Why Bother Collecting and Aging Wine?
Most of what you've been told about cellaring wine is wrong. Some thoughts on age and patience.
This first appeared in The New Wine Review
A few weeks ago, I spotted a truly unique wine: a 1985 Bruno Giacosa Dolcetto d’Alba. A friend had bought someone’s cellar, and as I scrolled through an inventory list filled with usual suspects from Bordeaux, Napa, along with a few Gran Reserva from Rioja, this 39-yea…