"I like to think about the life of wine, how it is a living thing.  I like to think about what was going on the year the grapes were growing.  How the sun was shining, if it rained.  I like to think about all the people who tended and picked the grapes.  And if it's an old wine, how many of them must be dead by now.  I like how wine continues to evolve, like if I opened a bottle of wine today it would taste different than if I opened it on any other day, because a bottle of wine is actually alive.  And it's constantly evolving and gaining complexity, that is until it peaks, like your '61.  And then it begins its steady, inevitable decline."  -Maya, from the movie Sideways (2004)