In all likelihood, someone who drinks a whole bottle will not get as much enjoyment as the person who drinks two glasses. Two glasses of wine do not give twice the pleasure a single one gives. The true price of a wine, for the person who drinks it, is the value of the pleasure it has given. It is hard to find a greater intellectual pleasure than a bottle of wine that has been waiting for us since before we were born.Įvidently, a wine with the characteristics I have mentioned does not come cheap, but neither does it have the right to be ruinous. I am not including price in the definition of luxury. It is hard to find a greater intellectual pleasure than a bottle of wine that has been waiting for us since before we were born. This is a good reason for sharing fine wine. Fine wine is a work of art which is destroyed when it is enjoyed.
Tasting an old wine has that mystique of drinking time, of being something unrepeatable, which is perhaps one of the most appealing edifications. Mankind has been capable of inventing money, discovering new horizons and creating wonderful stories, but not expanding time. The unenlightened consumer will find these wines amazing, and most probably be interested to learn more.Ī luxury wine inevitably has to be rare, of limited production and in particular should not be able to be found in a supermarket. Moreover, a luxury wine ought to be complex, and require a certain amount of preparedness and experience on the part of its “imbibers” in order to be fully appreciated, as it justly deserves, when tasted. I think that a luxury wine should be, above all else, an extraordinary wine, with a history and origin that should be truly great, as well as being remarkable, and offer more than family tradition. They want something that, without descending into the tackiness of being very expensive due to marketing or commercialism, is the very height of luxury. Naturally Champagne and fine Cava partly cover this delectation, but many want their Christmas Eve dinner or Christmas Day lunch to enter into the realms of the unforgettable. The end of the year is coming ever closer upon us, bringing with it the traditional desire for sharing, eating and drinking excellent, first-rate fare. Photo: Artur de Barros - Author: Don Amaro ( CC)
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