Anthony Scotto Jr.

If they didn't get Robert, I would have strangled him. Okay? I would have strangled him. The guy was just a fucking piece of garbage. How could you do that to your dad?

If they didn't get Robert, I would have strangled him. Okay? I would have strangled him. The guy was just a fucking piece of garbage. How could you do that to your dad?

I think back and I still get emotional about it. The man was an exceptional human being. And I regret one key ingredient, that I wasn't able to help him in the way that needed to be done.

I think back and I still get emotional about it. The man was an exceptional human being. And I regret one key ingredient, that I wasn't able to help him in the way that needed to be done.

Just because you're a good guy and just because your wife's a good woman doesn't mean that you're going to have good sons and daughters. It don't work that way. The issue is that Jack was maligned and Jack, because he couldn't move out of that house, was a victim of people he trusted. And betrayal to me was the cardinal sin. Betrayal. He was betrayed by his sons.

Just because you're a good guy and just because your wife's a good woman doesn't mean that you're going to have good sons and daughters. It don't work that way. The issue is that Jack was maligned and Jack, because he couldn't move out of that house, was a victim of people he trusted. And betrayal to me was the cardinal sin. Betrayal. He was betrayed by his sons.

Because what happened in the industry at the end of his life did not create an identity for his whole life. His whole life was not what happened at the end.

Because what happened in the industry at the end of his life did not create an identity for his whole life. His whole life was not what happened at the end.

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.

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.

The wineries closed their eyes to what was going on.

The wineries closed their eyes to what was going on.

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.

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.

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.

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.

My name is Anthony Scotto Jr.,

My name is Anthony Scotto Jr.,

My dad, in the wine business, he was a good friend of many of the old-timers that virtually were pioneers after Prohibition.

My dad, in the wine business, he was a good friend of many of the old-timers that virtually were pioneers after Prohibition.