Columbo (TV Series)
Any Old Port in a Storm (1973)
Peter Falk: Columbo
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Quotes
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Adrian Carsini : I think you're really gonna like this wine. It's a...
Columbo : Oh, don't tell me. Let me guess.
[sips wine]
Columbo : Sensitive breeding. Rich bouquet. Strong vinosity. Well, it's a Burgundy; I'm just not sure whether it's a Pinot Noir or a Gamay.
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Columbo : [to Ric's fiancée] You two didn't have a fight or anything, did yuh?
Joan Stacey : No, but...
Columbo : Maybe he got cold feet. That's been known to happen. Was he married before?
Joan Stacey : Three times.
Columbo : Three times. I guess his feet are warm enough by now.
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Adrian Carsini : You're an Italian, aren't you?
Columbo : Uh, yes, sir, on both sides.
Adrian Carsini : Well, you should know about good wine. It goes with the heritage.
Columbo : Well, I guess I kind of messed up in that department. I'm gonna tell ya somethin' else - uh, I'm probably the only Italian in the world who can't sing either.
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Columbo : My handwriting is so bad, sometimes I think I should've been a doctor.
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Columbo : [Become dizzy after standing up] Oh, boy!
Adrian Carsini : You all right?
Columbo : I didn't realize I drank that much. Whatta ya call that stuff?
Adrian Carsini : Cabernet sauvignon.
Columbo : I usually don't drink anything I can't pronounce, but I can see I got a lot to learn. First thing I gotta learn is how to hold my cabernet sauvignon.
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Columbo : Uh, excuse me. My name is Lt. Columbo, I'm with the Los Angeles Police Department, and I need a little help. Uh, can anybody here tell me - did it rain last Tuesday?
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Karen Fielding : I must have your name.
Columbo : Why would you want my name when you have such a nice name yourself?
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Columbo : [as his dinner guests are served Ferrier Vintage Port, 1945] Drinks all around.
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Adrian Carsini : Why were you assigned to the case? I mean, you're-you're in homicide, aren't you?
Columbo : I just go where they tell me to, sir.
Adrian Carsini : Well, doesn't look right to me. It looks like they, uh... they suspect someone of, uh, foul play.
Columbo : Well, maybe they do, sir, but you certainly don't have anything to worry about. You were three thousand miles away at the time of his death, right?
Adrian Carsini : Right.
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Adrian Carsini : You've learned very well, Lieutenant.
Columbo : That's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me.
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Adrian Carsini : Didn't your family ever drink wines at home?
Columbo : I tell you, the closest we ever came to it was my father's job during prohibition.
Adrian Carsini : Bootlegger?
Columbo : No, he was a tail gunner on a beer truck.
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Columbo : I'm still a little hung over from Mr. Carsini's Cabernet, uh, what-cha-ma-call-it.
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Columbo : I thought wine was just to drink. Today I found out it's also an investment. Some bottles of wine sell for $100, can you believe that?
Adrian Carsini : That's a fair medium. I have bought bottles of wine that cost, oh, $5,000.
Columbo : $5,000 for a bottle of wine? You know, my father never made $5,000 in a year! Can you imagine drinking a year's salary in one night?
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Columbo : I'm not very good on details, that's why I write everything down.