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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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The Jefferson Bottles
If you've ever considered investing in a well stocked wine cellar, this article from the New Yorker should serve as a cautionary tale.
The long and short of it is that buying wine that is more than 100 years old is a lot like gambling. Much of what even the experts "know" about older wines may be based on fraudulent tastings. And because no records exist for wines produced very long ago, there is not much that can be done to truly authenticate a bottle. Which leaves us trying to do so based on tastings, which even in the best of conditions would be rather tricky. But given the uncertainty surrounding some of the basis tastings that experts have gone to, even that is not particularly useful. So, caveat emptor should be your motto when buying those eighteenth century grand crus.
Posted by on 8 November 2007 at 8:21 PM
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