Objectively speaking, there is no such thing as the "best wine", and the criteria used to judge it must be defined. Even if you were to take the ratings of all the competent wine guides and choose a best wine from the average, that would only be statistics. But you can ask the question differently:
What is the best or favourite wine for which occasion, in which company, in which mood and in which place? In a restaurant by candlelight, in a beach café with a view of the sea and the starry sky, with business associates after a contract has been signed, in front of a flickering open fire in cosy togetherness, with fish, with a barbecue, at a wine tavern, after a walk in Tuscany or on your 50th wedding anniversary.
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Thorsten Rahn
Restaurantleiter, Sommelier, Weindozent und Autor; Dresden