August 27, 2018 @ 10:54 am
Big Rick Hardly Strictly Wine Blog
The bottle has followed her across the country, maybe even around the world, as she changed jobs and cities. It has been kept under beds, on top of refrigerators, and spent some considerable time forgotten in the back of a linen closet. Every time she finds it, she is reminded of her long-ago benefactor or lover and the good times they shared. But she’s reluctant to open it and drink the wine; no occasion seems special enough, or she doesn’t feel comfortable since, after all, she doesn’t consider herself “expert” enough about wine to appreciate it.
These anecdotes invariably end with the same question: “Is it still any good?”