We all have a least one: a bottle of wine that we’re saving for a special occasion. The only problem is, the occasion never seems to arrive. And the longer we hold onto the bottle, the more exalted it becomes and the less worthy all occasions seem to be. Keep in mind that it’s just wine. No matter how great the wine might be, it will not change the course of your life; it won’t make you smarter or more successful or more famous. The best you can hope for is that it makes the occasion more enjoyable.
If you find yourself earmarking a bottle of wine as particularly special, go a step further and decide immediately what you’re saving it for. Don’t expect a suitable event to materialize later, because our psychology is working against us and as time goes by the exalted wine becomes harder to open.
Richard Best, The Frugal Oenophile, 2004-12-09.
December 26, 2019
QotD: “Saving” a special bottle of wine
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