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If your idea of ​​a wine expert is that of your friend tends to digitize a menu without a crisscrossed forehead, allow us to present youArvid Rosengren. Named the best sommelier in the world in April 2016, the Swedish native is officially the most intelligent man of the planet with regard to the oldest old drink of humanity (and perhaps the most intimidating of today. HUI). The Charlie Bird Restaurant Wine Director in New York, Rosengren manages the King Street Sommeliers consulting company, which advises high-level collectors on the best bottles to add to their cellars. If you plan to start a serious collection - and why not; There are few satisfactory fruits of his work - we got his opinion below:

How to start

1. Consider seriously why you start a collection. Is this capable of drinking mature wine, as an investment or define future generations with a wine cellar? This will dictate what kind of wine buy. If you buy short-term drinking, Bordeaux in the Primeur maybe not for you, since you will not have access to wines for a few years, and even at that time they will not be in a step mature for 10 to 20 others.
2. If you buy mature wine, pay attention to researching the source and history of prices. It might be wise to use someone's help with this kind of ideas.
3. If you do it for investment, do not do! At least not without using professional help. As a consumer, you probably do not have the knowledge or access to the market to even be able to sourclates the types of wines considered as commodities.
4. Make sure that the storage facilities are in order, whether professionals or a cold cellar and fairly wet built in your home.
5. Diversify and explore your palace! I see too dimensional cellars all the time, and when I take private customers, the first step is almost always to purge their cellars from all the garbage they thought they liked at a given moment that it does not support.

Five bottles to start with

Here are some blue-chip wines that are, despite price tags, usually safe purchases; Attretworthy (not published unless the quality is there in a certain vintage), sought without being too rare or inaccessible - and unveil delicious.

Krug Vintage (Champagne, France)
Luxurious and impressive among young, wide and luscious young people with age. Always a safe bet and a very high champagne.

Egon Müller Scharzhofberger Riesling (Mosel, Germany)
Aristocracy of wine. Fantastic, acute riescings, in a range of gentle levels, the lighter is easier to access young people, very sweet Eisweins and TBA last on a life and cost later)

J.L Chavets, Hermitage (Rhône, France)
Another family of wine "Royal" (record of track proved since 1481!), And the producers of the greatest wines of Syrah in the world.

Domaine Dujac Gevrey Chambertin 1st Cru "MalconSorts" (Burgundy, France)
One of the best and most sought after areas in Burgundy. Their 1st Cru Malconstorts is a standing wine, just below the level of their little crus.

Giacomo Conterno Barolo Riserva "Monfortino" (Piemonte, Italy)
first among peers in Barolo. Get ready for this for a moment and let it flourish slowly in one of the most beautiful wine experiences.

Three essential accessories

1. Invest in short-term storage (say a wine refrigerator 50 to 100 bottles with a diversified selection of drinking wine) and long-term storage (a cellar or professional storage).
2. Good glasses are imperative, but you do not need 10 different types. I likeZalto Range (Go for the universal and the Bordeaux - which covers 95% of all wines),Gabriel Glas has a lot of supporters, as well as the upper lines ofRiedel andSpiegelau.
3. TheCoravin Wine Access The accessory allows you to taste wines without leaking the cork, and it holds the wine relatively fresh in the short term (there have been mixed experiences here, but it will probably depend more on the health of Liège). It's a good tool for exploring your palate and the state of your aging wine, especially if you are in a smaller household and you do not want to open a bottle of fantasy or two every day for yourself.

Visit Arvid Rosengren atarvidrosengren.com or follow it on Twitter @arvidrosengren .