...I've always had better luck just falling in love with the wine...
since you put it that way: me too.
which brings us back to topic - the wine.
i still have a bunch of these
1996 Sauternes, because a friend of mine (not a girl-friend, but a close friend) was having a baby in 1996 and since this was a good year for Sauternes, i thought it would be a nice idea to buy several bottles and keep them till her child is 16 or 18 or something and then give it to her on her birthday.
Not too many years left to wait...