Birthday wine

My birthday, as previously mentioned, is coming up. In addition to looking for a cool restaurant to dine at I'm looking at picking up a special bottle of something. I tried some nice Spanish wines at a tasting last Monday, perhaps one of those. Priorat? Rioja? Or keep it in the US? Or maybe Italy? A nice barbaresco or brunello? Thoughts or ideas? I'd love to hear 'em! I'll follow up and post about whatever does come of it all!