Wine, Wine, Wine

MSNBC ^ | 18 Sept 2006 | Buz Livingston

[NautiNurse]

If you store your wine in the refrigerator beside your Budweiser, then you are probably all set.

The Budweiser homeowners policy test. Who knew?

[NautiNurse]

Click to be +/- on this low volume wine ping list.

Oenology news ping.

[Panzerlied]

So what do I do with a modest but thoughtfully selected cellar that includes T-bird, Ripple, Cadillac Club and Boone's Appple Mountain?

[martin_fierro]

The insurance premiums would cost more than the damn wine itself.

[MplsSteve]

USA Today posted an interesting article (earlier this year) about how New Orleans handled the loss of so many good bottles of wine during Hurricane Katrina:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2006-06-22-new-orleans-wine_x.htm?csp=34

[conservativehusker]

Reminds me of a story for the insurance business..

A lawyer insures his cigars against fire...he preceded to smoke each one then submits a claim that they were burned up..the courts allegedly agree and the insurance company is obliged to pay the claim...the Insurance company than has the lawyer arrested for arson!

[DollyCali]

A New Kind of Wine. Here it is!

The world's newest and most wonderful wine. . .drink up!

[quantim]

No appraisals are necessary unless you have individual bottles that are worth more than $10,000. All that is required is the actual number of bottles and their aggregate value. Remember that vintages tend to appreciate in value as they age, so it is critical to use the market price

Seems ripe for fraud.  Print a bunch of preferred Petrus labels with the better vintages on a new fancy digital laser printer, dust up the bottles, photograph and catalogue them, and flood the basement.  Hopefully the claims adjuster is skilled enough to sort out the riff-raff.

[NautiNurse]

Pino More

Very punny! ;o)

[NautiNurse]

Seems ripe for fraud.

I would imagine the bottles have some identifier on them. No?

[NautiNurse]

My take from the article is that the wines are already covered under the typical homeowner's policy. However, a big deductible would take a bite out of wine losses, and hurricane deductibles are huge.

[Don Carlos]

If ya add to that Carlo Rossi Paisano, which I keep in a four liter size for guests, that sounds like my cellar.

I'll prolly skip insurance.

[CTOCS]

First, you need to add some Wild Irish Rose and some Mad Dog 20/20!!!

[martin_fierro]

yeah, I know -- was just being silly.

I only drink Two Buck Chuck.

[Gay State Conservative]

I'll have to check with my agent to see if my Ripple is covered.

[Pontiac]

So what do I do with a modest but thoughtfully selected cellar that includes T-bird, Ripple, Cadillac Club and Boone's Appple Mountain?

Forget about your home owners policy and make sure you have an excellent catastrophic health insurance policy.

[quantim]

Some higher end wines are marked by the bottle or case, but that could be faked too.

I think if it were me I'd document the purchase invoice for backup proof of said purchase.

[LibWhacker]

Or, as someone once said:

If You Drink No Noir, You Pinot Noir

[DollyCali]

too funny!

[Pontiac]

Thanks

We should have glass next we meet.