A Drinking Song
Wine comes in at the mouth,
And love comes in at the eye;
That’s all we shall know for truth,
Before we grow old and die.
I lift the glass to my mouth,
I look at you, and I sigh.
—W. B. Yeats (叶芝)
Everyone loves wine for different reasons, and everyone has a unique relationship to it.
每个人喜爱葡萄酒的理由各不相同，而每个人与葡萄酒都有着别样的缘分。
Show me a culture that doesn’t celebrate the good things in this short life by gathering together to eat and drink, and I’ll show you the on-off switches hidden behind their ears.
岁月如梭，人生苦短，如若存在一种文化，其间的人们在喜庆祝贺之时不是齐聚一堂共享佳肴美酒的话，那么这种所谓的文化一定只存在于机器人的世界中。
The connection that wine makes between our hearts is not ours to control. Rather, we are compelled by something tangled inside wine, our ancient relationship to it, and the farming life that was our not-so-distant collective past.
由葡萄酒带给我们的心灵相通仿佛从不受制于我们自己的掌控，相反，却是在与葡萄酒纠结层叠的缘分中，在我们与之时日长久的联系中，在那人类过去并不算久远的所共有的农耕生活中更加深了对它的情感。
At the end of each summer, we repeat actions that have been carried out ever since we can remember, actions that still carry the seed of their original purpose: to take care of ourselves, our families, and those whom we are bound to by circumstance and 1)serendipity.
自从我们记事以来，每年夏末，我们都在重复做着一些意味深长的事情，一些依然不改其最初目的的事情——那只为了照顾自己，照顾家人，照顾一切有缘相识的人。
Starting last week, people all over the Northern 2)Hemisphere are rising before dawn and returning to the fields to harvest the rewards of a season’s worth of work among the 3)vines. This year’s 4)vintage is being forged as we speak. While most of us, including yours truly, are as distant from that harvest as we are to the 5)steers that supplied the nice 6)rib eye we 7)seared last night. The bottles we have 8)shoved above the refrigerator, under the stairs, or in the 2000 bottle 9)walk-in cooling unit are part of a story that began before us, and which will continue as long as there is some small patch of ground that can support a vine.
从上周起，北半球各地都有人赶在拂晓前起床，回到葡萄园里去收获辛勤劳作了一季的成果。就在我们聊天的时候，今年的葡萄酒正被酿造着。然而我们大多数品酒的人，包括你们也一样，都生活在远离葡萄收成的地方，正如我们昨晚烤的那块美味的牛里脊肉，是来自在遥远的他乡饲养的牛一样。我们把酒瓶塞进冰箱上面、楼梯底下、或能容纳2000瓶酒的大冷库里，却不知道酒瓶里都藏有一个源远流长的故事，而且只要大地还剩下一小片土地可以种上一棵葡萄树，这个故事就会一直发展下去。
So when that bottle appears from nowhere to be opened by unfamiliar hands, and when strangers come bearing gifts of early vintages, it is worth remembering how lucky we are to have discovered this thing we love called wine.
所以，当一瓶酒突然从某个角落冒出来，被一双陌生的手开启的时候，当陌生人带着陈年的佳酿寻上门来的时候，我们要记住我们是如此地幸运，因为我们发现了这种被我们爱称为“葡萄酒”的琼浆。
小编絮语：经过了一番研究后，是不是觉得对葡萄酒文化有了更多的了解呢？然而要真正达到
精通的程度，还是远远不够的，有兴趣的朋友可以自己进一步去研究哦！
Stage Three 升华篇：成为品酒高手
Old World V.S. New World 旧世界VS新世界
Old World=European Countries 旧世界是指传统的欧洲古典葡萄酒出产国
Integrate more the soil and climate factors—“Terroir”
更能在酒中结合土壤和气候的特征
Long tradition and history, yet lots of regulations
具有悠久的传统和历史，然而规则众多
New World=Southern Hemisphere+U.S.A. 新世界是指欧洲以外的葡萄酒出产国
Not expensive, appropriate weather
价格不贵，气候适宜种植葡萄和酿酒
Too much standardization, and not been produced for long aging
各国标准不一，存储时间不长
Tempreture of Tasting Wines 品酒的适宜温度
4-6℃ 甜白葡萄酒
6-8℃ 汽泡葡萄酒、清淡的白葡萄酒
10-12℃ 玫瑰红葡萄酒、清淡的红葡萄酒、饱满的白葡萄酒
15-18℃ 饱满的红葡萄酒
Note: 在品酒的时候，手应握住杯脚，切勿碰到杯体，影响酒温哦！
How to Store an Open Bottle 如何保存已开瓶的葡萄酒
Refrigerate: well-sealed, full bottle will remain fresh in the fridge for a considerable time.
冰箱：密封好，较满瓶的葡萄酒可以在冰箱中保鲜较长时间。（但最好三天内喝完。）
Recork: when putting a cork back in a bottle be sure to put it back the way it originally came out.
再封瓶：将瓶塞塞回酒瓶时应保持和开启时一样。（小心瓶塞的另一头可能有灰尘和霉菌。）
Note: 未开启的葡萄酒不可放在冰箱中，因为冰箱的振动会影响酒的品质；而且冰箱内太干会导致瓶塞变形空气进入。因此未开启的葡萄酒必须横放在避光、恒温、阴凉处。
结束语：情迷葡萄酒
恋一个人，爱一杯酒，人生有时候就是这么任性，没有理由。端起高脚杯在手中旋转，在或红或金的色彩中，眼神都会变得迷离而温柔。有人说人生如酒，酒又何尝不似人生，默默地等待，悄悄地成熟，只为某天尽情地绽放，只等一个有缘人。
恋上葡萄酒，就是恋上这如酒般多彩的人生……