I’m trying to understand the point of wine collecting. - The Athan Zafirov Wine Blog

I’m trying to understand the point of wine collecting.

I’ve recently began drinking wine for enjoyment. I’m really getting into and like it a lot with meals and such.

So I’m googling how to start a wine collection. Many different sites often mention that when you find a bottle that you wish to collect, buy six to a case of the bottle. Then it suggest immediately drinking a single bottle and then a bottle of the wine every 9 months or so.

Wouldn’t you run through your supply of wine pretty quickly. I mean aren’t you suppose to let a bottle age for years and years. If you buy six bottles, drink a bottle immediately and again every nine months, that supply of wine wouldn’t really have a chance to age, would it?

So are we collecting to enjoy in a relatively short term, a few years or so, or for the very long term, over a decade?

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For 15 years, Athan Zafirov has traveled the vineyards around the world and worked with some of the greatest chefs including Francois Duc and Alan Brown.

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