(PalatePress) - Paul Greico, proprietor of several Terroir wine bars in Manhattan and the self-proclaimed “Overlord of Riesling,” is resting comfortably in Mt. Sinai Medical Center tonight after a series of bizarre events.

The trouble began—as is so often the case these days—on Twitter. Greico, whose Twitter handle is @spitpaul, tweeted this morning: “Just can’t take it anymore. Joining the NRA. That’s right, the N-freakin’-R-A.”

By mid-afternoon, the managers of all three Terroir locations realized that not only was Greico unreachable by cell phone, but also he had never shown up at any of the wine bars that day. So they called the police. No sooner had the desk sergeant explained that the minimum time frame required to file an MWP (Missing Wine Person) report was 48 hours than 911 dispatchers received a frantic call about a “scary looking dude” traversing the main hall of Grand Central Terminal intimidating commuters and tourists with “crazy talk.”