Spencer Sokale, Glen Ellen, CA: I have a bottle of 1846 Lafite Rothschild that I shall open on June 10th for my friend's 60th birthday.  Can you give me any advice on the proper opening of the bottle, decanting the bottle, or any other information that would help in making this a memorable and wonderful event? I thank you so much for any assistance. me: Do you mean 1846, as you've written, or the wine of your friend's birth year 1946? In both cases the advice is more or less the same as the wine will be very fragile. My suggestion is first to set the scene, and make the old wine taste as...