[filter; private]
[the journal records the sounds of bottles being shifted around, as well as a pen tapping on the page, before he starts writing out various types of notes
a bit later, there's more shifting and another bottle being opened]
...
This Sémillon can hold its own, but it is no Romanée-Conti.
[he's too busy writing down notes again in another notebook (and keeping an eye on the Exorcists - really he's waiting to see who will be a macho idiot) to realize his journal is open
he's also keeping an eye on
this situation and all resulting entries]