Sorting the Abandoned Resort Wine Cellar, How Much is it Worth???

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  • @OffTheRanch
    @OffTheRanch  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

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    • @christianwenninger5928
      @christianwenninger5928 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Fly out the LA BEAST and have him taste test the old wines

    • @p_campbell
      @p_campbell 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Please take it all to a person who can make it into Brandy. It can be Demo yak

    • @andymontesano9935
      @andymontesano9935 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Matt holler at me if you would like to make a brandy, idk how to communicate thru youtube, but i could help either make it or find a distiller that could

    • @a1mgamezz230
      @a1mgamezz230 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Take all the bad ones to your range there plenty of targets

    • @eugeneriebeek6106
      @eugeneriebeek6106 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That would be Brandy not Whiskey, age 15 years and you would have Bunker Branding Brandy

  • @andymontesano9935
    @andymontesano9935 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +845

    Matt, trained distiller here, we could save what’s left of that wine and turn it into brandy! Whiskey is made from corn and malt etc…I can help turn that old wine into brandy and you could age that brandy with wood from your ranch or in white oak barrels

    • @fancyanna330
      @fancyanna330 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      That's a great idea!!

    • @krislarsen6546
      @krislarsen6546 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Hell yeah 👍

    • @zanestutzman
      @zanestutzman 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Like so he sees

    • @vesahonkanen9266
      @vesahonkanen9266 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      This is the best idea!

    • @misiomor
      @misiomor 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Aging any alcohol in wood is kind of tricky. The main goal is to oxidize all the fusel alcohols (from the wine itself or a primitive still with no rectification) into esters by controlled exposure to air. The wood itself gives the brandy some character too, yet there is such thing like too much of a good thing here - all the tannins and other compounds. This is why wooden barrels used previously for some wine like Port or Sherry are in high demand for maturing brandy or whisky.

  • @inkilingofakind
    @inkilingofakind 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4129

    Matt should collaborate with the whiskey tribe to turn all the wine into whiskey.

    • @VikingNidhogg
      @VikingNidhogg 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

      This is what I said

    • @VikingNidhogg
      @VikingNidhogg 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +102

      But it won't be a whiskey.

    • @samuelstrausbaugh4476
      @samuelstrausbaugh4476 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +115

      Hell yeah. I already put in a request with them as a patreon member

    • @fishnado7914
      @fishnado7914 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +203

      Brandy* It can't become whiskey

    • @RooTBeeRthe1st
      @RooTBeeRthe1st 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

      @whiskeytribe could make a cool colab for sure!

  • @CraftyZA
    @CraftyZA 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +375

    Correction. If you distill wine you do not get whiskey, but rather brandy.
    Grains = whiskey
    Fruit = Brandy
    I can hook you up, but unfortunately I'm in South Africa.
    When looking for a distiller... please use someone that is going to double distill using an alembic pot still. If you use columns you going to strip away too much of the flavour.

    • @alexwilliams7836
      @alexwilliams7836 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Here in Texas we have a few companies that might be down for the challenge such as Balcones distillery or The Whiskey Tribe which is a whiskey review and marketing group who now owns a distillery and they do some experimental stuff all the time.

    • @mylifewithmarmalade4624
      @mylifewithmarmalade4624 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yes, it would be brandy not whiskey. Would be an interesting experiment though.

    • @docferringer
      @docferringer 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Considering they are complaining about the taste, I think the pot still can sit this one out.

    • @corbinclements2222
      @corbinclements2222 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I was about to point this out. Definitely make some Brandy

  • @amandabryant19
    @amandabryant19 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +222

    Hey Matt and Mare! I'm Amanda from Moonshiners on Discovery Channel. I heard you might want some wine distilled! I'd be happy to do it for ya or with you guys.. I can show you how it's done. If you distill that you'll get a Brandy. Whiskey is grains, Brandy is grapes. I been watching your adventures forever. If you need some wine made into liquor let me know😅. Love you guys!

    • @turdferguson7686
      @turdferguson7686 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      the magic of youtube, bringing people from all the way across the country together to make moonshine from 20 year old spoiled wine. pretty sure i had something similar in college circa when that wine was still good and im still not sure if ive im still not sure if i back in circa when that college was still good ive fully recovered from it! was pretty good stuff so good luck with your moonshining meetup. everyone loves a good crossover!

    • @jayb7571
      @jayb7571 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      She's the best in the business! That would be a great collaboration

    • @tsideas5541
      @tsideas5541 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ciroc is grape vodka... could this wine be turned into something like that?

    • @Thunderchickenbr549
      @Thunderchickenbr549 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Awesome; too bad they are trolling you. Idk.😂

    • @StrangerDanger69-dt7yf
      @StrangerDanger69-dt7yf 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hey Amanda from moonshiners! I'd love to come on over and bang ya!

  • @guillermodelnoche
    @guillermodelnoche 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +839

    I owned a vineyard and there was a wine glut so I turned my wine into vinegar. You are sitting on minimum 10’s of thousands of dollars in Desperado Vinegar. All you do it put it in tubs covered and it naturally becomes vinegar and extracts a mother from the air. I had 64 gallons that yielded $65k. You have much much more.

    • @Sophie-and-Ken
      @Sophie-and-Ken 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      It’s already vinegar.

    • @janetallison363
      @janetallison363 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      😳😲

    • @jimdent351
      @jimdent351 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Are you recommending to blend it all into one batch? Wouldn't that ruin the flavor? One more thing. How long will it take to become vinegar? I tried once with a quart jar on the counter top that evaporated away without becoming vinegar.

    • @guillermodelnoche
      @guillermodelnoche 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      @@jimdent351 I blended my varietals and it was brilliant. I did giant batches so I had minimal evaporation. Table wine to vinegar conversion should take a week or less in a cool dark place from a single bottle.

    • @jimdent351
      @jimdent351 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@guillermodelnoche Thanks for the reply. Oddly, my attempt at making wine didn't go even after several months. How cool of a temp do you recommend? I have some older bottles lying around from some of my past vintages that I'd like to attempt once more. Thanks.

  • @jarheadcollector4560
    @jarheadcollector4560 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +568

    As a member of the Whiskey Tribe, I have to say Crowded Barrel, who is also local to Texas does amazing experiments distilling whiskey and alcohols. Reach out to them!!!!

    • @RooTBeeRthe1st
      @RooTBeeRthe1st 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @whiskeytribe could make a cool colab for sure!

    • @gradertfamilymakes
      @gradertfamilymakes 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I second this

    • @lesrawson95
      @lesrawson95 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes definitely crowded barrel

    • @PaulSamolyk
      @PaulSamolyk 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's also only like 1.5 hours away!

    • @KLSMTL
      @KLSMTL 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      lol ur a member of a whiskey tribe and dont know that alcohol from a wine is called #Brandy

  • @David-H-Aces
    @David-H-Aces 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +246

    If you do turn that wine to any other alcohol please be sure and save the bottles. Sign them with a silver sharpie or something like that and sell them in the new gift shop once you have the place up and running. Lots of us would love to own a part of what the property had when you bought it to make it great again! Keep up the great work you are all doing. Great team you have there Matt!

    • @jagerbush3575
      @jagerbush3575 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That’s a really cool idea!

  • @caitlyncampbell4214
    @caitlyncampbell4214 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Just so you know, what’s listed on the menu isn’t the cost of the bottle… like Meiomi is $20 a bottle in the stores but at a resort or restaurant it’s around $44

    • @scottgrdina5599
      @scottgrdina5599 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Retail markup is 1.5 times wholesale and in the restaurant its 3 times wholesale unless they are the really high end bottles.

  • @Dsarah86
    @Dsarah86 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +931

    If nothing else. You'll have a "How many bottles of wine does it take to stop a 50cal" video.

    • @a.jvanzanten8445
      @a.jvanzanten8445 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      i like the way you think

    • @williamwofford2503
      @williamwofford2503 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 awesome but can you imagine the smell after EEEWWWW🤢

    • @KingLando704
      @KingLando704 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      This would be awesome

    • @gob7116
      @gob7116 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Hope Matt can use the 50 opened bottles for this while doing another vid with the sealed ones. Efficiency and more vids!

    • @LjbearGaming
      @LjbearGaming 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@williamwofford2503frrr

  • @3DThrills
    @3DThrills 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +444

    The teenagers in that town are a disgrace, that they failed to find that liquor.

    • @pedromunoz5630
      @pedromunoz5630 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Been sitting in 100 degree weather for how many years?

    • @3DThrills
      @3DThrills 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They should have found it 19 years ago, instead of just breaking windows.@@pedromunoz5630

    • @macgyver9134
      @macgyver9134 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +61

      @@pedromunoz5630 They had 20 years to find it. They could have found it 20 years ago before it spoiled.

    • @Tony-InLosAngeles
      @Tony-InLosAngeles 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      FR

    • @ganvalexposure2163
      @ganvalexposure2163 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I thought the same thing! What a shame someone wasn't able to drink it. 😂😂

  • @ADDBlacksmith
    @ADDBlacksmith 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +128

    Seems like Matt needs to make a new wine cellar deep underground so even if it loses power it can stay "relatively" cool

    • @bobbob-ze9zo
      @bobbob-ze9zo 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      unfortunately stored wine does not work like that You do need to take care of it ,not just temperature .

    • @bevandarke2300
      @bevandarke2300 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bobbob-ze9zonope not really the whole turning thing is bullshit and will actually hinder the aging process

    • @walterfletcher
      @walterfletcher 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I've been in a couple wineries' cellars in Napa and it can be done. You have to go really deep, though, and limit access in the warmer months.

    • @AussieWalkthroughs
      @AussieWalkthroughs 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      you need to turn wine every so often, plus keep it at 8degrees celsius (guessing but i think that's 40-44F)

    • @scottgrdina5599
      @scottgrdina5599 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The proper storage temperature for red wine is 55 degrees. A lot of people in the comments with little to no wine knowledge with really bad opinions.

  • @dutycalls6559
    @dutycalls6559 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Matt, you should definitely look at clearing land down by the river and having a Camping/RV section on the resort. Low over head and you’d be able to offset the reno for the resort.

  • @b08m4rt1n
    @b08m4rt1n 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +247

    Doubt Matt or the crew will see this, but that flower painted bottle "1996 Perrier Jouet" EMPTY is worth about $40 to a collector. Might get a little more because of the box. The bottles are hand painted.

    • @Pricey108
      @Pricey108 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      i saw that wine on the list #666 at $197

    • @porkchopsammies79
      @porkchopsammies79 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      i don't believe perrier jouet hand paints their belle epoques (aka fleur de champagne pre-2002). whenever champagnes put the vintage date on the bottle it means it was a good year for the grapes and can charge a premium for the quality. still, tens of thousands get released and i find it difficult to wrap my head around hand painting each bottle. painted, sure, but likely via machine.

    • @seanlaverty40
      @seanlaverty40 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@porkchopsammies79 makers mark wax dips 23 million bottles per year by hand

    • @caitlyncampbell4214
      @caitlyncampbell4214 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Also Clase Azul tequila is all hand painted bottles.

  • @d0h
    @d0h 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +540

    I feel like Whiskey Tribe needs to connect with Matt and do a "Will it Distill?" episode with these wines.

    • @932goldengates
      @932goldengates 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      you can distill the wine , but it won't make whiskey.

    • @gothabilly5
      @gothabilly5 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      It will that is how you get brandy, cognac, grappa

    • @PoschSpice30
      @PoschSpice30 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was just about to say the same thing before I saw this. I couldn't agree more

    • @acoop101
      @acoop101 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      this

    • @ryanpickett5747
      @ryanpickett5747 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      100% whiskey tribe

  • @UKGuns
    @UKGuns 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    It's awesome that they let Mikey run free in the pasture. In his natural habitat. Can we get a Mikey appreciation fan club already? Also, I never thought I would hear Matt say "I hope he gets ploughed by a ram" 0.o I'm not sure that means what you think it means Matt 😂

    • @bloodthorne77
      @bloodthorne77 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      *Insert Archer "Phrasing" .gif here.*

  • @rolfwolf6738
    @rolfwolf6738 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    So funny to hear and see German language as a native speaker :D BTW No.574 should be written as "Piesporter Goldtröpfechen". Directly translatet means Goldtröpfchen gold droplet. May be just marketing or it is namend after the growing area :) Nearly all wines from your menu under section Germany seems to come from one of our federal states "Saarland". Its in the west of Germany. Famous for wine. Mosel and Saar are two rivers in that state as well. Pflaz is also knowen for very good wines. Pflaz is a region of another state calles Rheinland-Pflaz. Recommendation for all wine lovers :) Best from Frankfurt am Main

    • @Seelenschmiede
      @Seelenschmiede 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Als Pfälzer frage ich mich wo die Pflaz ist...

  • @WineOnTheDime
    @WineOnTheDime 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +311

    First, as a winetuber in San Antonio, I love the fact that you posted this video. There are some pretty cool looking bottles in that collection. Second, some of the other folks have mentioned reaching out to Whiskey Tribe to help with the distilling of the wine into whiskey... well, it would probably end up as Brandy since you need another base for fermentation to make whiskey. They are in Dripping Springs and are super awesome folks. I'm sure that they would love to help you with that task.

    • @leeadams776
      @leeadams776 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I have no knowledge of wine, but I do cook and can. But if you start with a wine that the flavor isn't good, how can you distill it to have good flavor. You can't make something taste good when you start with bad flavor. Just wondering.

    • @silentbob151a
      @silentbob151a 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      that would make a awesome colab video. just keep Brianna Bananna away from your guns

    • @WineOnTheDime
      @WineOnTheDime 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@silentbob151a this is an understatement...

    • @Manaxxss
      @Manaxxss 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Well if you are any kind of wine pro, you would know that all those bottles are 100% cooked in that heat and are all worthless! trying to resell them would be a scam!

    • @FrozenSolidM5
      @FrozenSolidM5 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Manaxxss he never once mentioned selling them, he said some of the bottles were "cool looking"

  • @tonysykora1
    @tonysykora1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +201

    Matt, Just an Idea. When you editing your video, have a small see through map up in one of the corners (lower right) and Highlight the area of the Desperado that you are at as you start the scene. When you move to a different area, then change the highlighted of the map on screen. Hope this helps.

    • @Dylan_Lanckman
      @Dylan_Lanckman 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      that would be great actually!

    • @dohmster
      @dohmster 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      a mini map!

    • @marcimli3231
      @marcimli3231 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      You definitely are a gamer 😂

    • @writerabc
      @writerabc 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@marcimli3231or a graphic designer, more likely

  • @suziesullivan8132
    @suziesullivan8132 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Opus one is an extremely expensive wine. That box is probably very valuable! I would definitely be careful with that box because that box alone, is probably worth about $1000 with the wine inside of it.

    • @vasilikonstan
      @vasilikonstan 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Not too expensive really, compared to others. Less than $400 a bottle. And those boxes come for free when you order a six pack, so they're not really worth much. If you want to get your hands on one, call a high end restaurant. They typically order lots of that wine.

  • @Rockwoodrebel
    @Rockwoodrebel 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    The wine bottle edit when Jen picked the bottle off the top shelf was pretty sweet!

  • @brucebenson9651
    @brucebenson9651 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +208

    As a Food & Beverage Director at a Caribbean luxury resort, I'm in tears. After 2017 hurricanes Irma and Maria hit us, our entire high end wine colection inventory was immediately an insurance claim because our coolers were down with no way of cooling it for months. You had some amazing wines in that inventory... just sad. Good luck on whiskey. Our insurance company never had that recommendation. Lol.

    • @someonesomewheresomdeday
      @someonesomewheresomdeday 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      yea.... it's all ruined.

    • @jamesleutshe5664
      @jamesleutshe5664 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      It's complete garbage, so sad. You can't make whiskey from wine though. Maybe brandy, but I'm not sure spoiled/ruined wine would make good brandy.

    • @erikjohnson1412
      @erikjohnson1412 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      🤝. Man it’s been a bit but yup, same reaction lol. Industry ppl past and current be losing it lol.

    • @obad7633
      @obad7633 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@jamesleutshe5664 trust me you can there's a whole community that does it. Whiskey is a general term for a process you're thinking of bourbon that has strict guidelines

    • @dylonpress7034
      @dylonpress7034 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@obad7633 making moonshine involves even more strict rules

  • @mikecain1000
    @mikecain1000 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +167

    I am just amazed that all those bottles of wine sat there for 20+ years and nobody found it sooner. There had to be people back when the resort closed down that had knowledge of all that wine being there.

    • @indianaslim4971
      @indianaslim4971 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +61

      I worked at a restaurant that closed unexpectedly with the last paycheck unobtainable, you bet I walked away with an armful of Johnnie Walker...

    • @toolologist6274
      @toolologist6274 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      I'm guessing when it went out of business someone locked access to the property so nobody could take anything and the bankers didn't want to bother.

    • @billy9928
      @billy9928 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      No kids or anyone snooped around enough in 20+ years to find it. So strange.

    • @BritishTeaLover
      @BritishTeaLover 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      I mean, it was locked up pretty well, random kids walking around wouldn't be carrying the tools needed to break in.

    • @darthjarjar2742
      @darthjarjar2742 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      ​@@BritishTeaLoveryou underestimate the power of teenagers when it comes to destroying shit

  • @williambell8520
    @williambell8520 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Those opus one bottles are amazing, 2002 one bottle goes for $400 to $1300 and the fact that they are signed too wow great find

  • @voanncr
    @voanncr 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    Would be cool to see you design/build some kind of wine bottle wall with the bottles you can't salvage

  • @Condor987
    @Condor987 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +64

    Ok so it won’t be whiskey, it would technically be brandy. There’s a chance it’s not possible since there may no longer be any alcohol content left to distill. But definitely call the Crowded Barrel Whiskey Company in Austin. They love weird experiments and have lots of experience.

    • @stoltzld80
      @stoltzld80 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The alcohol should still be there, just oxidized making it taste like ass until it's distilled.

  • @rickh9396
    @rickh9396 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +194

    The temperatures that wine storage room reached probably ruined every single bottle, regardless of whether they were on their sides or any other conditions.

    • @DabToTheFuture
      @DabToTheFuture 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      That was my first thought when he said that

    • @VENOMS_WRAITH
      @VENOMS_WRAITH 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I was going to say the same thing.

    • @marknelson8724
      @marknelson8724 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I agree. It is too bad as there were some potentially great bottles there.

    • @KayInMaine
      @KayInMaine 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I think so too.

    • @tammywragg6254
      @tammywragg6254 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ywa I think they knew that the second they qalked into the riom

  • @Darklordcttx
    @Darklordcttx 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Check some of the bottles that were on there sides. Especially the ones in the wooden box. Those actually may ztill well be good. They were sealed from any exposure to air and the vorks should eb in awesome shape.

  • @Fenfie
    @Fenfie 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    really enjoying the editing style on these abandoned resort videos

  • @edsmetaldetecting31
    @edsmetaldetecting31 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +152

    Mikey seems to be a loyal friend and hard worker!!

    • @Mina_Angel
      @Mina_Angel 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Ya, Mikey is so cool and awesome. Glad Matt can find awesome friends.

    • @johnnyblue07
      @johnnyblue07 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      We love MIkey. Love his energy.

    • @jannettaktibbs7268
      @jannettaktibbs7268 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      We all love Mikey. Up for anything Matt can throw at him. What a guy. ❤

  • @markdahshark3694
    @markdahshark3694 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Collab with the guys from Whiskey Tribe? They’re out of the Austin area and like doing experiments making whiskeys. Might even be able to sell some bottles

  • @Redneck0784
    @Redneck0784 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +85

    Matt throws the pen, Jenna: Matt! *eye rolls* like a mother when her kids are being dumb. Jenna is definitely Mother Demo. She keeps all the children in line.

    • @bloodthorne77
      @bloodthorne77 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well, she TRIES to keep them in line...

  • @sandrasummers7030
    @sandrasummers7030 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You should use all of the bottles to make a bottle stucco wall for a patio on the new ranch. Maybe for part of a breakfast/coffee patio area?

  • @joeblow1274
    @joeblow1274 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +95

    As a former food and beverage manager at a resort, generally speaking alcohol costs are only about 21% from the distributer. Wine purchased in bulk will be even less. And often those random cases not on the wine list are free promotional items. From experience that was probably a few thousand dollars worth of wine.

    • @marvindebot3264
      @marvindebot3264 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah, you beat me to it, the markup for a restaurant on wine is massive. Those $200 bottles are probably $70 retail.

    • @andrewpickering5413
      @andrewpickering5413 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      You’re right about the markup, unfortunately It doesn’t matter, they are all worthless because of the temperatures they’ve been exposed to!

    • @Tony-InLosAngeles
      @Tony-InLosAngeles 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I wonder who is going to start taking the hospitality business classes; cause none of these guys have a clue about restaurants or hotels other than eating and sleeping.

    • @marvindebot3264
      @marvindebot3264 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Tony-InLosAngeles Yup, that 's rather obvious, huh?

  • @rogerasterick2677
    @rogerasterick2677 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    Yes distill it (or bring it to a distiller) PS. Wine make brandy (fruits). Grains makes whiskey. ‘’Desperado Ranch Exclusive Brandy”.

    • @Sophie-and-Ken
      @Sophie-and-Ken 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      This is not wine, it’s vinegar. Zero alcohol left.

    • @lobstermendez
      @lobstermendez 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@Sophie-and-Ken I bet there is still some alcohol but it is very little.

  • @user-jc2qs3yv3i
    @user-jc2qs3yv3i 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Another good channel to get ahold of for info on what to do with the wine would be "Still It". He is based in New Zealand and has quite a bit of experience with making spirits from random things. Other youtubers have used his advise to good effect.

  • @wRAAh
    @wRAAh 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    11:38 The Perrier Jouët - The Fleur de Champagne is on the list right above the Dom Perignon you just pointed out. My guess is that the wooden case of Opus One is the most valuable thing you have there. A case of six like that will fetch around €2500 (€3000) over here. My guess is that the wine cellar was way too hot so they might be spoilt.

    • @jeffreymiller9808
      @jeffreymiller9808 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Opus, Turnbull, BV Tapestry or Georges III, unbelievable that someone could be that ignorant on storing Wines in this manner. What a waste….🔥💣👈🍷

  • @LeakyJoosbox
    @LeakyJoosbox 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Just a thought. You brought up turning the burned down building into a restaurant and in this video you mentioned a burger for lunch and beer with dinner. You have a lot of land obviously. Partner with a distillery and build a new distillery and brewery on the resort. Now you got Desperado whiskey, beer, ect. Available at the restaurant and even offer bottles/cans in a gift shop/resort store for people to buy and take home or just keep in their room during their stay. Just a thought that could be very profitable and also cool to have and single this resort out even more from others

    • @jeffv536
      @jeffv536 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Demo Ranch Distillery, Desperado Distillery

    • @LeakyJoosbox
      @LeakyJoosbox 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jeffv536 exactly

  • @JayRoss11
    @JayRoss11 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Jenna with the "slap the bag". Love it!! I was sitting here thinking same thing. Yes we smashed many box/bag wines that way 😂😂

  • @Plrbear98
    @Plrbear98 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That looks like a LOT of good targets for the range!

  • @dtournie
    @dtournie 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    If you’re using menu prices you aught to divide it by 3. There’s usually a 300% markup on bottles. It’s been pretty standard to do it for a while too.

  • @philbert006
    @philbert006 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    If you distill the alcohol out of the wine you have brandy/cognac depending on the type of wine and how you distill and cut the alcohol. Really old high dollar wine turned to vinegar can in some instances be almost as valuable as old wine.

  • @madmanmancuso4827
    @madmanmancuso4827 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Nice find.... The Opus One Prime Cellar Lists for 400+ USD a bottle. However the storage was, at best, 'highly questionable.' Most of the wines will not be good as the storage temperature fluctuation was extreme. You just might get lucky with a few of the sparkling wines, for personal consumption.

    • @SA12String
      @SA12String 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Port might have survived as well, being a fortified wine. Extra alcohol inhibits vinegar creation. Could still be ruined though.

    • @madmanmancuso4827
      @madmanmancuso4827 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SA12String Actually Port is the only 'wine' that travels well. If the corks are OK it is probably still good.

    • @porkchopsammies79
      @porkchopsammies79 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@madmanmancuso4827 $6 1ltr bottle has me dubious that it was ever good.

  • @tln25
    @tln25 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Matt- I own a distillery in Iowa, we run a pot still. We have worked with a winery before distilling their wine mash- interesting profile.
    Wildcat Distilling Co.

  • @JoshLock98
    @JoshLock98 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    You need to get in touch with the guys at Whiskey Tribe! I'm sure they can help

  • @rossreynolds9668
    @rossreynolds9668 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    Can we just take a second to appreciate the editor? The b roll transitions are incredible.

    • @Modelo646
      @Modelo646 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I would say it is still probably Mat, but idk.
      Maybe he has an editor now.

    • @yourname8714
      @yourname8714 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Modelo646 Man has dozens of employees by now. And multiple businesses to manage, i'd like to think he still does it himself but it's fairly unlikely and for him probably something that would take up a lot of valuable time better invested elsewhere. idk props if he still does it tho

  • @aleveraj
    @aleveraj 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Chilean here, That Seña wine was delicious when put on the market!!!
    BTW, wine prices have inflated waaaaay more than regular inflation. Take that same wine for example. It was less than $100 in the US, and now it goes for $350 here in Chile. So I guess your true total would be much more when properly adjusted.

  • @Tamcginn
    @Tamcginn 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    also the Mondavi Chilean wine is amazing too! My Dad owned a liquor store and I've definitely tried many of those good ones!

  • @Axelfree19
    @Axelfree19 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Watching and paying attention to the quality of edits gives me so much more appreciation for the longer videos

  • @stankaliski
    @stankaliski 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Of course Mere is around when wine is involved 🤣🤣🤣
    When I worked in a warehouse for a liquor distributor, those bag in a box bladders piss for a week when the get a small hole in them. 😁

  • @TallTimbersUSA
    @TallTimbersUSA 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That Opus One is outstanding, hands down my favorite red.

  • @MadisonPrimo
    @MadisonPrimo 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    ok weird but cool idea... you could have the wine bottles that are bad cut, so they are drinking glasses so your not having to waste glass, but you also get glass wear for the resort and its a little piece of history for the place... just an idea i thought you would like

    • @ashleyc7287
      @ashleyc7287 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That would be cool!

  • @rheinstahl2695
    @rheinstahl2695 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Maybe you should reach out to the fellows at Whiskey Tribe and ask them if theyre up for it

  • @robertdurkin7596
    @robertdurkin7596 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow lots of old wine bottles, great for collectors!😉

  • @stephensulewski3670
    @stephensulewski3670 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hasn't heard of opus one....omg, you hit the jackpot there!!!

  • @CokeLoverJohn
    @CokeLoverJohn 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Matt should contact the whiskey tribe. Would make for a great Collab between the channels

  • @Thatlukeguy69
    @Thatlukeguy69 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +78

    It’s been 20 seconds and can confirm it’s a off the ranch classic

    • @AngryStoner
      @AngryStoner 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Its a spoonkid classic

    • @Happybara_
      @Happybara_ 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      The Raycon commercial?

    • @Chesterfield.Esquire98
      @Chesterfield.Esquire98 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      🤡

    • @bobsnedekers
      @bobsnedekers 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Word

    • @barle5xcharkley
      @barle5xcharkley 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Mhhhmmm raycon commercial is all time

  • @vanessahorvat2824
    @vanessahorvat2824 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love your videos, and I’m a huge wine fan…. Having said this, all these bottles are in different stages of decay. Fun to watch you discover them all, but these are not for consumption. When it runs brown, it’s not a good sign.

  • @resentfusion5634
    @resentfusion5634 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for the video glhf

  • @lukeeisenberger4872
    @lukeeisenberger4872 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Ripping out those vintage wooden wine cellars doors killed the Hvac refer tech in me. If they aren’t damaged I want them

    • @NCHeel
      @NCHeel 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      It's funny they destroyed those valuable doors to get to the worthless wine.

    • @lukeeisenberger4872
      @lukeeisenberger4872 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@NCHeel fr those doors are very valuable to the right person.

  • @CptFUBAR
    @CptFUBAR 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Y'ALL!!! RED ALERT!! You gotta reach out to the Whisk(e)y Tribe who are literal EXPERTS on makin funky and new whiskies. They run a nonprofit educational side as well. Best of all, THEY'RE IN AUSTIN. PLEASE please reach out to them
    Edit: Accidental Profanity

  • @tkwheeler4577
    @tkwheeler4577 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Empty the bottles and lay on their sides to make a statement wall. The sun coming through the bottles would be beautiful!

  • @jorunnpedersen817
    @jorunnpedersen817 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love all your video, Love to you all from Norway 🌹👍👍💕

  • @chrishunt5727
    @chrishunt5727 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    You can distill wine again to make brandy but be careful of the varieties that you mix together or your flavors might be horrible. Make small batches first before a larger run. Save the bottles as many are collectors items, especially the hand painted champagne bottles from France. You can display or sell later

    • @Sophie-and-Ken
      @Sophie-and-Ken 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You can’t distill vinegar.

    • @JayMac
      @JayMac 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Sophie-and-Ken For the love of god please tell me this is sarcasm.. These days i highly doubt it

    • @ericnagui5416
      @ericnagui5416 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      yes the hand painted bottles are some of the best champagne in france peoples keep them as souvenirs 😊

  • @jordanlibke
    @jordanlibke 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Some of those bottles might still be worth something as displays honestly.

    • @KayInMaine
      @KayInMaine 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      The hand painted Perrier bottles are definitely worth something even empty because of their age and beauty!

  • @MarcusFranzen-sn9uu
    @MarcusFranzen-sn9uu 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi, i just watched the video here in Germany and just identified one of the wine. Its from the cousin of my sister in law.
    That winery ist called Fritz Haag (seen in 3:02). Its funny that a small winery from Brauneberg at the River "Mosel" is a part of the Abandoned Resort.

  • @jeffreyspencer7761
    @jeffreyspencer7761 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Greatest video ever......not, but was alot of fun!! Thanks!

  • @sebastiaanpruntel3690
    @sebastiaanpruntel3690 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    There is a company in Texas that does weird whisky experiments, maybe they are open for it. It's Crowded barrel distillery

  • @zackfrancis2677
    @zackfrancis2677 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    About to pass out for my grave shift. Matt drops video I'm wide wake.

    • @AustinCarterYT
      @AustinCarterYT 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ong 😂😂😂😂

    • @sirmonkey1985
      @sirmonkey1985 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      same

    • @seankemp5131
      @seankemp5131 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He’s about to go to sleep for working the night shift. Matt drops a video and he’s wide awake. Me too!!’

  • @chadschaefer2907
    @chadschaefer2907 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You can actually buy a still online. My friend has one and brews shelf quality whiskey. You can run your wine through one and it will work fine

  • @AlexUSMC
    @AlexUSMC 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really enjoy the videos with the whole crew in it

  • @petepumpkin8418
    @petepumpkin8418 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When I was younger I worked at a recycling place for one day on assignment from a job agency. The assignment was 'wine destruction'. In the morning a semi trailer pulled up and off loaded dozens of pallets of wine. We proceeded to throw boxes of wine on to a conveyor that all got crushed in front of us - the smell was crazy as this was all done in a tin shed and if I recall was the hottest day of the year (43 celsius). A few pallets had some really old bottles in some of the boxes; like crazy 50 years old. Other pallets also had boxes that had bonus blocks of dark chocolate attached - all in the bin it went (I recall a bail/bin full of bars of chocolate by the end of the day). We even had a security guard looking over us working. anyhow..

  • @noelcarson7052
    @noelcarson7052 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    The way Mere throws wine glasses... hope you find a stash of them as well.

    • @drekfletch
      @drekfletch 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Heck, if they smash them all, they should collect the glass and have a glassblower make Resort Ornaments

  • @yerkovichn
    @yerkovichn 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Floaters in old wine is natural. The "tannins" gather together & smooth the wine out, which is why you decant an aged wine (so you don't accidentally pour chunks/tannins in your glass). But.... heat is a killer.

    • @porkchopsammies79
      @porkchopsammies79 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      tannins are an astringent mouthfeel that gives you a 'puckering' sensation similar to sour candies. not an object. the chunks are natural sediments from the wine making process. dead yeast cells, tartaric acid crystals, parts of the grape, etc.

  • @marklewis4905
    @marklewis4905 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love Ray Jay he makes the best films

  • @craftedbychris1721
    @craftedbychris1721 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "Dust on the bottle" is such an amazing song!!!

  • @lynnpetti3817
    @lynnpetti3817 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Matt, check out “Escape to rural France “. Dan is renovating a small, burned out chateau, if he can do it , you can do something with those cool walls.

  • @riverrat2592
    @riverrat2592 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Whiskey Tribe might be an option. A good colab at least.

  • @CaptMac-zw8mz
    @CaptMac-zw8mz 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Opus One! Wow, what a score!!

  • @westbound1348
    @westbound1348 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I agree with the comment about the feature wall idea. In that burned out building if you turn it into something great.

  • @robertc1024
    @robertc1024 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Opus One is incredible. One of the best winery tours I've ever been on. Sitting in the heat for years - sad.

  • @rebelscumspeedshop8677
    @rebelscumspeedshop8677 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    I just spoke to a friend who has a restaurant and I asked them what happens to wine when it gets hot. She said anything over 80° for even a short period of time cooks the flavor out of it. It's pasteurized and sealed so the risk of food poisoning is minimal but other than that it's flavor is done.

    • @ranndomundead9112
      @ranndomundead9112 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      yea. but the alcohol still works

    • @Backroad_Junkie
      @Backroad_Junkie 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      If he finds a distiller and distills the alcohol out, it might be okay, the resulting brandy might be okay. But yeah, as a wine, it's probably toast.

  • @jasonfinkbiner2607
    @jasonfinkbiner2607 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It is a real thing!!
    My wife and i were cleaning out a wine cellar. It had around 60 bottles of crab apple wine … it was crap but i managed to strip all the alcohol out with a keg still!!! Out of the 12ish gallons i ended up getting 5 gallons of pure alcohol…

  • @TheCalvinator007
    @TheCalvinator007 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I strive to be as happy as Mikey is all the time.

  • @tiffanycave5974
    @tiffanycave5974 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Wowza.❤🎉 loving this show. Yup dont need TV . TH-cam has it all and better! This will be a kong project with many projects for years Im sure but keep filming plenty. We r loving it! Love from Alberta

  • @danielharrhy
    @danielharrhy 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I’ve been watching every single video recently in absolutely loving it!!!

  • @colinmoss699
    @colinmoss699 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    Matt, I sell wine in Alabama to various retailers for over the past 15 years. I see multiple gems there. It would be fun to rate what you have what cost is like, versus the retail on the menus in the past. There is some cool/great stuff there, vast majority is probably not in ideal condition, but some may have survived. Love what you do, very fun to watch!

    • @jamess2873
      @jamess2873 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Surely nothing is going to have survived that heat cycling to still be drinkable, or almost nothing, no matter is quality. For unopened/non drinkable collector value some of it might work.

  • @LowLifeDust
    @LowLifeDust 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dude the editing is fire as always

  • @garagemakerguy1808
    @garagemakerguy1808 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    A shame....the Opus One mini crate...ugh (up to $500/bottle) and the Perrier Jouet "Flower Bottle" could have fetched a good price as well. The lack of being properly stored = all the whites are rotten and the reds are, at best, vinegar. Curious to see if there really is a way to make a distilled 'something' that won't offend/poison anybody...lol. Great content. Thanks to Matt and the crew for another great video 😁

    • @ajpeggink
      @ajpeggink 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      First comment that reflects the real loss here

    • @lleet21t56
      @lleet21t56 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Broke my heart to see that Opus box.😢 what a waste of some excellent wine. So many of those bottles wasted . I worked for a winery and they created wine caves downstairs that were naturally occurring 50° to protect the wine barreled down there whether there was power or not.

    • @ajpeggink
      @ajpeggink 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lleet21t56 yup the opus, and the decent champagne. I'm from Europe so cannot judge on the local, sometimes excellent, wines.

    • @MyLibertyTV
      @MyLibertyTV 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Whiskey Tribe! Whiskey Tribe! Whiskey Tribe!

    • @ajpeggink
      @ajpeggink 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MyLibertyTV Whisky ??? Shots fired😉

  • @Dare2Manifest
    @Dare2Manifest 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Hey, Matt! My dad was one of the highest volume liquor and wine salesmen for the 2nd largest distributor in West Coast, and he said those Opus bottles WOULD HAVE been worth $500/bottle if they didn't have that leakage and red spots on the tissue paper.

  • @WestGaBoy
    @WestGaBoy 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Shooting range glass targets, or male a glass wall when you build back

  • @christopheraguilar5804
    @christopheraguilar5804 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    3:19 love the David Lee Murphy Reference! 👍

  • @nickbrew7037
    @nickbrew7037 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thank you Mikey, keep being strong

  • @stevemccormick4938
    @stevemccormick4938 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    That Roederer was a nice bottle in it's day. When you total the on premises retail value of the wine you need to multiply by .33 to get the cost.

  • @user-su8oq6wh5h
    @user-su8oq6wh5h 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Whiskey Tribe are your guys for this, there in Texas and are willing to try off the wall things just like this!

  • @Tetsomina
    @Tetsomina 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Opus One crate is a gem!!! Drink it!

  • @stanleysoroka4379
    @stanleysoroka4379 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Can't believe they just left a box of Opus behind, those are like 1k each now. Even if you distill it, it'll never be whiskey since it's from grapes, but you can make brandy. See what craft distillery is around you and get their thoughts!

  • @ryandevy7182
    @ryandevy7182 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I remember OPUS ONE from my wines course in culinary school, and then became very familiar with it throughout my restaurant career...tastes amazing and its worth a ton new let alone from 02'

    • @seanbeck3042
      @seanbeck3042 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah if it wasn't stored in heat and ruined.

  • @AM2PMReviews
    @AM2PMReviews 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    whiskey is fermented grains. So grapes, would be brandy and the left-overs is called grappa. but you can still barrel-age it and make it whiskey-like!

  • @MF12Parsecs
    @MF12Parsecs 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    WHISKEY TRIBE!!!!! They are in Texas too, that would be a fantastic collab!