Open That Bottle Night 2010

Marguerite Barrett
Contributing Writer

I’m back! After several weeks of very long days focused on a big project at work, I’m finally back on the wine trail – and just in time for Open That Bottle Night 2010.

For those who may be unfamiliar with the latest “holiday” – Open That Bottle Night is an annual even that was started by Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher of the Wall Street Journal in 2000 as a means of encouraging people to open those bottles they’d been saving in their cellars or wine racks for “that special occasion.” It’s held on the last Saturday of February every year, and this year marks it’s 11th anniversary.

The premise of Open That Bottle Night is simple – it’s the wine, not the occasion – if you keep waiting for that special occasion, it may never come. Or as Maya tells Miles in the movie Sideways when he mentions he has a bottle of Cheval Blanc he is saving for a “special occasion,” “any time you open a bottle of Cheval Blanc is a special occasion.”

The wine need not be expensive or rare. The night’s more about giving yourself permission to uncork that bottle that’s been calling to you.

In my house it will be a bottle of Kelham Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc. Gretchen, Kevin and I discovered this when on a trip to Napa to celebrate our friend Richard’s 40th birthday. Both Gretchen and I fell in love with the wine, and occasionally I order a case. I discovered a lone bottle down in the cellar the other day – a very pleasant surprise – and decided Open That Bottle Night was the perfect time to uncork this last bottle.

What will you be drinking?

Open That Bottle Night 2010 is Saturday, February 27th

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