新年愿望：私人葡萄酒窖大升级

    新年伊始，我们总是会立下很多宏愿。很多人希望取得个人进步、祈求世界和平和梦想有一天能减肥成功，重新穿进以前的牛仔裤等等。每逢新年，我们都会为这些不变的、难以企及的目标努力上几天。

    但对于葡萄酒爱好者来说，花上几天功夫就可能会带来全新的丰厚回报。或许从今年起，我们就可以开始享受葡萄酒收藏带来的好处——而这一切只需投入最少的时间和金钱。

    就让我们从2012年开始，下定决心喝上更有品质的葡萄酒。这就是全球最大的综合性葡萄酒评论网站Snooth推出的“私人专享葡萄酒窖升级大行动”（Build a Better Wine Cellar）项目的第一阶段——花费仅2,500美元。

    第一阶段购买的是售价相对较低，每瓶售价不到30美元的葡萄酒。我也可以只买一瓶葡萄酒，只凭这一笔消费也可以建成这个2,500美元的酒窖，但这既没什么意思，也没什么意义，是吧？

    我希望能帮助人们理解窖藏葡萄酒的价值，并提供一些指南。简言之，建立一个满足基本目的的酒窖无需大笔投资，即可在几年内逐步提供熟化的葡萄酒。

    那么，我梦想的酒窖是什么样的？让我们分阶段和价位逐一来看看：

    2,500美元的酒窖是第一阶段，收藏六箱葡萄酒：种类分八类，每类有三种标牌，每种标牌三瓶，所有葡萄酒单价都不到30美元/瓶。

    5,000美元的酒窖是第二阶段，在2,500美元酒窖的基础上再增加五类葡萄酒，每类有三种标牌，每种标牌三瓶，所有葡萄酒单价都不到60美元/瓶。

    10,000美元的酒窖是第三阶段，在5,000美元酒窖的基础上再增加五类葡萄酒，每类有三种标牌，每种标牌三瓶，所有葡萄酒单价都在100美元/瓶左右。

    20,000美元的酒窖是最高阶段，在10,000美元酒窖的基础上再增加五类葡萄酒，每类有三种标牌，每种标牌三瓶，所有葡萄酒单价都在200-400美元/瓶。

    With the New Year upon us, we tend to be a resolute bunch. Many of our resolutions revolve around self-improvement, peace on earth and fitting into old jeans -- those same old unattainable things we like to devote several days of effort to each new year.

    But several days of effort could pay off handsomely in new ways for wine lovers. This year could be the year you begin to benefit from a wine collection -- with minimum investment of both time and money.

    Make 2012 the year you decide to drink better wine. This is the first installment of the Snooth project to Build a Better Wine Cellar -- for just $2500.

    We're beginning our cellar project by taking a look at some of the options available to people at a relatively modest price point: $30 a bottle. I could buy a single bottle of wine and be done with it, building that $2500 cellar in one purchase, but that's neither fun nor helpful, is it?

    What I'm hoping to do is help people understand where there is value in cellarable wine and with that, offer some pointers. Simply put, one need not invest exorbitant resources in order to build a cellar that satisfies its primary purpose, to supply maturing wines over the course of several years.

    So what does my fantasy cellar look like? Let's break it down by stages and price points:

    The $2500 cellar is stage one and consists of six cases of wine broken down as follows: Eight types of wine, three labels for each type, three bottles each, all at less than $30 a bottle.

    The $5000 cellar is stage two and includes the $2500 cellar plus: Five additional types of wine, three labels of each type, three bottles each, all at less than $60 a bottle,

    The $10,000 cellar is stage three and includes the $5000 Cellar plus: Five additional types of wine, three labels of each type , three bottles each, all at about $100 a bottle.

    The $20,000 cellar is the final stage and includes: Five additional types of wine, three labels of each type, three bottles each, all at $200 to $400 a bottle.