Comments on: Wine as an Investment? http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2008/01/04/wine-as-an-investment/ Just tidbits about money and finance. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:53:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: donna jean http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2008/01/04/wine-as-an-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-189060 donna jean Sun, 06 Jan 2008 02:26:14 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2008/01/04/wine-as-an-investment/#comment-189060 the partner probably lined the pockets of plenty of people acquiring the cases and cases of wine that we own. Too bad we had a dry, daytime wedding -- we could have thrown down pretty well just from his wine stores. however, there is a catch with buying wine, you do eventually need to drink it! we've opened too many bottles that were awesome wines a couple years go and they've headed south. of course, there was money in wine going bad, we sold several cases of wine that was teetering on the edge of good and bad and needed consumed faster than the two of us could. the partner probably lined the pockets of plenty of people acquiring the cases and cases of wine that we own. Too bad we had a dry, daytime wedding — we could have thrown down pretty well just from his wine stores.

however, there is a catch with buying wine, you do eventually need to drink it! we’ve opened too many bottles that were awesome wines a couple years go and they’ve headed south. of course, there was money in wine going bad, we sold several cases of wine that was teetering on the edge of good and bad and needed consumed faster than the two of us could.

]]> By: Single Ma http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2008/01/04/wine-as-an-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-189038 Single Ma Fri, 04 Jan 2008 22:20:45 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2008/01/04/wine-as-an-investment/#comment-189038 Umm, mapgirl, we might need to look into that. Then again, you drunkards wouldn't give it a chance to appreciate in value. LOL What ya drinking tonight? :-) Umm, mapgirl, we might need to look into that. Then again, you drunkards wouldn’t give it a chance to appreciate in value. LOL

What ya drinking tonight? :-)

]]> By: English Major http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2008/01/04/wine-as-an-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-189032 English Major Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:28:45 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2008/01/04/wine-as-an-investment/#comment-189032 It's a tradition in my family to buy a couple of cases of wine from the birth year of each child. The idea is to drink it at a party for the child's 21st birthday. I was born in '83, which was a very good year, and as I approached 21, the wine my dad had bought was appreciating rapidly in value. He asked me whether I'd rather have the party or the money. I picked the money, so he sold the wine at auction and handed me a check, which allowed me to live in Berlin for a summer, studying German. I plan to continue this tradition (both the wine and the party-or-money offer) when/if I have children. It’s a tradition in my family to buy a couple of cases of wine from the birth year of each child. The idea is to drink it at a party for the child’s 21st birthday. I was born in ‘83, which was a very good year, and as I approached 21, the wine my dad had bought was appreciating rapidly in value. He asked me whether I’d rather have the party or the money. I picked the money, so he sold the wine at auction and handed me a check, which allowed me to live in Berlin for a summer, studying German.

I plan to continue this tradition (both the wine and the party-or-money offer) when/if I have children.

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