Creating a cache of wines for a private cellar is a task rarely seen in this country today, although in years past it was a creative idea.
In the 1970s and 1980s, thousands of people throughout the country engaged in this activity, putting away a couple of dozen wines that would improve in a few years and would be the basis for some people expanding their collections that eventually proved to be financially beneficial.
Not many wines improve so significantly that they become worth a lot of money, but creating a wine cellar was almost never done for that purpose. The main reason was to have wine on hand. Often it would be better than what was available in the supermarket.
Updated: Tue Jun 11, 2024