Posted on 03/16/2017 8:36:33 AM PDT by simpson96
Much more exciting than the release of Donald’s Trump 2005 tax return was the release of Johnny Depp’s accounts by his business managers a few months ago. Now, there were some fun details, like the fact that Depp spent more than $3 million to blast the ashes of the late writer Hunter S. Thompson out of a specially made cannon. The accounts also mentioned that Depp spent $30,000 a month on wine, a cost that some found even more extravagant than the cannon, causing the Wall Street Journal to ponder, “Is $30,000 A Month Too Much To Spend On Wine?”
The answer, for the average American who may or may not have health care in the foreseeable future, appears to be pretty simple: “Yes.” But surprisingly, the WSJ article leads us to believe, “Maybe not?” Writer Lettie Teague swept her immediate circle of wine dealers, aficionados, and sommeliers, and found that some of these oenophiles could easily spend five figures on a single bottle. Teague states, “Was Jack Sparrow’s wine budget really so big after all? Some wine collectors I talked to didn’t seem to think so.”
Granted, some of these experts included Brad Goldstein, a spokesman for billionaire Bill Koch, who sniffed at Depp’s comparably paltry sum:
““Bill Koch sold a case of 1945 Mouton Rothschild at auction last year for $400,000,” he said. If Mr. Depp’s agents were “trying to show excess, they’re in the wrong place.”
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“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.
Johnny Depp is free to do whatever he can afford to do. I’ve admired his acting before, but in the last few years Ive seen him “out of it” in public, evidence of him being abusive to his wife, and hearing about debaucheries and his steady hyperfocus on appearance and accoutrements.
He seems to be missing some of the depth of life, and focused on superficialities. It is his right to do so.
I find it a waste. It is my right to comment so.
“Harrison Ford likes airplanes”
I heard he’s into collecting parachutes now. :)
Free market baby! Like what you buy, buy what you like!
and wine is the ultimate liquid asset, if you cannot sell it, you can drink and enjoy it!
I could not care less how Johnny Depp spends his money. I just want him to stop telling the rest of us how to spend ours.
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.
Jesus’ first miracle was to turn water into wine.
Dick and Betsy Devos have given away $139 million.
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2017/01/dick_and_betsy_devos_lift_the.html
(I could imagine giving 10's of millions of dollars for Bibles. At $5 each, $50 million could supply 10 million Bibles for those in the world who don't have them )
The only difference between a $ 30.00 bottle of wine and a $1,000.00 is the label.
Not my money, none of my business.
if I could afford it, I'd be buying Pappy VanWinkle by the barrel.
I've found the most important question about wine is, "do you like it?"
Visiting wineries is a favored pastime of mine. I have a deep appreciation for those who produce wine.
I had a roommate in the 1980s that was more into wine than I was, but he found a quite pleasant Spanish wine for $36/case.
It’s his money he gets from idiots who buy the movie tickets. He can spend it however he wants.
Great spirits also age well.
While they at least hold their value they do not appreciate as much as wine.
For some unknown reason.
Goo point. It’s conspicuous consumption, but not necessarily harmful to him. I think most his kids are adults now. His ex-wives are rollin’ in (alimony) dough, so perhaps he really does have a few stray million to toss around with a leaf blower just for the heck of it.
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.
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