The emotion of HK people has faced a tremendous up and down at the past month— with touching moment as well as cheating and outwitting plots. The reaction is unexpected but the end is expected. It seems to be a drama series happened in the reality, while someone believe it is a sad story, escapade, a wake up from a dream or the start of a dream… I have lived for several decades, and very understand the meaning of “Things are often not in our control, and cannot end perfectly.” your expected results are not usually paralleled with the reality…… The same meaning applies to winemaking, every winemaker tries their best effort annually in order to make the best vintage. However, the unpredictable climate is out of their control. Thus, the wine collections in each vintage has different result— masterpiece or failure, but this uncertainty is the most interesting thing for wine, and deserve us to keep on studying and criticizing it. When we say wine has a life, it also reflect our lives! The election of 2017 Chief Executive selection finally ended with nothing to say…. “Light up a lantern with one breath, comes to an unforgettable moment and strikes a chord! ” It can be the expectation of the Bordeaux winemakers, we just wait and see the result of Bordeaux En primeur this year is expected or surprisingly unexpected! 過去一個月，香港人的心情像坐過山車一樣大起大落，有感動人心的一幕，也有爾虞我詐、波譎雲詭的劇情，反應是意料之外、結局卻是意料之內，活像是發生在現實中的一齣連續劇，有人覺得是悲劇、有人覺得是惡作劇、有人覺得現在是夢醒了、也可能現在才是夢的開始⋯⋯ 做了幾十年人，很清楚，世事往往不在我們掌控之中，很多事都不能有完美的結局，你期待的結果，很多時候都事與願違⋯⋯正如葡萄酒亦一樣，每個釀酒師每一年都用盡心力，希望做出突破的佳釀，但氣候變幻莫測，亦不是在釀酒師掌控之內，因此每一個年份造出來的葡萄酒，都有不同的結果，有曠世之作、也有失敗之流；但這樣的不確定性才是葡萄酒最有趣的地方，才值得我們不斷鑽研、不斷品評，我們說葡萄酒有生命，其實也反映了我們的生命！ 特首選舉已經曲終人散有結果，也沒有什麼好說的⋯⋯「憑一口氣. 點一盞燈. 念念不忘. 必有迴響！」這可能也是波爾多釀酒師們的期盼，我們現在唯有看看今年波爾多期酒出來的結果會是預期之內、還是喜出望外吧！
