That's a really curious perception of time. I consider everything as old as my kids spanking new. My oldest is 16.
I wonder what causes this (except me being old, but still, I thought this even when my oldest 4 as well).
I wonder what causes this (except me being old, but still, I thought this even when my oldest 4 as well).
Buy a green banana. Buy a certificate of deposit. Plant tomatoes. Cellar a bottle of wine. Plant a redwood tree.
I've found it helps for scale and as a bonus you get to see how a wine really ages over time.
Most bottled wines are meant to be drank right after bottling or in up to 5 years, white wines less than that. They get more brown or orange as they oxydize. Prosecco and sparkling wines are usually better if they're from the previous year.
I've had exactly one bottle of white go bad on me and it was somewhere in that 8-10 year range. It can definitely happen and would not recommend a white for this kind of thing . . . but this is also how you learn.
For someone not wanting to go the "make it yourself" route, I'm sure if you went to a good wine distributor and said you were looking to buy two or three cases of something you want to cellar for a good long while they would be happy to steer you in the right direction.