"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:29:01 -0700, "Theron" >
> wrote:
>
>>We use a product called "Private Reserve". You spray the nitrogen blanket
>>onto the
>>remaining wine in the bottle, and immediately recork firmly. This will
>>keep
>>a wine
>>from oxidizing for at least a month, and possibly longer. I have a fair
>>store of very old
>>Bordeaux and Burgundies, all very sensitive to any more oxidation that
>>they've already
>>had from aging, and I haven't had any problem. I don't think a vacuum pump
>>applied to a half full
>>bottle will remove enough oxygen, especially for a very old red wine.
>
> You're a collector who drinks what he collects? Future SIL has
> clients who do that. I couldn't. My tastes are rather plebeian.
> Maybe if I had more money to burn, my taste in fine wine would include
> an increase in what I'm willing to pay for it.
>
>
I remember, several years ago, that 1970 Chateau Latour rose to $500/bottle.
We drank a bottle the next night! Now some vintages of Latour are in the
+$2000 range. There's a point where you might sell. Nonetheless, the 1970
1st and 2nd growths are pretty spectacular.

Ed