My Wine Cellar Journey
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 พ.ค. 2024
- In today's episode, we delve into my wine storage facility, a treasure trove primarily of Bordeaux and other esteemed vintages. Here, amidst the rows of meticulously kept bottles, the Ridge Montebello collection stands out, a testament to the finesse of winemaking.
Great collection! I could feel your passion and enthusiasm for the ones you have collected over the years. Hope to see more of where your passion takes you. : )
Wow.. dream collections.
Fantastic collection Tom. Thanks for sharing. Love how you decide to stop buying when they get too pricey. It’s not blind buying, you put in a lot of thought into it.
I could only hope to amass such a great collection one day, thank you for sharing.
I find it amusing that we as humans buy and collect things we will not benefit from. Most of these "collections " get sold off after our passing. I suppose this is also an investment. Buy a bottle for $100 today, sell it for $300 tomorrow, so to speak. I am guilty of collecting "stuff" also. Enjoyed your video.
Thanks for the tour. That’s really impressive. Enjoy!
Fantastic collection. Thank you for sharing.
Amazing collection..
Put together with brain, and good taste.
Thanks for doing these. Really interesting and informative.
Very impressing..thank you👋
Beautiful collection of wine. Thank you for giving us a tour of your cellar.
Happy Holiday! 🍷
That’s amazing
Great collection, and very envious. Agree with your view on Ridge…from Oz.
Awesome!
Nice collection....what an incredible accomplishment. Cheers 🥂
Nice. Impressive!
What a baller of a collection!! Amazing, merry Christmas Tom
Seen from here, in France, impressive cellar, specially the bordeaux part. You should make a video about what it means to build up such a collection that seems impossible to drink in a lifetime. As an investment, of course, but also, and above all, from a philosophical point of view.
Wow! Just wow… trying to read the boxes as you walk by… I would be set with just a couple of those!
What an amazing collection Tom. Well done!
By the way, can you do a video how you buy at auctions?
This is a very impressive collection! Since you're an experienced Montebello connoisseur, I'd be very interested to hear your thoughts on the latest vintages (2019-2022). Maybe in a future video :). Happy Holidays!
You don't have to go to the retail store any longer! You're set for life!
Very very ver impressive
Thanks for sharing your great collection. It is really amazing. I love watching it. Hope you can get 2014 Ridge magnum soon. Happy holiday!
They are 3L’s not magnums.
@@winemoneysong oh! I thought magnum, but 3L! You are real amazing collector!! Merry Christmas!!
Hey now. Enjoy ya information. Question, which wine action site, do you trust & use thanks. Keep making videos. My buy, list & habits...have gotten better because of you sir thanks.
Wow! I would love to hear you talk about collecting vintage champagne, one of my favorite wines.
Second...Reims and Aube....
Amazing collection! Thank you for the tour. Do you need any new friends from Nashville?
That is a pretty insane cellar, how many bottles are there in total? Can you possibly even drink them all?😅💪
We are going to see soon enough.
Wow, outstanding collection. I saw this case Chateau Climens, I love it. Missing Rhone wines and some italian wines. But I am a Bordeaux guy too. Right bank guy. What are you doing with all this treasures? Do you sell some wine from time to time?
I didn’t show the Rhones but over 12 different vintages of Beaucastel going back to 1978 and multiple cases of Chave and Clape with Cote Roties. I have a lot of 2001 & 2004 Barolo, Barberesco and Brunello. Lately been concentrating on 2010,2015 and 2016 Italians.
A stunning collection. I’m suddenly thirsty 🍷
That’s way too much wine for you to drink alone, you need all the help you can get! I will gladly volunteer ofcourse, just happy to help my fellow man 😂
That’s not a collection of wine…that’s Eldorado!
Thanks, Tom! If you need any help finishin , Let me know.. I tell jokes and great singer after a few glasses. Cheers!
Sounds like a plan.
@@winemoneysong jokes aside.. can you tell me what online auctions you use or recommend? am a newbie to this :) thanks again ! am in texas
Wow, incredible collection, good for you! I do have to say, when I see collections like this it feels like as a newer younger person just starting I have to be a billionaire to ever get wines like that. I mean it seems like if I'm lucky I'll have a single bottle of first growth Bordeaux in my life. Did you buy a lot of those when prices were a lot lower?
Just to put a proper perspective on pricing I acquired 82 Lafite for $408 a case ($34.00 a bottle while Petrus 82 was $612 a case ( $51.00 a bottle). While Gruaud Larose $108 a case ($9 a bottle). These were wholesale prices so add 30% for retail mark up. I generally don’t purchase 1st growth anymore but if I can find prices 30% below market I will nimble. When I was in the trade I paid wholesale prices not retail. 1982 Lafite Rothschild was $412 a case ($34 a bottle).
@@winemoneysong wow, good for you! Seems unimaginable paying those kinds of prices for 1982 Bordeaux royalty. Really appreciate your sharing!
Incredible collection that I could only dream of having one day. I see some upright bottles scattered throughout the cellar. Are you worried the cork will dry out on these?
The cork doesn’t dry out on wines in cellars that have proper humidity and temperature control
Those are wines I only have bottles of and expect to use them soon. You put bottles upright so the sediment settles so you can pour pure, clear wine.
Here in the UK it's much more cost effective to keep the wines in a bonded warehouse for about £1/bottle/year: 15°C, 55% humidity year-round, insurance included. No sweat😅
I have moved my wine collection five times in the last thirty years and three of those times it was more than thirty minutes from my residence. When you don’t have them near by to wander thru it defeats the idea of ownership. My cellar is less then 15 minutes away and I am a principal in the building where my wines are stored so I can access them anytime I want (I have the security code) plus my cost is much lower because I have a piece of the building where the wines are stored. You need your wines in a near by proximity or what the point of ownership. It is like possessing fine art that’s locked away in a vault away from human view.
@@winemoneysong space is really expensive in London and myself being middle class I wouldn't be able to afford anything more than a wine fridge which is what I have at home. So for me a bonded warehouse is the only viable option besides it's tax-exempt until collection. If I decide to trade it rather than drink it I don't even have to pay any taxes and it's capital-gains exempt as well.
Very interesting. Many of those of us in the UK will store with a reputable merchant in in bond climate controlled conditions where alas it's not so easy to pop in a say good morning to your wines. Is that a temp/humidity controlled environment you have space in?
My facility has a temperature range of 55 degrees and 60 degrees and humidity between 60 & 80%. The key is gradual temperature and humidity changes. I need to give 24 hour notice to visit the storage facility but I know the management so I have flexibility.
Well he's very rich! 😮
Your collection is impressive! Did i misundurstood that you made it within 4 years? Wich seems unreal to me. But now it is time to drink them. Right?
Over 40 years.
Have you recently tasted Duhart-Milon ‘05? I tasted it the other day and was incredibly disappointedw
Had the 1982 Duhart Milon recently and it was stellar but the 2005 is not my favorite. One of the the under performing 2005’s.
@@winemoneysong In general I’ve been very disappointed by ‘05. They either are nowhere near being ready to drink or they are underperforming with the latter being more common.
I am 40 but I would start drinking all of it today in fear of not living long enough to been able to drink them… whats the point of keeping these if you are not selling?
Pride of ownership and appreciating value are two reasons to possess rare commodities while I do have a plan on liquidating my inventory if I pass before I expect. I have access to all the channels of distribution because of my many years in the wine industry.
@@winemoneysong that make sense. in that case, beyond all the good stuff, its a commodity…
I think i just got an erec$ion..😂😂
I just want to meet you for drinks and hear stories all night long
I tell many stories about my life in the wine business in these U Tube episodes. I could just recommend this wine over that wine but I want to humanize the world of wine thru my many experiences and relationships and I chose to relate stories to connect to my viewers. I try not to pontificate but to open a discussion. My passion for wine has given me great joy while affording me a good living. My U Tube channel is my way of paying forward what I owe the wine business.
@@winemoneysong and that it why I have loved your channel since the beginning
invite me. i will help drink it.. burp. 😇
Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; instead lay up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal. Because where your treasure is, your heart will also be. Good Dies Natalis Sol Invictus from Rome 🔆. Your video convinced me to open a 2009 Chateau Clinet. ✝️🌹