Johnny Depp $30,000/month wine-$2 million/month lifestyle to blame for his money woes (Tr.)

Daily Mail ^ | 1-31-2017 | Staff

[brucedickinson]

In addition to owning multiple homes and a luxury yacht, he spends $30,000 a month on wine, travels by private jet and maintains 12 storage facilities housing his fine art and memorabilia collections.

That's according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by his former managers who are asking a judge to rule that the actor has no-one but himself to blame for his financial troubles. 'Depp lived an ultra-extravagant lifestyle that often knowingly cost Depp in excess of $2 million per month to maintain, which he simply could not afford,' attorney Michael Kump wrote in the cross-complaint. 'Depp, and Depp alone, is fully responsible for any financial turmoil he finds himself in today.'

[LibsRJerks]

Once you get a taste of good wine — and I mean the really good stuff — and you learn how to savor it and appreciate it, it becomes quite addicting.

We live in a “wine country” type area and I have a hard time avoiding it, no matter how hard I try. The only thing I can do is try to imbibe as moderately as I can . . . stretch out the time in between bottles, have only ONE glass, etc.

[Redwood71]

“How do you drink $30,000/month in wine?” Not that hard to do, really. If he is a student of fine wines he can purchase them at auction. Just recently at WineBid, a wine bidding site on the net which is probably like the type of bidding a recluse would use, a bottle of 1994 Sine Qua Non Queen of Spades auctioned at $3560 while close to it a bottle of 2012 Sine Qua Non The Writing On The Wall sold at $4800. Now, these are not wines to consume as much as own. They are an investment like antique cars. But this is how you can run up a $30K “habit” so easily. He just has to figure out how to budget like the rest of us. I’m not sure he has the ability to do that as he is an over reactive, weak minded fool. red

[Zathras]

When I saw the 200k he spent modifying his GF’s regular 68 Mustang, I knew he had a spending problem.

[Night Hides Not]

Let’s see, decent wine is about $80 a bottle

We obviously don't travel in the same circles. lol

I favor white wine, and I am able to get award winning Mosel Riesling for about $200 a case, for spatlese and auslese.

I'm familiar with numerous Texas wineries that produce excellent wines, ranging in price from $15 - $40 a bottle. I'll admit my palette is not refined enough to distinguish between those and a $150 bottle from Napa.

[rainee]

I’m sending him a case of 2 Buck Chuck

[Night Hides Not]

I understand his quandary, Charles. If I had all that money, I'd have umpteen mansions, too. If money were no object, I'd have residences in:

1. San Francisco

2. Spokane (basketball season...lol, go Zags!).

3. Fredericksburg, TX

4. Traben-Trarbach, Germany

5. Chania, Crete

Oh hell, that's not even a half dozen, let alone umpteen...lol. And I'd still get my wine from the places I get it now, as described in a previous post.

[hal ogen]

Rich LIB lunatic. What an idiot.

[proud American in Canada]

That is a very good question. $30K a month on wine???!!!

I certainly hope he was entertaining guests.

[BunnySlippers]

The 5 Most Expensive Bottles of wine Ever Sold

The most Expensive was Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon
at $500,000 per bottle

http://newyorkwineevents.com/top-5-expensive-bottles-wine-ever-sold/

[morphing libertarian]

apparently there was only one person in the world who knew how to make an eagle scream and that drove up the price

[Mashood]

...a fool and his money...

[proud American in Canada]

I know you are a wine fan; thought you might be interested. :)

[wbill]

I'm hardly a wine connoisseur, but it's been my (limited) experience that's while there's an ENORMOUS difference between a $3.00 bottle of wine and a $30.00 bottle....

.....The difference between a $30 bottle and a $300 bottle is about 270 dollars.

My palette just isn't that refined.

[PLMerite]

“When I saw the 200k he spent modifying his GF’s regular 68 Mustang, I knew he had a spending problem.”

What on earth can you do to a Mustang that costs $200k unless it involves gold and jewels? Or makes it fly?

[wbill]

What if he spent $30K/month on guns and ammo? :-)

Like the man says...."I blew 90% of my fortune on young beautiful women, poker games and expensive whiskey. The rest of it, I wasted."

[Little Ray]

How do you run expenses of $2 million per month?
There must have been a fairly substantial business built around “taking care of Mr. Depp.”
Might make a good movie...

[Night Hides Not]

Thanks for posting that link...very interesting.

I've had trockenbeerenauslese at a few wine tastings, when I was stationed in Germany. That was a long time ago, and the 1975 & 1976 vintages were among the best of the 20th century. I've seen articles where the most expensive of these wines are going for $7500 per 375 ml bottle. Yikes!

[xp38]

A few of these or the case behind it will get you there very quickly.

[Night Hides Not]

The difference between a $30 bottle and a $300 bottle is about 270 dollars.

LOL - Quote of the Day!

[wbill]

;-)