(Masslive) - Young versus old.

Talent vs. experience.

Speed vs. skill.

This age-old rivalry between younger and older competitors has been around for centuries, especially when it comes to sports.

In golf, Jordan Spieth and Tiger Woods dominated their sport in their early 20s.

The NBA is filled with basketball players who went straight from high school to the pros, including LeBron James and retired players like Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett.

Teenagers often claim many of the Olympic medals in swimming, gymnastics and recently ski racing. But the young upstarts still have to contend with "older" athletes like 32-year-old Michael Phelps.

And this year's U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York has been dominated by phenomenal teenagers (including Denis Shapovalov, Naomi Osaka and Andrey Rublev) and wily veterans, particularly Venus Williams, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.

My money was on Shapovalov, the 18-year-old Canadian playing in his first U.S. Open, until he lost to Pablo Carreno Busta in the 4th round. Now, I'd say the Open is Nadal's to lose. Although things change fast in tennis and Nadal could easily be out of the Open by the time you read this story.

But it's not just sports where young and old face off against each other.

Some people prefer brand-new houses and cars while others live for restoring classic vehicles or centuries-old homes.

The same is true for wine.

Some people love their wine young, especially fans of Beaujolais Nouveau, France's friendly wine released the third Thursday in November and made with grapes harvested just a few weeks before.

Others wait decades to drink certain wines, especially collectors of wines from France's Bordeaux and Burgundy regions. An entire industry exists which thrives on recommending exactly when to drink certain, older wines from these coveted areas and many other highly-touted places like Napa or Tuscany.

Wines estimated to be at their peak in 20, 30 or 40 years or more often sell for hundreds or even thousands of dollars per bottle.