This story, in one form or another, has been told countless times over the last 18 years, and the memory of it makes it seem as if it...

The infinite complexity that goes into assigning valuations and appraising wine collections. DURING THE PANDEMIC I developed in-house...

Collector: Heidi Barrett Location: Calistoga Number of Cellars: 1 Date: December 2020 Okay, wow. Heidi Barrett. There has never been a...

Having just evacuated the property of the livestock and personnel the week before because of the encroaching fires, we were among the first

Collector: Eric LeVine Date: July 2020 Location: Seattle Number of Bottles: 9942 have been entered into inventory since 2003; currently...

...when the earthquake hit, the racks peeled off of the wall, destroying 2000 of their 3000 bottle collection.

His wine cellars are like museums. Incredible details, utilizing the finest materials, and preserving and presenting bottles of wine as...

“Insurance is designed to protect against random, unpredictable events. Inventory management and understanding insurance are key to...

One of my favorite concepts of Marie Kondo’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, is the idea that if it does not bring you joy, remove it

“The average wine collector buys 20 bottles for every 1 consumed.” Wine clubs backing up, bottles placed errantly in empty slots, wines...

A burst pipe resulted in a wine collection that was a complete loss. The subterranean space where the wine was being kept was completely...

Joel Weiss built a three story tall wine cellar in the Oak Knoll district of Napa Valley...

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