I realised when I was 18 and running nightclubs part-time while pretending to study medicine, that certain businesses arouse passions rather more than others. With nightclubs, there are always men who are keen to get involved for non-financial reasons (I leave readers to speculate why). And the same applies to the wine trade. It is an industry that connoisseurs prefer to see as a calling, where snobbery abounds and where priorities can get confused.
在我18岁时,我一边兼职经营夜总会,一边装模作样地学习医学。那时我就认识到,某些行业所激发的热情要远远高于其它行业。在夜总会这一行,永远会有男人热切地投身进来,压根儿不是为了钱(个中原因留给读者自己揣度吧)。葡萄酒行业亦是如此。葡萄酒鉴赏家更愿意把它视为一个遍地是冒牌内行、可能会本末倒置的行业。
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