Why Bother Collecting and Aging Wine?
Most of what you've been told about cellaring wine is wrong. Some thoughts on age and patience.
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-year-old outlier jumped out at me. Even thoug…