He began collecting Napa Cabernets like Opus One and Silver Oak and later broadened his selection to blue-chip Bordeaux, like Château Haut-Brion, though he also favors (slightly) lesser chateaux like Palmer and Angelus. When he broke Carlton Fisk’s record in 2004, his teammates gave him a 6-liter bottle of another great Bordeaux, 1989 Château d’Yquem, one of the greatest sweet wines in the world. He has yet to open it. “I think I need about 100 people to share it with,” said Mr. Piazza.
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If he were ever to make his own wine, Mr. Piazza said, it would be from Sicily, though he wasn’t sure it would sell in an American market.
I found that hard to believe. Surely he’d have no trouble selling bottles of Mike Piazza Nero d’Avola in the U.S., especially if he priced it well—say, $12 or $15 a bottle? Mr. Piazza shook his head. “My ego would probably want it to be priced like Hundred Acre,”
via Drinking Wine With Mike Piazza | On Wine by Lettie Teague – WSJ.com.
