The passage discusses two instances where rare and valuable wine bottles were found at garage sales. In the first story, Bacchus sees an older lady holding a bottle of Chambertin wine marked at $2 and hoping she chooses another bottle so he can purchase the Chambertin. His prayer is answered and he is able to buy the bottle. In the second story, Bacchus finds another famous bottle at a commercial garage sale but the wine has gone bad, having taken on a brown tinge due to sticky residue around the capsule.