A Collecting Prodigy

Chris Schmidt got an early start building his cellar

By Jennifer Fiedler

Chris Schmidt was 17 years old when he began collecting wine. To kill time on weekday afternoons while waiting for his ride home, he browsed through the liquor stores of Morristown, N.J. With his parents.....

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