"We may be able to find a sufficiently decent bottle in a duty-free shop at the airport. One that will serve until we have an opportunity to find a suitable shop closer to where we are staying."

Hannibal has some ideas of what sorts of shops are around the neighborhood of their apartment, but finding the finest wine is a process not aided by an internet search. It's one of the things Hannibal is looking forward to...finding the best wine, the best bread, the best cheese, the best butcher, with Will at his side, sharing with him his passion for an exquisite gustatory experience. With time that experience will, of course, involve somewhat unorthodox ingredients, but until then he feels it worth setting the stage.

"I believe the terminal has a duty-free shop right on the other side of customs. We can obtain one there." Just as in Baltimore, Hannibal has researched the terminal at de Gaulle and knows the lay-out, the shops, knows it takes ten minutes to get from the customs area to the taxi stand. An extra three or so minutes to duck in a shop and buy a bottle of wine shouldn't be a problem. And they will almost certainly appreciate having it at hand when they reach a point that their mad desires for sex have quieted.