ROBERT MARK KAMEN
At Kamen Estate’s tasting room in downtown Sonoma, Hollywood screenwriter and vintner Robert Mark Kamen, 72, is padding around in flip flops, cargo shorts and a bright blue T-shirt emblazoned with the greeting ‘Hola!’ In his left ear is an earring, at his right is a mobile phone. He’s short and slight; his uncombed hair is now grey. Quotes from his famous screenplays – ‘Never open the package’ (The Transporter) and ‘I will find you and I will kill you’ (Taken) – shout from the wall behind the long bar.
As he pours his latest releases of Cabernet, Syrah, Viognier and Sauvignon Blanc, he launches into the story of how he got into the wine business. It could be one
