Wine for the Doctor

There's an article today on The NY Times website about the commonly asked question - "What type of gift do you give the family doctor?" Their answer was a surprise to me, but a nice idea nonetheless - give the gift of wine! The article/blog post discusses two prominent wine writers discussing the doctor gift dilemma, and the reasoning behind giving the gift of vino to your favorite physician. Here's a bit of the post, but follow the link above for the whole she-bang.

The columnists said much of their reader mail comes from doctors, so they already knew doctors love wine. But they also learned that a gift of wine from a patient is not uncommon. While doctors appreciate great bottles, they are more touched by gifts of wine that have some special meaning to their patients, such as a bottle from a special trip, from their own cellar or from their home state or country.