With some money, you can buy wine

[Jeff Grossman]

With a lot of money, you can buy wineries: the owner of Chateau Latour (who also owns Clos de Tart and Domaine Eisele Vineyard) bought a majority stake in Maison Henriot (which also owns Bouchard Père & Fils, William Fèvre, and Beaux Frères).
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[MarkS]

Always the case. And if you have a winery, you can lose lots of money too.

 

[Christian Miller (CMM)]

At this point, someone inevitably reveals the secret for making a small fortune in the wine business.

 

[Jeff Grossman]

The susurrus is that such purchases inevitably result in an increase in the cost of the wine. Whether there is a concomitant increase in quality is, of course, a matter of judgment.

 

[Steve Edmunds]

or perhaps just a laughing matter (or NO laughing matter)

 

[MLipton]

originally posted by Steve Edmunds:
or perhaps just a laughing matter (or NO laughing matter)

Well played, Steve.

Mark Lipton, chem boy extraordinaire

 

[Ken Schramm]

originally posted by Christian Miller (CMM):
At this point, someone inevitably reveals the secret for making a small fortune in the wine business.

One apparently makes a small fortune smaller by investing in a meadery.