Over 40 years ago, on the day I was born, one of my aunts and her then-husband bought me a bottle of wine. They used the label on the bottle as a sort of gift tag, so it was easy to distinguish from any other bottles of wine my parents may have had around. I think this is a clever gift for a baby, provided the parents have space to store it. It spent decades tucked away in my parents' linen closet.
The one funny thing that nobody could have predicted is that I'm not much of a drinker. I'm not a complete teetotaler, since I will drink, but I have a hard limit of one drink per occasion. Often, on occasions when I drink, I'll do something like have half a beer and let Scott have the other half. I like the taste of some alcoholic drinks, but they're not as much of a treat for me as some other things (like chocolate!). I also don't seem to get the buzz that most people get from drinking. And, even at my advanced age, I've never truly been drunk. My recollection is that nobody remembered the bottle of wine by the time I turned 21 (which happened when I was studying in Mexico anyway), and even if anyone had, I wouldn't have necessarily made a beeline for it because being able to drink legally just wasn't that big of a deal for me.
It did resurface at some point, though, and my parents brought it up a couple of times when I visited. Finally, maybe a year or two ago, they asked me to take it with me when I left. I took it, and it sat on my kitchen counter.
Then we decided to move. There is nothing quite like moving to make me thin out my belongings, and I decided that this bottle of wine shouldn't move with us. So, I decided to give it a try...and it tasted really good! I was surprised by how good it tasted to me, since as I said, alcohol is typically not a big treat for me.
We've been drinking small amounts of it with the chocolate we eat for dessert most nights. The flavors go well together, and it's fun to think of people picking out a bottle of wine for a new baby. I'm glad I'm getting to enjoy this gift at long last, after all these decades.
I'm glad the well-aged wine turned out to be a treat. Out of curiosity, what kind of wine was it?
ReplyDeleteI have the same attitude towards alcohol. I'm not opposed to it, but I don't really care for it all that much, and it's rather expensive, so I don't drink much.
Hi Erin! Sorry for such a delayed reply. The wine was some sort of port. I don't remember other details, but it was sweet, and probably far better to have with dessert than with a meal.
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