Sorting the Abandoned Resort Wine Cellar, How Much is it Worth??? 

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Matt, trained distiller here, we could save what’s left of that wine and turn it into brandy! Whiskey is made from corn and malt etc…I can help turn that old wine into brandy and you could age that brandy with wood from your ranch or in white oak barrels

Matt should collaborate with the whiskey tribe to turn all the wine into whiskey.

Correction. If you distill wine you do not get whiskey, but rather brandy. Grains = whiskey Fruit = Brandy I can hook you up, but unfortunately I'm in South Africa. When looking for a distiller... please use someone that is going to double distill using an alembic pot still. If you use columns you going to strip away too much of the flavour.

Hey Matt and Mare! I'm Amanda from Moonshiners on Discovery Channel. I heard you might want some wine distilled! I'd be happy to do it for ya or with you guys.. I can show you how it's done. If you distill that you'll get a Brandy. Whiskey is grains, Brandy is grapes. I been watching your adventures forever. If you need some wine made into liquor let me know😅. Love you guys!

I owned a vineyard and there was a wine glut so I turned my wine into vinegar. You are sitting on minimum 10’s of thousands of dollars in Desperado Vinegar. All you do it put it in tubs covered and it naturally becomes vinegar and extracts a mother from the air. I had 64 gallons that yielded $65k. You have much much more.

If nothing else. You'll have a "How many bottles of wine does it take to stop a 50cal" video.

If you do turn that wine to any other alcohol please be sure and save the bottles. Sign them with a silver sharpie or something like that and sell them in the new gift shop once you have the place up and running. Lots of us would love to own a part of what the property had when you bought it to make it great again! Keep up the great work you are all doing. Great team you have there Matt!

Just so you know, what’s listed on the menu isn’t the cost of the bottle… like Meiomi is $20 a bottle in the stores but at a resort or restaurant it’s around $44

The teenagers in that town are a disgrace, that they failed to find that liquor.

As a member of the Whiskey Tribe, I have to say Crowded Barrel, who is also local to Texas does amazing experiments distilling whiskey and alcohols. Reach out to them!!!!

Matt, you should definitely look at clearing land down by the river and having a Camping/RV section on the resort. Low over head and you’d be able to offset the reno for the resort.

Those opus one bottles are amazing, 2002 one bottle goes for $400 to $1300 and the fact that they are signed too wow great find

Doubt Matt or the crew will see this, but that flower painted bottle "1996 Perrier Jouet" EMPTY is worth about $40 to a collector. Might get a little more because of the box. The bottles are hand painted.

I feel like Whiskey Tribe needs to connect with Matt and do a "Will it Distill?" episode with these wines.

Seems like Matt needs to make a new wine cellar deep underground so even if it loses power it can stay "relatively" cool

The wine bottle edit when Jen picked the bottle off the top shelf was pretty sweet!

First, as a winetuber in San Antonio, I love the fact that you posted this video. There are some pretty cool looking bottles in that collection. Second, some of the other folks have mentioned reaching out to Whiskey Tribe to help with the distilling of the wine into whiskey... well, it would probably end up as Brandy since you need another base for fermentation to make whiskey. They are in Dripping Springs and are super awesome folks. I'm sure that they would love to help you with that task.

Matt, Just an Idea. When you editing your video, have a small see through map up in one of the corners (lower right) and Highlight the area of the Desperado that you are at as you start the scene. When you move to a different area, then change the highlighted of the map on screen. Hope this helps.

Matt- I own a distillery in Iowa, we run a pot still. We have worked with a winery before distilling their wine mash- interesting profile. Wildcat Distilling Co.

Opus one is an extremely expensive wine. That box is probably very valuable! I would definitely be careful with that box because that box alone, is probably worth about $1000 with the wine inside of it.

The temperatures that wine storage room reached probably ruined every single bottle, regardless of whether they were on their sides or any other conditions.

As a Food & Beverage Director at a Caribbean luxury resort, I'm in tears. After 2017 hurricanes Irma and Maria hit us, our entire high end wine colection inventory was immediately an insurance claim because our coolers were down with no way of cooling it for months. You had some amazing wines in that inventory... just sad. Good luck on whiskey. Our insurance company never had that recommendation. Lol.

It's awesome that they let Mikey run free in the pasture. In his natural habitat. Can we get a Mikey appreciation fan club already? Also, I never thought I would hear Matt say "I hope he gets ploughed by a ram" 0.o I'm not sure that means what you think it means Matt 😂

Would be cool to see you design/build some kind of wine bottle wall with the bottles you can't salvage

Ok so it won’t be whiskey, it would technically be brandy. There’s a chance it’s not possible since there may no longer be any alcohol content left to distill. But definitely call the Crowded Barrel Whiskey Company in Austin. They love weird experiments and have lots of experience.

I am just amazed that all those bottles of wine sat there for 20+ years and nobody found it sooner. There had to be people back when the resort closed down that had knowledge of all that wine being there.

Check some of the bottles that were on there sides. Especially the ones in the wooden box. Those actually may ztill well be good. They were sealed from any exposure to air and the vorks should eb in awesome shape.

So so glad you did this video

Collab with the guys from Whiskey Tribe? They’re out of the Austin area and like doing experiments making whiskeys. Might even be able to sell some bottles

Mikey seems to be a loyal friend and hard worker!!

You should use all of the bottles to make a bottle stucco wall for a patio on the new ranch. Maybe for part of a breakfast/coffee patio area?

really enjoying the editing style on these abandoned resort videos

As a former food and beverage manager at a resort, generally speaking alcohol costs are only about 21% from the distributer. Wine purchased in bulk will be even less. And often those random cases not on the wine list are free promotional items. From experience that was probably a few thousand dollars worth of wine.

Just a thought. You brought up turning the burned down building into a restaurant and in this video you mentioned a burger for lunch and beer with dinner. You have a lot of land obviously. Partner with a distillery and build a new distillery and brewery on the resort. Now you got Desperado whiskey, beer, ect. Available at the restaurant and even offer bottles/cans in a gift shop/resort store for people to buy and take home or just keep in their room during their stay. Just a thought that could be very profitable and also cool to have and single this resort out even more from others

So funny to hear and see German language as a native speaker :D BTW No.574 should be written as "Piesporter Goldtröpfechen". Directly translatet means Goldtröpfchen gold droplet. May be just marketing or it is namend after the growing area :) Nearly all wines from your menu under section Germany seems to come from one of our federal states "Saarland". Its in the west of Germany. Famous for wine. Mosel and Saar are two rivers in that state as well. Pflaz is also knowen for very good wines. Pflaz is a region of another state calles Rheinland-Pflaz. Recommendation for all wine lovers :) Best from Frankfurt am Main

Y'ALL!!! RED ALERT!! You gotta reach out to the Whisk(e)y Tribe who are literal EXPERTS on makin funky and new whiskies. They run a nonprofit educational side as well. Best of all, THEY'RE IN AUSTIN. PLEASE please reach out to them Edit: Accidental Profanity

Yes distill it (or bring it to a distiller) PS. Wine make brandy (fruits). Grains makes whiskey. ‘’Desperado Ranch Exclusive Brandy”.

Another good channel to get ahold of for info on what to do with the wine would be "Still It". He is based in New Zealand and has quite a bit of experience with making spirits from random things. Other youtubers have used his advise to good effect.

also the Mondavi Chilean wine is amazing too! My Dad owned a liquor store and I've definitely tried many of those good ones!

11:38 The Perrier Jouët - The Fleur de Champagne is on the list right above the Dom Perignon you just pointed out. My guess is that the wooden case of Opus One is the most valuable thing you have there. A case of six like that will fetch around €2500 (€3000) over here. My guess is that the wine cellar was way too hot so they might be spoilt.

You need to get in touch with the guys at Whiskey Tribe! I'm sure they can help

That Opus One is outstanding, hands down my favorite red.

"Dust on the bottle" is such an amazing song!!!

Matt, check out “Escape to rural France “. Dan is renovating a small, burned out chateau, if he can do it , you can do something with those cool walls.

Whiskey Tribe might be an option. A good colab at least.

You can actually buy a still online. My friend has one and brews shelf quality whiskey. You can run your wine through one and it will work fine

Hasn't heard of opus one....omg, you hit the jackpot there!!!

If you’re using menu prices you aught to divide it by 3. There’s usually a 300% markup on bottles. It’s been pretty standard to do it for a while too.

Watching and paying attention to the quality of edits gives me so much more appreciation for the longer videos

Jenna with the "slap the bag". Love it!! I was sitting here thinking same thing. Yes we smashed many box/bag wines that way 😂😂

Milam and Greene Whiskey is located in Blanco, Tx. They do some fun experimental stuff!

If you distill the alcohol out of the wine you have brandy/cognac depending on the type of wine and how you distill and cut the alcohol. Really old high dollar wine turned to vinegar can in some instances be almost as valuable as old wine.

Maybe you should reach out to the fellows at Whiskey Tribe and ask them if theyre up for it

That looks like a LOT of good targets for the range!

Alcohol distilled from wine produces brandy or grappa. Whisky is distilled from fermented grains, essentially beer.

There is a company in Texas that does weird whisky experiments, maybe they are open for it. It's Crowded barrel distillery

Matt should contact the whiskey tribe. Would make for a great Collab between the channels

Nice find.... The Opus One Prime Cellar Lists for 400+ USD a bottle. However the storage was, at best, 'highly questionable.' Most of the wines will not be good as the storage temperature fluctuation was extreme. You just might get lucky with a few of the sparkling wines, for personal consumption.

Can we just take a second to appreciate the editor? The b roll transitions are incredible.

Floaters in old wine is natural. The "tannins" gather together & smooth the wine out, which is why you decant an aged wine (so you don't accidentally pour chunks/tannins in your glass). But.... heat is a killer.

Shooting range glass targets, or male a glass wall when you build back

I love Ray Jay he makes the best films

You can distill wine again to make brandy but be careful of the varieties that you mix together or your flavors might be horrible. Make small batches first before a larger run. Save the bottles as many are collectors items, especially the hand painted champagne bottles from France. You can display or sell later

Opus One is incredible. One of the best winery tours I've ever been on. Sitting in the heat for years - sad.

Empty the bottles and lay on their sides to make a statement wall. The sun coming through the bottles would be beautiful!

Actually was at Perrier Jouet last week and tried some (not that one though). Tour and tasting at Moët & Chandon and several glasses at other places, among others Perrier Jouet

About to pass out for my grave shift. Matt drops video I'm wide wake.

Of course Mere is around when wine is involved 🤣🤣🤣 When I worked in a warehouse for a liquor distributor, those bag in a box bladders piss for a week when the get a small hole in them. 😁

Thanks for the video glhf

I really enjoy the videos with the whole crew in it

I agree with the comment about the feature wall idea. In that burned out building if you turn it into something great.

You can use the bottles as decoration for the resort

ok weird but cool idea... you could have the wine bottles that are bad cut, so they are drinking glasses so your not having to waste glass, but you also get glass wear for the resort and its a little piece of history for the place... just an idea i thought you would like

Use the bottles for an accent wall in the open ambient restaurant!!

Chilean here, That Seña wine was delicious when put on the market!!! BTW, wine prices have inflated waaaaay more than regular inflation. Take that same wine for example. It was less than $100 in the US, and now it goes for $350 here in Chile. So I guess your true total would be much more when properly adjusted.

Ripping out those vintage wooden wine cellars doors killed the Hvac refer tech in me. If they aren’t damaged I want them

Thank you Mikey, keep being strong

Love all your video, Love to you all from Norway 🌹👍👍💕

The whiskey tribe for sure, look up the crowded barrel, they are located in Texas. They love making weird stuff. There is also balcones also a whiskey maker in Texas.

The way Mere throws wine glasses... hope you find a stash of them as well.

I just spoke to a friend who has a restaurant and I asked them what happens to wine when it gets hot. She said anything over 80° for even a short period of time cooks the flavor out of it. It's pasteurized and sealed so the risk of food poisoning is minimal but other than that it's flavor is done.

Duse your camera/ video editor makes the best freakin B roll on youtube hands down.

Hi, i just watched the video here in Germany and just identified one of the wine. Its from the cousin of my sister in law. That winery ist called Fritz Haag (seen in 3:02). Its funny that a small winery from Brauneberg at the River "Mosel" is a part of the Abandoned Resort.

I’ve been watching every single video recently in absolutely loving it!!!

Props to the editor! The bottle dings added into the music was sick

I love your videos, and I’m a huge wine fan…. Having said this, all these bottles are in different stages of decay. Fun to watch you discover them all, but these are not for consumption. When it runs brown, it’s not a good sign.

You need to get a hold of the crowded barrel in Austin

Your drone work is always excellent!

Wowza.❤🎉 loving this show. Yup dont need TV . RU-vid has it all and better! This will be a kong project with many projects for years Im sure but keep filming plenty. We r loving it! Love from Alberta

You need to collaborate with Crowded Barrel/Whiskey Tribe on this Wine-skey project!

hold a red hot iron on the neck for a 1min and then brush around the same point with a wet(water) paint brush around it to open them with out touching the cork, they do this in high end restaurants

Oh man, that opus wine is a tragedy. What a good wine. You hate to see it go bad.

Some of those bottles might still be worth something as displays honestly.

OffTheRanch Whiskey brand!! Small gift and reward bottles!!!❤❤ All bottles with the history card and signatures from the Ranch. I really would love that!!❤❤🎉🎉

Whiskey Tribe are your guys for this, there in Texas and are willing to try off the wall things just like this!

Hey, Matt! My dad was one of the highest volume liquor and wine salesmen for the 2nd largest distributor in West Coast, and he said those Opus bottles WOULD HAVE been worth $500/bottle if they didn't have that leakage and red spots on the tissue paper.

That Roederer was a nice bottle in it's day. When you total the on premises retail value of the wine you need to multiply by .33 to get the cost.

You gotta keep all the wine and when the resort is done put it in a display cabinet so there something antique about the place

Matt, I sell wine in Alabama to various retailers for over the past 15 years. I see multiple gems there. It would be fun to rate what you have what cost is like, versus the retail on the menus in the past. There is some cool/great stuff there, vast majority is probably not in ideal condition, but some may have survived. Love what you do, very fun to watch!