The Journal

Marcus Chen

Advanced Sommelier

Advanced Sommelier focused on cellar strategy and long-horizon collecting.

Certifications

  • Court of Master Sommeliers — Advanced Sommelier
  • WSET Level 3 Award in Wines
Cellar buildingWine storageRieslingCollecting strategy

Marcus advises private collectors on what to buy, what to hold, and — most often — what to stop buying. He has managed cellar programs for restaurant groups and now works primarily with first-time collectors building their first hundred bottles.

His view is that most cellars fail for organizational rather than oenological reasons: bottles get forgotten, not spoiled.

Articles by Marcus