
Wine
The Second Wine Strategy
How the second labels of great houses deliver most of the pleasure for a fraction of the price, if you know when they shine.
Vol. XI, No. II
Department
The cellar as a long game. Second wines, vintages worth the wait, and the pleasure of holding your nerve.

How the second labels of great houses deliver most of the pleasure for a fraction of the price, if you know when they shine.

Bottle size is not vanity. The format you cellar changes how a wine ages, and usually for the better.

When to hold and when to drink, and why patience, not provenance, is the cellar's real asset.