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歲時，我一邊兼職經營夜總會，一邊裝模作樣地學習醫學。那時我就認識到，某些行業所激發的熱情要遠遠高於其它行業。在夜總會這一行，永遠會有男人熱切地投身進來，壓根兒不是爲了錢（箇中原因留給讀者自己揣度吧）。葡萄酒行業亦是如此。葡萄酒鑑賞家更願意把它視爲一個遍地是冒牌內行、可能會本末倒置的行業。
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