Do people with a lot of money actually drink less or just better?

I was at dinner with a family friend who’s done extremely well for himself and noticed something I’d never really thought about before. His house had a ridiculous bar with old bottles, expensive cognac, Japanese whisky, champagne stuff I’d never casually buy for myself. But he barely drinks. He poured everyone one glass, talked more about where the bottle came from and who he’d shared previous ones with than the alcohol itself and that was basically it.

He said when he was younger drinking meant going out, ordering too much and staying out late. Now most of the alcohol he buys is either for dinners, gifts or specific people he knows will appreciate it. Even the way he organizes people is weirdly deliberate. Some friends are just normal WhatsApp or iMessage a few business people and collectors are on Kibu and apparently there are certain bottles he’ll only open when specific people are around. It made me wonder whether alcohol becomes less about drinking once money stops being the limiting factor.

For people who’ve been around wealthy collectors or serious drinkers, is that common?