Fred > wrote:

> My Father was a stock broker. We talked about investing in wine.
> Some people had made a lot of money from it. He was against it
> because "wine isn't liquid". I pointed out that wine is a
> liquid.

Which is pure nonsense, from the broker's point of view.

There is a *huge* difference between wine and other commodities:
It needs to be stored perfectly, and you have to deliver proof of
it.

M.