JJ tries a new investment strategy

[He] recently bypassed the stock market for liquid assets -- $120,000 in champagnes. He bought 400 bottles, mostly 1996 vintage, that he says he plans to "sit on" for 10 or 15 years and then sell at a profit. "It sure beats looking at a Merrill Lynch monthly statement. The worst thing that could happen is that I drink all of it."