Anthony Scotto Jr.
Appearances
Blood Vines
The House of Licciardi: 3
Previously on Blood Vines Jack was a lynchpin. Everybody that had any vineyards knew that if they didn't have a contract, Jack could sell their grave.
Blood Vines
The House of Licciardi: 3
Jack wanted me to go out and double check Mike's work, and I wouldn't do it. I says, look, Jack, he's your son.
Blood Vines
The House of Licciardi: 3
And I'm looking at him. I said, what do you want me to do? I just want you to verify. I said, Jack, I can't do it. I says, you want me to kind of rat him out, and I'm not going to do it. I'm not a rat.
Blood Vines
The Grape Broker: 2
Ascato puts it, When nobody else could get great, Jack got great for Delicato. And Jack came up with thousands upon thousands of tons for a long period of time, maybe up to 10 years. Making wine, that put Delicato on the map.
Blood Vines
The Grape Broker: 2
The wineries closed their eyes to what was going on. They didn't care. They needed to fulfill their contract, and they were extremely lenient with what was going on.
Blood Vines
The Grape Broker: 2
and friends. Jack wanted me to go out and double-check Mike's work, and I wouldn't do it. I says, you want me to kind of rat him out? I'm not going to do it. I'm not a rat.
Blood Vines
The Grape Broker: 2
My dad, in the wine business, he was a good friend of many of the old-timers that virtually were pioneers after Prohibition.
Blood Vines
The Grape Broker: 2
that had any vineyards knew that if they didn't have a contract, Jack could sell their grape.
Blood Vines
The Grape Broker: 2
These are guys that made wine during Prohibition. And Jack understood how to deal with these all-time winemakers.
Blood Vines
The Grape Broker: 2
Jack was a linchpin. I mean, he would get people to try other things.
Blood Vines
The Grape Broker: 2
Robert, who I never met, he was there. And he had a fatigue, an army fatigue on, with army boots. And the guy looked like he was a paramilitary kind of guy. And Michael was there. Michael's a nice enough guy.
Blood Vines
The Grape Broker: 2
So I go to shake Jack's hand. It was the longest 30 seconds I ever felt. Because I'm there trying to shake this guy's hand. I put my hand out. He couldn't move. And I did not know that. So, you know, the son, Robert, he can't move. That was his comment. And Jack says, Anthony, I have MS. So I really wish I could shake your hand, but I can't.
Blood Vines
The Grape Broker: 2
But despite that hardship... He was the kind of guy that grew on you because he was a good listener. He wasn't a salesman. He really took interest in people.