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Wine Secrets: Starting a Wine Collection
With the rising interest in collecting wine, many have fallen to the temptation of purchasing everything in sight. But as wine expert Ken Gargett shares, the secret to a good collection lies in taking the time to sniff out the best vintages

If you speak to industry professionals who provide wine storage facilities or assist in building cellars, they will tell you that a great many mistakes are made along the way to building a dream wine collection. The good news is that, unlike doctors who have to bury their mistakes, those of wine lovers can be drunk – or at the very worst, poured down the sink. However, this can become expensive, so do be careful.

Surprisingly, the experts will tell you that it is often those with the deepest pockets that make the most errors of judgment. They can take a scattergun approach to filling the cellar, tossing a wallet at every offer so as to corner as many of the best wines as they can. Unfortunately, they often also dredge up a lot of dross on the way. Those who take greater care however, often have more interesting cellars.

So the million-dollar question is: what do you put in your cellar?


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