Intention is always so important! I tend to use the word 'investor' to describe someone who has no intention of ever opening a wine bottle. But I think that, unlike comics or non perishables, most wine investors and consumers with an assembly of wines understand that, other than fortifieds and sweets, the value of most wines will diminish after too much time goes by. Investors will flip before that time comes. Consumers will consume. The 'collector' is the one left with expired wine because they perceive value in purely owning the wine? No judgement...there can be joy in just admiring the bottle on the shelf. But, thankfully, I don't know any of those kinds of 'collectors' 😂.
That's a pretty solid distinction - that "investors" are the ones buying to sell; consumers to consume; and collectors to simply own/collect, no other future action in the works. I like it! Especially as I don't know any of those kinds of "collectors," either. :P
I wish I could go back to owning less *stuff*, fewer wines, fewer comics, fewer books, fewer DVDs/Blu rays, but I went through a crazed/obsessive phase with all of the above, and now even though I purchase things at a much more considered pace, it's "maintenance" levels, meaning my total number neither rises nor goes down by much. Sigh....
I get it! Mine is from moving so many times and we still plan to move so I just am over packing and unpacking so now I purge! 🫠 In regards to the wine collecting- yea- I still have too many bottles for me. I grew up with the wine cellar/ collector home and I think it ruined collecting wines to sit and look at but not drink. I realized quick I don’t want to wait and age wine I would rather buy them when they are ready to drink - no patience whatsoever🤣🤣
Intention is always so important! I tend to use the word 'investor' to describe someone who has no intention of ever opening a wine bottle. But I think that, unlike comics or non perishables, most wine investors and consumers with an assembly of wines understand that, other than fortifieds and sweets, the value of most wines will diminish after too much time goes by. Investors will flip before that time comes. Consumers will consume. The 'collector' is the one left with expired wine because they perceive value in purely owning the wine? No judgement...there can be joy in just admiring the bottle on the shelf. But, thankfully, I don't know any of those kinds of 'collectors' 😂.
That's a pretty solid distinction - that "investors" are the ones buying to sell; consumers to consume; and collectors to simply own/collect, no other future action in the works. I like it! Especially as I don't know any of those kinds of "collectors," either. :P
I am a consumer. I don’t really like having an excess amount of anything these days. But, I think I differ from a lot of folks in wine??
I wish I could go back to owning less *stuff*, fewer wines, fewer comics, fewer books, fewer DVDs/Blu rays, but I went through a crazed/obsessive phase with all of the above, and now even though I purchase things at a much more considered pace, it's "maintenance" levels, meaning my total number neither rises nor goes down by much. Sigh....
I get it! Mine is from moving so many times and we still plan to move so I just am over packing and unpacking so now I purge! 🫠 In regards to the wine collecting- yea- I still have too many bottles for me. I grew up with the wine cellar/ collector home and I think it ruined collecting wines to sit and look at but not drink. I realized quick I don’t want to wait and age wine I would rather buy them when they are ready to drink - no patience whatsoever🤣🤣