I started literally with a single bottle that I bought with the intention of holding on to for a while before drinking it (I am not sure I would have even used the word “aging” then). I was in my mid twenties. Before that we were sampling and learning about “real” wine and buying different wines for immediate consumption. That single bottle was a 1968 Beaulieu Vineyard BV Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon. Our “cellar” was the bottom of the closet, and we carried that one wine from apartment to apartment before we “settled down” and bought a house. I built a wine storage rack in the corner of my cellar (aka basement) and stored that bottle and started accumulating wine to have on hand for drinking and also setting aside some bottles both for aging (I could now use that word) and to drink for special occasions over the next few to several years. I even bought a case of birth year wines for my daughter and son (but that’s another story). We would also bring back wines from our travels. This modest pattern continued for many years. Then I found WineBerserkers a few years ago. . . and, man, that was all she wrote!