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How long before you stop buying good wine because you a... - 7/26/2008 9:24:29 AM   
pjaines

 

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Status: offline 		I was interesting in a comment by Hollowine on one of the threads here ............
http://www.cellartracker.com/forum/m_25864/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm#25922

....where they said that they need to start drinking their wine because their cellar is getting too big.  I was thinking, does there come a point where you get to a certain age and you stop buying good wines because you know you wont be able to drink those great vintages because you will probably be dead.  My father in law is in his 60s and he is now thinking about not buying seriously good wines anymore because, as he said, "I will be dead or senile by the time they are ready to drink"

I am 38 but I after I bought some really nice wine recently and thought "I am going to be almost 60 by the time this is ready to drink". 

There must come a point where you think its just not worth buying any more good stuff. 

Thoughts?

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RE: How long before you stop buying good wine because y... - 7/26/2008 9:31:18 AM   
Serge Birbrair

 

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Status: online 		I am 50 and 2005 Bordeaux was my last BDX vintage I bought. I still buy Burgundy, though, but not as agressive as I bought 2005.

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RE: How long before you stop buying good wine because y... - 7/26/2008 9:34:10 AM   
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Status: offline 		Oh Serge .... it sounds like the beginning of the end the way you phrased it.  Stay with us a bit longer.  Hang in there.

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RE: How long before you stop buying good wine because y... - 7/26/2008 9:54:36 AM   
Serge Birbrair

 

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Status: online 		Paul, no way! Why would I stay with you longer?
Your generation are rebels,
you don't smoke pot,
you don't chase tails and your generation has way too many boundries, unlike mine and Max Mosley generation
 

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RE: How long before you stop buying good wine because y... - 7/26/2008 10:05:08 AM   
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Status: offline 		Guess cutting off buying wine is not a problem for me since I kind of specialize in Oregon Pinot Noir's.  Most have a rather short drinking window compared to the high priced french stuff.  I will stick with the local home grown stuff.


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RE: How long before you stop buying good wine because y... - 7/26/2008 1:14:23 PM   
pjaines

 

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ORIGINAL: Serge Birbrair

Paul, no way! Why would I stay with you longer?
Your generation are rebels,
you don't smoke pot,
you don't chase tails and your generation has way too many boundries, unlike mine and Max Mosley generation
 


Serge, I have never seen you and Max Mosley in the same room (dungeon) at the same time.  QED?

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RE: How long before you stop buying good wine because y... - 7/27/2008 7:49:48 AM   
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Status: offline 		And if you had I'm sure you'd be posting that information on some other forum - 3 men in a dungeon!

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RE: How long before you stop buying good wine because y... - 7/27/2008 8:15:02 AM   
Serge Birbrair

 

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Status: online 		Paul, can't be me....they all had tea afterwards, if your press is something to be believed, and I am a coffee man!
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RE: How long before you stop buying good wine because y... - 7/27/2008 8:17:30 AM   
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I am 56, and I thnk '05 was/is my last Bordeaux vintage. In fact, for the last 2 years, I have been buying "backwards". It is simply the realities of life. This is also the case for other wines that require (or prefer) more time in the bottle, e.g., some Rieslings and the like.

Unfortunately, I have no children (just did not work out), so there is really no one to whom I can leave it. As I have told my friends, if I have to, I will drink it all through a straw (preferably held in place by blonde nurse) or maybe I will be embalmed in it. There is also the possiblity of one hell of a party -- only requirement being that it must all be consumed.

Also, let's not confuse quality with the need to age.

After this, it  may be time for a drink.

John

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RE: How long before you stop buying good wine because y... - 7/27/2008 8:44:24 AM   
Serge Birbrair

 

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ORIGINAL: JohnNezlek

I will drink it all through a straw (preferably held in place by blonde nurse)


What's wrong with Red head Nurses?


Brunette Nurses


Blonde Nurses scare me...



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RE: How long before you stop buying good wine because y... - 7/27/2008 9:24:12 AM   
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What makes the red head a nurse? The hat is a traditional tea shop bonnet (as I'm sure is the outfit in some places)!

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RE: How long before you stop buying good wine because y... - 7/27/2008 9:26:34 AM   
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I was thinking of something more along these lines.



John



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RE: How long before you stop buying good wine because y... - 7/27/2008 9:46:08 AM   
Serge Birbrair

 

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Status: online 		John, you think she has enough expereince at her tender age?
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Wrighty , I BELIEVE she is and like with every faith out there,
the proof is optional
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RE: How long before you stop buying good wine because y... - 7/27/2008 10:22:29 AM   
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Even if she does not have sufficient experience, she seems eager to learn. Always an important consideration.

John

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RE: How long before you stop buying good wine because y... - 7/27/2008 6:38:21 PM   
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Status: offline 		Glad I said something that inspired a side conversation, though given the creative flair Serge adds I might have to think carefully about any of my future posts and how they might decline in public...

At 39 I haven't yet reached that age of questioning my purchases with respect to my drinking horizon (well, maybe my vintage Ports, are they ever ready to drink? rhetorical question, I love em). I used to be real hung up about saving collectible bottles for special occasions, then we had a house fire. Luckily it wasn't a total loss and occurred in the other side of the house from where we stored our wine at the time. My perspective changed and now I will readily open nice bottles whenever the urge drives me there, typically when friends and family visit. A bit off subject, but just remember your cellars (and on a darker side your mortality) can be claimed at any time.

But to your point Paul, I guess even with a 12 hour decant that 2005 Bordeaux isn't going to be the same as if you enjoyed it after laying down 15 years. If I were in your shoes I'd ask myself what I like to drink that can age well, or enjoyed with a nice decant, and what I can afford to buy without impacting my lifestyle or retirement. I guarantee this, if I'm still around at 80, 90, etc. I will be treasuring each and every last bottle I'm able to make my way through, and hopefully it will still be my own stock vs. some crap concord juice being smuggled into the care facility by the day nurse (redhead or otherwise) assigned to me. I guess I kinda hope that just as I probably won't die with a bank account right at $0 on that day, so too will I hopefully have some stock in my cellar, and, if my guidance is sufficient, a daughter and grandchildren that will appreciate that part of the inheritance (particularly the 2003 Taylors that should just be getting ready to drink in 40 years...)

Cheers!

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RE: How long before you stop buying good wine because y... - 7/27/2008 7:52:14 PM   
zippz

 

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Status: offline 		I'm sure your loved ones will figure out what to do with the cellar...
or take your bottles future into your own hands...
...put those bottles that will most likely out live you, up for a charity auction.
...assign them in your Will to go to a younger sibling, nephew/niece, cousin etc
...give them away as gifts for xmas/hanuka, birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, job promotions etc
...be the most generous host to younger company with bottles of wine as door presents

or better yet, keep the dream alive, keep going on as if you'll live forever...
and make arrangements for your cellar to be maintained while you are in a deep freeze.



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