griff wrote:rooman wrote:
I have always found the line - "well at least we're not losing $10,000 a year on depreciation on the new car" a perfect get out of jail card. As a side note, unless your wife is Gail Kelly bringing home $5m a year whilst you lie around the pool, I would lay down some solid rules of engagement now! One of which should be. I work hard and wine collecting is my hobby - no excuses required.
Its really only a problem when it gets to the size of one collector who was sitting next to me one night at a wine dinner who said he thought he cellar was worth around $1m and he had yet to buy a house. Now that's a problem!!!
Dunno. Bordeaux until recently and Burgundy en primeur would be a healthy capital investment. Some difficulty to transport (although better than property) but very easy to liquidate
Griff, the idea of capital investment in Bordeaux of course does rely upon the notion that the wine merchant one spent the money with actually delivers the said wine
