Hannah would hang out near the equipment at practice,” Glenbrook South coach Steve Gale recalled at last weekend’s state meet at Palatine High School. “She’d hang out, watch her teammates. She’d also give her teammates advice. It got to the point where I called her ‘Coach Hannah.’ There were times when I found myself saying, ‘Thanks, Coach Hannah.’ ” Those times made the 5-foot2 Hannah Hartley smile. Those times did not accelerate the healing process. Hartley, a club member of Dreams Gymnastics in Glenview, first felt pain in her right ankle near Halloween, about a month before the start of the season. An x-ray found nothing. An MRI discovered a stress reaction. “Some days I’d wake up, and the ankle felt fine,” says Hartley, the Titans’ top all-arounder and a state qualifier last winter. “But it would start hurting again at school. Resting is always horrible when you love to compete like I do. Gymnastics … it’s a big part of my life. It has been for a while [13 years, including seven as a competitive gymnast]. I had to be mentally tough, push through the pain, stay positive.” She got the OK to compete on bars, beam and f loor at the Central Suburban League South Meet on the home mats Jan. 30. She begged for the OK to sprint and launch herself as a vaulter. Coach Gale denied “Coach Hannah.”

Hannah Hartley of the Titans, seen here in the sectional action, competed in all-around at the state meet. The sophomore placed 10th on vault. .PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER

“Hannah,” Gale said, “probably would’ve nailed her vault that night. The safe move was not to let her do it.” Hartley’s teammate, sophomore Kaci Castino, won the vault segment at the meet. Hartley? All she did was win bars (9.375). And beam (9.525). And floor (9.5). On a taped-up, barking right ankle. Three days later she made her season debut as an all-arounder, at a regional meet at Glenbrook South. Hartley won the allaround (37.55) and three events, including vault (9.55). A week after that, at the Mundelein Sectional, the gimpy and gritty Hartley qualified for state as an all-arounder, vaulter and floor competitor. “Hannah is here [at the state meet, Feb. 20-21] because of her inner drive,” said Gale, whose Titans placed eighth (140.625 points) in the program’s first team

appearance at state since the 2000-01 season. “To do what she did, to get the scores she got, when hurting — that proves how talented she is. That spoke volumes for her talent. It makes you think, ‘Oh, to be able to see her compete on two healthy ankles.’ How great would that have been? Teammates saw her pushing through, saw her doing what she could do for the team. They knew she was hurting. They saw her ice her ankle after practices, after meets. “Hannah,” he added, “motivated her teammates whenever she competed.” Twelve gymnasts advanced to the championship finals on vault at state last weekend. One of them was Hartley. The vault event is never kind to ankles, healthy ones included. Hartley qualified for the finals session with a 9.525. She ended up 10th

(9.425). “Hannah has a great attitude,” Castino said. “She’s upbeat about the sport, loves the sport. After my routines, she’s always happy and always smiling. “I first met her at tryouts last year. She owned those tryouts. I was in awe.” Hartley was in need of an outlet as a child. She bounced around the house at a young age, a kid with a surplus of energy. Ted and Marci Hartley signed their daughter up for gymnastics lessons. Their daughter was six. Their house soon became a second gym — without mats. “I’d do handstands around the house,” Hartley recalled. “I’d walk that way in the kitchen, in any room, in the hallways. I probably came close to breaking things. I even tried walking up a stairway that way. I climbed one or two steps.”

Two Glenbrook South gymnasts, Hartley and Castino, are in the same Food II class at the school. It is their last class of the day. The pair got into a fun flour fight one day. One threw flour at the other. The other retaliated. Maybe they staged a rematch in gymnastics practice, chalk replacing flour as the weapon of gentle destruction. “It’s fun being around her,” Castino said. “She’s such a unique person and a great friend, always there for you.” Notable: Glenbrook South freshman Bebe Haramaras also advanced to an event final at state last weekend, taking eighth on beam (9.075) on Feb. 21. She was the lone freshman to survive the previous day’s preliminaries, a tidbit her mother, Sue, knew. The daughter did not know the tidbit until her mother shared it on the

morning of the championship finals. “When I woke up [on Feb. 21], I was still so surprised, so excited about getting to compete again,” said Haramaras, a level-9 gymnast at The Gymnastic Shop, a club based in Mount Prospect. “My approach was to relax, have fun. I tried to treat it like it’s any other meet. Being at state, it was such an honor.” … Sophomores Julia Stadler and Katie Wahl and freshman Kylie Kruger also competed at state for Glenbrook South last weekend. Wahl tied for 25th place on vault (9.375), ahead of Stadler (27th, 9.35). Glenbrook North Spartans senior Carli Betman finished 22nd on vault (9.45) and 24th on floor exercise (9.0) at state last weekend. North’s other qualifier, sophomore Alexandra Michalak, placed 20th on beam (8.975).

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Deerfield’s Smith ready for the act-ion at state meet BY BILL MCLEAN SPORTS@NORTHSHOREWEEKEND.COM

yan Smith loves sports, all kinds of sports. The Deerfield High School junior attended the Boston Bruins-Chicago Blackhawks game at the United Center last weekend. He admired what Michael Jordan did in his prime, what Magic Johnson did in his prime, what Walter Payton did in his prime. He watched the greats on film. Studied them. He wanted to know all about what made the greats great, what the greats did to sustain their greatness. “I’m a sports guy,” Smith said. “I love competition.” Smith’s primary sport is swimming. He competed at the Glenbrook North Sectional on Feb. 21, a Warrior torpedoing his 5-foot-5, 145-pound frame in water. He qualified for state in three events, upping his career total to five berths in three seasons. Smith touched second in the 100-yard backstroke (52.49), finished fourth in the 100 butterfly (52.27) and helped Deerfield’s 200 medley relay clock a third place — and schoolrecord — 1:37.19. The quartet also included sophomore Scott Stern, junior Evan Fischoff and senior Kellen Scanlan. One of the first fists Smith

bumped, after the 100 fly, belonged to a Northbrook policeman, sitting behind the starting blocks. You know you must be doing something right when you receive a congratulatory gesture from a cop. Moments later, one of Smith’s good friends and COHO club teammates, Loyola Academy junior Christopher Kearney, extended his hand. Smith shook it. Two swims, two state berths. Smith was rolling. Carnivores relish meat; Smith eats up big meets. “Ryan loves big meets, understands what’s at stake at big meets,” Warriors coach John Sullivan said. “He knows the competition. He knows what he has to do. By the time the end of a season rolls around, he’s a bulldog, a pit bull. He’s dynamite in a small package. Nobody intimidates him at big meets. His attitude, his approach, is, ‘Bring it on; let’s go … I’m coming after you.’ He is aggressive underwater. He attacks his turns.” He appreciates his teammates. He is proud of them, year in and year out. Smith lauded Stern, Fischoff and Scanlan for their roles in the 200 medley relay at the sectional. The foursome lopped more than five seconds off its seed time to qualify for state.

“We had to have perfect swims,” said Smith, 28th at state (in the fly) last winter and 44th at state (in the 100 back) as a freshman. “We got those perfect swims.” Smith flourished under the pressure of big meets at a young age. Racing for COHO as a grade-schooler, he welcomed the challenge of going against a fast guy to his left and going against a fast guy to his right. “I live for the big moments and the stressful atmosphere at big meets,” Smith said. “I remember saying to my COHO coaches, ‘I’m ready to do my state-meet kick today.’ They got mad at me, wondering why I hadn’t used that kick earlier.” They did not stay mad at Smith for long. It is hard to be upset with success, consistent success. One of Smith’s COHO coaches is Jacob Weber, also an assistant swim coach at DHS. “The big stage … Ryan loves it as a swimmer,” said Weber, who has worked with Smith since Smith was eight. “Has loved it for years. He does not have overconfidence; Ryan just doesn’t worry too much at big meets. He has a positive attitude. He just … races.” What is particularly potent about Smith, the swimmer, is a combination: his racing

Ryan Smith earns a team-best three state berths for the Warriors. PHOTOGRAPHY BY TING SHEN

mentality, his underwaters. Call it his 1-2 … kick. “ H is under waters a re amazing,” said Deerfield sophomore Andrew Devedjian, a distance freestyler. “He challenges every set [in practice]. He’s humble, real fast, a great leader.” Deerfield senior Sean Scarry humbled the diving field at last weekend’s sectional, amassing a pool-record 572.9 points. The

total ranks fourth among all state diving qualifiers. Scarry had held the previous pool mark (528.45), set at the Central Suburban League North Meet on Feb. 14. Classmate Heath Ogawa (fourth place, diving, 462.75) also advanced to state. Stern extended his season in the 100 back, finishing fifth with a state-qualifying time of 53.45. Deerfield placed fifth (130

points) at the 13-team sectional. The state meet starts Feb. 27 at New Trier. Notable: Devedjian finished sixth in the 500 free (4:53.9), swift enough for a medal but not for a state berth. He had entered the sectional with a seed time of 5:02.91. The state cut in the event is 4:46.85.

OLDSHUE COMES UP CLUTCH IN GRIPPING PLAYOFF LOSS BY KEVIN REITERMAN SPORTS@NORTHSHOREWEEKEND.COM

here’s clutch. And then there’s Ashley Oldshue clutch The Glenbrook South senior showed a flair for the dramatic in a playoff game, which was chock-full of drama on Feb. 23. In her team’s four-overtime loss to Evanston 62-57 in the semifinal round of the Class 4A Glenbrook South Sectional, the 6-foot-2 Oldshue tallied a gamehigh 25 points. Oldshue, who is taking her

game to Emory University next season, not only hit a three-point buzzer beater at the end of the first half, but she also forced two overtime periods by scoring baskets just before the horn sounded. Her most uncanny — and unforgettable — shot of the night came with 2.5 seconds remaining in the third overtime. Despite having a slew of Evanston defenders crowding all around her, she was able to rise up and can a three-pointer to knot the game at 54-54. “Just a fantastic player,” said

GBS Hall of Fame coach Steve Weissenstein. “Emory is getting a terrific player.” Oldshue might have been inspired … by a teammate. Junior Caitlin Morrison, who finished with 17 points and seven rebounds before fouling out with 17 seconds left in the third OT, capped the first period by burying a three-pointer at the buzzer. Unfortunately, for the No. 2 seeded Titans (22-6), the magic ran out in the fourth overtime period. GBS missed six field-goal attempts, while going 1-for-4

from the foul line in the extra session. Two free throws by sophomore Leighah-Amori Wool (20 points) with 21 seconds on the clock sealed the win for Evanston (19-11). “I don’t think I’ve coached a four-overtime game,” said Weissenstein. “It’s tough losing one like that. It’s a sad way to end a season.” GBS sophomore guard Carie Weinman, who claimed all-CSL South honors along with Oldshue and Morrison, didn’t have her best offensive night (4 points),

but she deserves the Iron Woman award. Weinman, who finished with five steals, five assists and five rebounds, played every s e c ond of t he g a me . “I never sub out for Carie,” Weissenstein said. “She’s a machine. She has unlimited wind.” Deerfield Juniors Margot Sylvan and Jesse Holloway earned all-CSL North recognition for the Wa r r i o r s (5-2 4 , 5-5 ). Sylvan averaged 14 points, three steals and two assists per game. She shot 32 percent from the

three-point line. Holloway also had good numbers, averaging 12 points, seven rebounds and two steals per game. She was a 75 percent shooter from the foul line. Glenbrook North Ilana Malman capped a fine season by being named to the all-CSL North team. The junior guard average 11.3 points per game. She was the team leader in assists (33) and steals (68). GBN’s rebound leader was junior post player Miranda Weber (8.4 per game). She also scored 9.8 ppg.

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lenbrook South junior Sam Salganik’s most important swims this season likely were against Jon Salomon, who, incidentally, is Salganik’s teammate. In recent years, the University of Wisconsin-bound Salomon appeared to be swimming on a whole different level than Salganik. Then, during the team’s winter break training trip to Iowa City, Salganik found himself not only closing the gap on Salomon, but in some cases keeping pace. Suddenly, Salganik’s confidence began to soar. “ C o a c h M a c ( K eit h McDonald) had been saying he knew I had the skill to go faster and that I just had to push myself harder,” Salganik said. “I tried that during the Iowa trip and felt like I have been swimming really well since then.” Salganik continued: “Once you know you can keep up with Jon during sets, it really boosts

your confidence because he’s one of the top swimmers in the state. I was staying with him during 100 freestyle sets and realized Jon was not as (difficult to swim against).” McDonald said Salganik’s talent had never been in doubt, but that the swimmer sometimes needed a little boost in motivation, perhaps due to a lack of belief in himself. Much of that has changed in the last few months. “It’s my third year coaching (Salganik), and in the past he was very awed by Jon Salomon. Sam never gave himself enough credit in practice,” McDonald said. “But he’s been challenging Jon, and it’s been exciting to see that transformation. It’s paid off. He’s gained a lot of confidence and has gotten faster.” With Titan standouts like Salomon and sophomore Sam Iida expected to shine at this weekend’s state meet at New Trier, performances by swimmers like Salganik will be crucial to Glenbrook South’s hopes of earning the school’s first topthree finish since 2009. The Titans came in fifth at

last season’s state meet. Like in 2014, Salganik is scheduled to swim the 100 butterfly and all three relays this weekend. Though a talented performer in the 200 free, Salganik had little hesitation when asked to forego that race in favor of swimming the third leg (fly) in the meetopening 200 medley relay. “Coach said the team needed me in the medley,” he said “In the end, it matters what’s best for the team and what can get the team a better chance of winning a trophy.” The Titans (284 points) finished second to Evanston (302.5) at the Glenbrook South Sectional on Feb. 21. But McDonald said the Titans’ goals for the meet were mostly about getting swims through to state and still having room to improve this week. Glenbrook South did win eight of 12 events. Iida was tops in the 200 IM (1:54.02) and 500 free (4:35.21). He has the best sectional 500 time in the state. Salomon won the 50 free (20.83) and 100 free (46.60), and enters state with the third-best sectional time in the 50 and eighth-best in the 100.

Anchoring the 400 free relay, Salomon came from two body lengths behind to out-touch Evanston’s fourth leg. The Titans’ 400 free team, which also includes Iida, Salganik and senior Paul Salay, recorded the fourth-best sectional time in the state (3:09.88). Glenbrook South senior Aaron Ach won diving (590.75), earning the second-best sectional score in the state. Salganik captured the top spot in 100 fly (52.69), while junior Byron Mandell was victorious in the 100 breaststroke (1.0014). McDonald said the Titans are part of a small group of teams capable of securing a trophy, with New Trier, Hinsdale Central, Metea Valley and Naperville Central the other elite squads. Salganik said the Titans have been on a mission to earn a topthree trophy, something the program did for three straight years from 2007-09. “We’re in the running for a top-three trophy, and it would be a big deal because it hasn’t happened in a while,” he said. “That’s been our goal all year.”

The chaotic wrestling mats at the State Farm Center in Champaign don’t bother Mehrholz. The Class 3A state tournament has become a familiar environment for the Deerfield High School junior. As a sophomore last winter, Mehrholz claimed a third-place medal at 120 pounds. On Feb. 21, he became a two-time place-winner. Going up three weights classes, the 46-4 Mehrholz came home with the fifth-place medal at 138 pounds.

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BY SIMON MURRAY

henever Jack Nicklaus flies into Chicago, he partakes in a ritual. Driving an hour north to Lake Bluff, the golf legend stops at a 26,000-square-foot estate finished during the Great Depression. Once there, a large table is set. Each guest takes a seat at his or her place card. Then, as if to test the hinges, the adjoining door to the dining room endlessly swings open, revealing course after course from the kitchen. Nicklaus has not been the only well-known person to show up for lunch. Professional golfers Ernie Els and Luke Donald have as well. Business tycoon Johann Rupert, winemaker Michel Chapoutier — the list goes on and on. “You can’t make a reservation,” says Bill Terlato, president and CEO of his family’s eponymous wine company and private lunch table. (One exception: When he was mayor of Chicago, Richard Daley took his wife, Maggie, here each year for their anniversary after calling to make sure it was OK. “He said it was his favorite place for lunch,” notes Terlato.) Nicklaus, Els and Donald have all launched wine brands by partnering with the Terlatos. Though I am not in that category, Terlato and I are seated at the same table. Looking every bit like

a modern interpretation of the Knights of Camelot, Terlato is flanked by well-dressed business associates, coworkers, and clients, some of whom will be leaving soon on journeys around the world. Terlato himself spends over half the year traveling to vineyards and wineries, but right now he’s indulging in the lunchtime ritual. Grilled Berkshire Pork and Saffron Farfalle have just paraded out of the kitchen. Terlato, deep in thought, masterfully decants, swirls, and sips a pinot noir. “People always ask me, ‘What’s your favorite wine?’ And I tell them, generally speaking, it’s the one I’m currently drinking,” says Terlato. (His current preference: a 2011 Terlato Family Vineyards Pinot Noir from the Russian River Valley.) The table laughs and Terlato gives a toast, followed by a refined clink of glass. Behind him, bottles of wine representing almost every continent cover the mantelpiece. Bottles line the table in front of us, and a cursory count has them in the hundreds — practically obscuring a side table — as if in preparation for an epic bacchanalia. Though there are achievements galore to celebrate, such merrymaking is rare. The family’s crest — a unicorn with the beard of a Billy goat — has come to represent four generations of

Terlatos in the family business. Adopted from the Armour family (the original owners of Tangley Oaks), the symbol is emblematic of the Terlatos’ hard work, determination, and sacrifice it took to be able to walk the same stone halls as those meatpacking scions. At the end of a cul-de-sac surrounded by well-manicured lawns and a copse of barrelchested oak trees, the Tudor Gothic castle now stands as the international headquarters of Terlato Wines. The family’s history, however, is more humble. In the beginning, there was a retail store at Clark and Ridge avenues in Chicago. With Pacific Wine Company, a local bottler of California wines, it evolved into the industry’s leading fine wine distribution company under the business acumen of Bill’s father Anthony Terlato, whose father-inlaw owned the firm. As the years went on, Bill’s father became known by another title: the “Father of Pinot Grigio.” “Somebody has to be the pioneer,” says Terlato, “and what my Dad did for Pinot Grigio was remarkable.” A 1980s commercial recounts the story. “Have you ever ordered a plate of pasta and 18 bottles of wine?” asks the narrator, as the scene opens on a smiling waiter taking a dapperly gentleman’s order. “I did in a restaurant in northern Italy. I’m Anthony

Terlato, and I import premium Italian wines.” In 1978, few people in the United States had ever heard of — let alone tasted — Pinot Grigio. Tony Terlato changed all that. After tasting subtle differences and notes in 18 bottles that year, his palate settled on the Santa Margherita brand, which was introduced in the United States in 1979. “People couldn’t pronounce it,” explains Terlato. “They said, ‘Nobody is going to buy this.’ But he believed in it. He believed in the quality of the wine.” Today, Pinot Grigio is the fastest-growing varietal, and Santa Margherita is the bestselling imported wine over $14 in U.S. history. The sun never sets on the Terlatos’ wine empire. Winery investments and partnerships include vineyards in the Napa Valley; Victoria, Australia; the Rhone Valley in France; and Montalcino, Italy. Most recently, the company acquired 60 acres of the Juliana Vineyard, in Pope Valley, Calif. The property’s crops, planted primarily with merlot and cabernet franc grapes, are used in Terlato’s Rutherford Hill Merlot and select Rutherford Hill Bordeaux-style blends — only two of over 80 brands within their portfolio. Like his father before him, Bill has made sure the company

Bill Terlato | Illustration by Barry Blitt

has become the leader in premium brands, from handcrafted spirits to the wines that have made the Terlato name synonymous with luxury wines in the United States. “One of our greatest assets as a family is being able to understand what people are going to like before they even know it exists,” says Terlato, who along with his brother, John (vice chairman) and daughter Jo (Illinois regional manager), represent a multigenerational family business. Currently, the Anselmi brand, from vintner Roberto Anselmi in Northern Veneto, Italy, is exploding due, in large part, to the prescience of the Terlato’s palates. “We tasted his wines, and they were remarkable,” says Terlato. Other noteworthy brands include Nino Franco Rustico Prosecco, (“Prosecco got hot, and he’s considered the lead producer”), Cusumano from Sicily

(“doing some tremendous wines”), Protea from South Africa (“doing well”), and Chimney Rock from the Stags Leap district in the Napa Valley (“doing unbelievably well”). But the afternoon’s wisest words of wisdom come at the close of our final dish. It’s then that Terlato fills the lunch party in on a little secret. There’s only one way to truly distinguish a great wine, he notes. Whether you’re sitting with Jack Nicklaus, Michael Jordan, or the Queen of England, “a great wine is when you’re out to dinner with friends or family, and you’re wondering how to get more wine in your glass than everyone else.” The table laughs, nodding in agreement and exchanging stories. Looking over the bottles on the table, it’s easy to note the obvious. For its part, Terlato’s wine glass is decidedly, unabashedly full.

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