Well, another answer to "What do you do all day?" might be: wine. I like vino, but this guy is driven.
He's a wine collector par excellance. He's got 65,000 bottles of the stuff, and it's not my less than ten bucks a bottle choice either.
Quote: A cellar that size is no simple room. Mr. Smith’s is actually seven cellars built over 25 years or so and joined together, each more elaborate than the last. What began in 1978 as a small, claustrophobic root cellar has evolved into rooms with double-height ceilings and columns, filled with Asian art accumulated during his business travels. To fulfill the kid-in-a-candy store fantasy, Mr. Smith added to his domain a full kitchen and bath, and a comfortable dining room with a sound system, all enclosed in smoky glass to protect his guests from the 53-degree chill of the cellar.
“If I’ve had a crummy week, I just come down here for a few hours and talk to my bottles,” Mr. Smith said, giving voice to the desires of frustrated wine lovers everywhere. “Linda said, ‘That’s all right, as long as they don’t start talking back to you.’ ” Unquote
If you go to the link, you can see a slide show of the cellar. If wine really does extend your life, this guy's discovered the fountain of youth.
He's a wine collector par excellance. He's got 65,000 bottles of the stuff, and it's not my less than ten bucks a bottle choice either.
Quote: A cellar that size is no simple room. Mr. Smith’s is actually seven cellars built over 25 years or so and joined together, each more elaborate than the last. What began in 1978 as a small, claustrophobic root cellar has evolved into rooms with double-height ceilings and columns, filled with Asian art accumulated during his business travels. To fulfill the kid-in-a-candy store fantasy, Mr. Smith added to his domain a full kitchen and bath, and a comfortable dining room with a sound system, all enclosed in smoky glass to protect his guests from the 53-degree chill of the cellar.
“If I’ve had a crummy week, I just come down here for a few hours and talk to my bottles,” Mr. Smith said, giving voice to the desires of frustrated wine lovers everywhere. “Linda said, ‘That’s all right, as long as they don’t start talking back to you.’ ” Unquote
If you go to the link, you can see a slide show of the cellar. If wine really does extend your life, this guy's discovered the fountain of youth.