I was mostly dry until the age of 30, when someone poured me a 2005 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, at which point the vintners of London gained a reliable new revenue stream. Owing to this late start, I can enter into the mind of a non-drinking adult to an extent that most evangelists for alcohol can’t. I was well placed to write a column that would win over this growing mass of refuseniks. In the end, almost none of the arguments stood up.
在30岁之前，我几乎滴酒不沾，直到有人为我倒了一杯2005年的教皇新堡(Châteauneuf-du-Pape)红酒，从那一刻起，伦敦的酿酒商们便多了一位可靠的新客户。由于我起步较晚，我能够在一定程度上理解那些成年后依然不喝酒的人的心态，这是大多数酒精推崇者难以做到的。我很适合写一篇专栏，去争取这群日益壮大的拒酒者。但最终，几乎所有的论点都站不住脚。
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