Of the many diverse pleasures which wine-drinking affords, one of the most singular is the extent to which it permits us to recapture and relive the past.
In general, as you go north, almost anywhere in Europe or the United States, the climate becomes consistently and perceptibly colder practically county by county, sometimes mile by mile.
Compared to champagne, all other wines have a certain rusticity about them, like old-fashioned gardens or good country families, or sound vins du pays.