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Originally Posted by RSS 
Please don't misunderstand ... I am not suggesting that I'd limit four figure wine purchases to Screaming Eagle. Moreover, there won't be that many four figure purchases ... not even for investment. I don't invest in wine.
EDIT: I've had Screaming Eagle only once at a restaurant ... at La Toque in the Napa Valley ... and I wasn't picking up the tab that evening. A couple of other bottles were gifts ... and I purchased two for a special dinner at home. Not one of my purchases was north of $1300 ... probably the most I've spent (even when adjusting for inflation) on a bottle of wine at any time in my life.
EDIT: I've had Screaming Eagle only once at a restaurant ... at La Toque in the Napa Valley ... and I wasn't picking up the tab that evening. A couple of other bottles were gifts ... and I purchased two for a special dinner at home. Not one of my purchases was north of $1300 ... probably the most I've spent (even when adjusting for inflation) on a bottle of wine at any time in my life.
Honestly I don't buy wine as an investment either but if I had the money burning a hole in my pocket and the extreme luck to have the chance to even buy it I might pull the trigger.
I think I just have a big problem paying for extremely expensive food and drink items, like top grade Wagyu and Truffle. The very high price doesn't give me much more enjoyment than just stellar produce at reasonable, more every day prices. For me, these things are once every few months kinds of things.
