I always keep a bottle of champagne in the fridge, because of a book I read many years ago. It comes from one of my favorite scenes in Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer. After eloping, the main character’s son, Richard, places a bottle of champagne in the fridge. When his new wife, Florentyna, asks why, he simply says, “For when we have something special to celebrate.” Years pass. And when that moment finally arrives, the bottle is there, chilled and ready. The joy of that scene leapt right off...