Seeking Swanky VaPer Suggestions

[VDL_Piper]

Cellaring is filled with surprises, not all of them pleasant. Comes with the territory.

Sure does, risk vs reward.

 

[OzPiper]

Cellaring is filled with surprises, not all of them pleasant. Comes with the territory.

Yup.
Well do I know this feeling after buying and cellaring wine for almost 50years (1976).
Times when you think “Thank goodness for my patience !”
And other times “Dang, should have opened this 10 years ago !”

 

[BingBong]

Any stand-out Red Virginia?

Not sure it's stand-out, but Fribourg & Treyer Blackjack is a reliable orange/red ready rubbed.

 

[sablebrush52]

Yup.
Well do I know this feeling after buying and cellaring wine for almost 50years (1976).
Times when you think “Thank goodness for my patience !”
And other times “Dang, should have opened this 10 years ago !”

One of the regular members on my Sunday zoom is a wine broker, auctioneer, collector and aficionado who has spoken of the risks and foibles, often tragically hilarious, of collecting and cellaring wine. It pretty much compares to cellaring tobacco in its various rationalizations, pathology and hubris, but differs mightily in terms of scale, range, and cost.