Don’t buy wine to sell in the future unless of course you are buying wine futures. instead buy it to enjoy it. You can save it for the right moment but it’s meant to be drunk. The wine industry is huge history and it will take more than a lifetime to know it all. I realized after watching SOMM the documentary that I would never be that kind of Sommelier but there’s no reason why you can’t learn parts of it to find a region you like. After all it's all about the story.

The moment I realized it would be hard to sell wine was when I read about that the 1985 Sassicaia still gets a rating of 100 points to this day and sells anywhere from $1500 a bottle and up. Once I read that they found more counterfeit wine of this year I never saw the value of wine in the same way again. It’s not that they choose cheap wines to counterfeit them with, they probably use a Sassicaia from another vintage so most people wouldn’t even know.

The day I started to love and research wine.

My first real understanding of what wine is was a gift from a respected Boss Wayne at Razorfish 10 years ago. The well know Caymus. After saving for two years and finally drinking it with friends and talking about the knowledge I learned on this wine I realized why wine is what wine is today.

The next was at our good friend in Maura and Peter’s. Their cellar was filled with wines from all over the world. This was my chance to use a real situation to find a the gem’s. Every non wine experts dream to find a $200 diamond in the rough.

I used Vinopedia, cellertracker and wine-searcher.

Vinopedia, now a little un updated gives you a good points valuation, along with the year and also where to buy.

Cellartracker gives you a good descriptions from no professionals

Wine searcher is the better of the two for finding all the sales.

Professional wine scores.

I think they are valid but take them with a pinch of salt, use all of them as an indication for one particular wine, it;s hard to really compare them across other vineyards. I feel Wine Spectator is doesn’t give as higher scores as everyone else so I tend to trust them more.

There was plenty of great wines here valued from $10 up to $400. The issue here was they were kept in a place where the temperature changed frequently. This is something that can age wines a lot quicker or kill them.

Driving through Napa for a day is nice but working on a vineyard for two years would be the best way to really learn the industry. Maybe when I retire.

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Most store price their wines at different prices, once you are in you’ll buy the over priced ones. A cheap on might get you in.

I went through every bottle finding the price, year to drink….

I use these 3 websites to help me find the best priced wines and also to research the ones I like.

My Favorite wines

Spring Valley Vineyards

Uriah

(Great year 2010)

Montes Vineyards

Montes Folly

(Great year 2010)

Cayuse

Cailloux Syrah

(2010 + 2012)

Clos Des Papes

Chatueneuf De Papes

Bets year drunk (2007)

Don’t ask me about whites, I know a little on champagnes but Red’s I’ll talk and taste all day.