A quick note on Estate Sales
After reading the January 26th WSJ Wine Notes I was again reminded of the difficulties pf being a wine appraiser in the US.
The problem is the first question posed:
I went to an estate sale where I purchased assorted bottles of wine, reds and whites from California from 1995 to 1998. They were $1 each. The person selling them said they were stored "correctly." Are they too old and should I just throw them in the waste can? Or is there a chance that they may still be all right to consume?
--Joyce Young, Jacksonville, Fla
I agree with their answer - I would certainly place a $1 bet on these wines. But, was it actually legal for these wines to be sold?
