"There are hundreds of thousands of bottles laid down in the cellars of Taillevent…The wine is laid on tightly spaced wooden shelves, floor to ceiling. Thanks to the sustained efforts, over decades, of Vrinat [owner Jean-Claude Vrinat] and his sommeliers, this is beyond reasonable doubt the finest wine cellar in the world. Vrinat has long given special attention to his _cave_...Throughout his career, he has bought more than two million bottles of wine."

- A Meal Observed, p. 67-68