A quick note on Estate Sales
After reading the January 26th WSJ Wine Notes I was again reminded of the difficulties pf being a wine appraiser in the US.
The problem is the first question posed:
I went to an estate sale where I purchased assorted bottles of wine, reds and whites from California from 1995 to 1998. They were $1 each. The person selling them said they were stored "correctly." Are they too old and should I just throw them in the waste can? Or is there a chance that they may still be all right to consume?
--Joyce Young, Jacksonville, Fla
I agree with their answer - I would certainly place a $1 bet on these wines. But, was it actually legal for these wines to be sold?
Comments
And look at the Aussie Peso now!!!!!! Parity will come any day now after another rate hike here and Ben Bernanke waving at the rear end of a bolting horse...Coupled with a tiny '07 harvest and further uncertainty this year, California and Chilean producers SHOULD be swinging cats in the hectares of shelf space you have taken from us.
Good call Mr Gallagher.
Posted by: Adam Morris | February 6, 2008 02:12 AM
Sorry Tom, I think my comment went to the wrong link. I meant it for the one below. Sorry!
Posted by: Adam Morris | February 6, 2008 02:14 AM