I’ve had $450 bottle of wine... it was amazing
I wonder what $1000 bottle tastes like?
one per day would be easy
(unless he is drinking 10 - $100 bottles per day)
Rich wine lovers have a lot of friends and family over to drink wine, order a lot of wine in restaurants with huge markups, and even then buy and cellar much more wine than they can ever drink, like a record or book collector buying records they won’t spin or books they won’t read (the rule, not the exception).
$30k a month is a lot for you and me, but for a wine-lover who makes $10-$50mm a year? Not a big number of at all. I know a few centimillionaire wine lovers who go low 7 figures net a year, and mid-7 figures gross (they are selling wine at the same time as they are buying it).
Rich wine lovers have a lot of friends and family over to drink wine, order a lot of wine in restaurants with huge markups, and even then buy and cellar much more wine than they can ever drink, like a record or book collector buying records they won’t spin or books they won’t read (the rule, not the exception).
$30k a month is a lot for you and me, but for a wine-lover who makes $10-$50mm a year? Not a big number of at all. I know a few centimillionaire wine lovers who go low 7 figures net a year, and mid-7 figures gross (they are selling wine at the same time as they are buying it).
Nobody should be outraged. It’s his money. He earned it.
Bill Koch was a key playing at uncovering some of the fraud. (He apparently didn't learn, because he went on to buy more fake vintages)
“I wonder what $1000 bottle tastes like?”
Had the opportunity. I was not paying BTW. Not as stellar as you might think!! It is the rarity and pomp you are mostly enjoying. One was a LaTache 90 DRC and the other 61 LaTour Bordeaux.
I’ve quaffed some 82 mouton which bottles cost me on release about $45ea. They sell at auction now in the 800 to 1100 range. Nice wine but would I spend half of that now on one? Only if I was looking to get divorced!!
The best wine is the wine you like regardless of price. There are ample great wines in the market at far less than $100 a bottle if one cares to ignore the cachet some producers maintain.
I’ll stick with my $10.00 a bottle Mussel Bay....delish.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
I discovered a small winery in Briedel, about a 10-15 minute drive from my apartment in Traben-Trarbach. I'd pay him a visit ever 4-6 weeks. On most occasions, he'd include an eiswein or trockenbeerenauslese in the sampling menu. A half bottle of TBA was cheap back then, less than $100. I've seen recent articles where full bottles of the stuff routinely fetch over $1000 a bottle.
I found their website a few months back, and was thrilled when I learned they ship to Texas. My first purchase was a mixed case of spatlese and auslese, and it is world class wine.
My cost, including shipping, was $200 for the entire case. I'm no expert, but I have a very good understanding of Mosel Riesling...after all, I'm a grizzled veteran of at least 50 weinfests in the Mosel Region.
And yes, I know how to properly pronounce the different terms, even taught "hochgewächs" to my 6 YO grandson. lol
To those that say "German wine is too difficult to understand," give me 10 minutes and you'll be as knowledgeable as most wine retailers in the US.
I also follow the website of the "cheap wine expert", Jeff Siegel, aka the Wine Curmedgeon. Bargains can be had everywhere, and the fun is in the looking.
The only difference between a $ 30.00 bottle of wine and a $1,000.00 is the label.
I do not see where it said he was drinking the wine. (Although he probably was)
This could be a $30,000.00 per month investment.
He's Jack Sparrow, just staying in character. It's a business expense and fully deductible.