The 538: The Weird World of Expensive Wine

[Robin Garr]

Did any of you catch this fascinating story that I missed in June? It's a fascinating dive into the deep data of ultra-expensive wine auctions.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the ... _cid=538fb

[Robin Garr]

"The bathroom (in William Koch's opulent wine cellar) is, one can’t help but assume, where Koch and his guests unzip the flies of tailored Brioni suit pants and catch final glimpses of $1,000 bottles of Burgundy and Bordeaux, since metabolized and micturated."

When one has almost an unlimited amount of money why not? What the hell maybe Koch doesn't own a 175 foot yacht with a 5 man crew to loll around during the summer months, so how about a "decent" wine cellar. The one per cent has to do something with their money. "Comes the revolution"

[Robin Garr]

For what it's worth, though, I've met Bill Koch, and he seems to be a nice guy. He's not (openly, at least) into politics like his brothers.