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Showing your locale - 11/27/2007 2:58:42 PM   
fingers

 

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Status: offline 		It's very interesting to me to see the wherabouts of the various CT'ers as shown in the forums.  We know Wrighty's in Hong Kong, the Colonel's in Arabia, Jamscreator - Indiana, NWinther - Denmark, and moi: Santa Ana.  So I'd like to encourage everyone here to update their profile with what region of the world they're from.  Don't know if this matters to anyone else, but I find it another little juicy bit of trivia to consider while whittling the time away here on Cellar Tracker.

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RE: Showing your locale - 11/27/2007 4:42:55 PM   
grafstrb

 

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Status: offline 		Good idea...I'm updated!

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RE: Showing your locale - 11/27/2007 4:43:21 PM   
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RE: Showing your locale - 11/27/2007 7:23:08 PM   
Schu

 

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RE: Showing your locale - 11/27/2007 9:20:06 PM   
Corrado

 

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ORIGINAL: Schu

I didn't even realize mine wasn't filled out until you mentioned it.


Same here!

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RE: Showing your locale - 11/28/2007 9:52:32 AM   
Highmountain

 

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Status: offline 		Very good remark! Allways interesting to see how the wine-geek community is distributed thoughout the planet.

Beginner Geek Highmountain

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RE: Showing your locale - 11/29/2007 12:08:28 AM   
rloomis

 

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Status: offline 		Didn't know mine wasn't filled out -- ok, fixed!
(Now you can see why I have so many TN's from Temecula!)

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RE: Showing your locale - 12/23/2007 2:05:38 PM   
fingers

 

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Status: offline 		Just wanted to refresh this thread since I've noticed a bunch of newbies.  Request that we all update our profiles with our locations, since it doesn't happen automatically.  Thanks everyone.  Always find it interesting to see what corner of the world CT is reaching!

Cheers

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RE: Showing your locale - 1/31/2008 4:10:40 PM   
fingers

 

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RE: Showing your locale - 2/2/2008 8:15:59 AM   
mgagne

 

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RE: Showing your locale - 2/2/2008 1:19:00 PM   
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ORIGINAL: fingers

the Colonel's in Arabia, Jamscreator - Indiana, NWinther - Denmark, and moi: Santa Ana. 


Seriously, is Colonel Lawrence really of Arabia?

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RE: Showing your locale - 2/2/2008 3:16:08 PM   
Serge Birbrair

 

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Status: offline 		Last I heard he was in Dubai, which IS Arabia in broad sense of the word.

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RE: Showing your locale - 2/3/2008 3:55:48 AM   
Colonel Lawrence

 

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ORIGINAL: shirazgirl

quote:

ORIGINAL: fingers

the Colonel's in Arabia, Jamscreator - Indiana, NWinther - Denmark, and moi: Santa Ana. 


Seriously, is Colonel Lawrence really of Arabia?


Yep, really here.
I can tell you we had a shamal over the past few days, that breaks in subterranean cables all but knocked out our communications with the outside world, that it's unseasonably cold and we had storms leading to floods a week or so back.
That Dubailand isn't finished, it's hardly started, in spite of what US press reports say.
The tallest building in the world though is nearly finished - http://www.burjdubai.com/
And most importantly we have a new Crown Prince and Duputy Ruler appointed this week - Sheik M'hd's sons.
Yes we are still a benevelent dictatorship, or feudal monarchy, or some similar description.
Fortunately the current ruler is a genius - with soul.
Highly recommend that anyone stops off* on you way through, to Singapore, Australia, India, Bangkok - wherever, we're the hub to the world.





* my wine doesn't live here with me some don't come expecting that ;)

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RE: Showing your locale - 2/3/2008 9:50:43 AM   
deb293

 

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I would've thought you were a New Yorker, what with your respect for Chambers St. Wines (which will be within close walking distance of my new office!)  Surprised by the Boca Raton.

Deb

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RE: Showing your locale - 2/3/2008 11:04:46 AM   
Serge Birbrair

 

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Status: offline 		Deb, Chambers are only 1276 miles away from my house, but I shope there quite a lot, as they have lots of wines I truly like,
no freaking points and under $20
;)

We go to NYC at least 4-5 times a year (lots of mishpuha there) so I stop at the store from time to time just to say HI, as shopping online is much more convenient.

When we stay in Manhattan, we are close to your office, we rent apartment right above J&R Music store.

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RE: Showing your locale - 3/10/2008 9:06:01 AM   
fingers

 

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Status: offline 		Renewing this thread for all the newb's

Welcome and remember, you need to update your profile for your wherabouts to show.

Thanks for contributing!

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RE: Showing your locale - 3/12/2008 12:00:49 AM   
yeshua

 

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Status: offline 		First post, from Philadelphia. Wine newbie, but learning as fast as I can... which is one of the reasons my cellar is so small ;)

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RE: Showing your locale - 3/12/2008 3:00:59 AM   
Colonel Lawrence

 

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ORIGINAL: yeshua

First post, from Philadelphia. Wine newbie, but learning as fast as I can... which is one of the reasons my cellar is so small ;)



Best way to learn - have a big cellar, and search CT.
Good luck building it up, you'll find someone here who has a view about nearly every wine you could be tempted to buy.

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RE: Showing your locale - 3/12/2008 11:21:27 AM   
Schu

 

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Status: offline 		My cellar used to be pretty small too.  A few bottles here, a few bottles there.  And now after a few years of drinking heavily, my accumulation is becoming sizable.  about 130-150 which is still tiny to some people.

The wine forums are what start making your cellar grow.  Someone mentions something they liked, you like and respect that person so you want to try it, then all the sudden your credit card bill comes and you realized you've gone nuts.

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RE: Showing your locale - 3/13/2008 2:54:19 AM   
Colonel Lawrence

 

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Status: offline 		I got going seriously (as I've mentioned before) when I read an article saying you should buy twice as much as you plan to drink and sell half after a few years at double the cost to pay for all the wine!
But it was discovering
http://www.wine-searcher.com/
and
http://www.cellartracker.com/home.asp
that made me realise I really could get the worlds best wines at the best prices.
Luckily I started collecting with the 2000 Bordeaux vintage and have recently sold some at gains of 33%-96%.
Not quite 2x but it helps pay for more wines.
I now have rather a lot

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RE: Showing your locale - 3/27/2008 4:38:39 PM   
fingers

 

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ORIGINAL: fingers

It's very interesting to me to see the wherabouts of the various CT'ers as shown in the forums.  We know Wrighty's in Hong Kong, the Colonel's in Arabia, Jamscreator - Indiana, NWinther - Denmark, and moi: Santa Ana.  So I'd like to encourage everyone here to update their profile with what region of the world they're from.  Don't know if this matters to anyone else, but I find it another little juicy bit of trivia to consider while whittling the time away here on Cellar Tracker.

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RE: Showing your locale - 3/27/2008 4:52:42 PM   
mneforeva

 

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RE: Showing your locale - 3/28/2008 4:05:56 AM   
Colonel Lawrence

 

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ORIGINAL: mneforeva

test



It worked.

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RE: Showing your locale - 3/28/2008 9:43:54 PM   
Blue Shorts

 

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Status: offline 		I'd like to try that too, but I have a problem.  I just can't seem to let go.  I only recently started collecting, so my cellar is tiny... butIt's growing at the rate of around 50 btls per month.  I figure that I can keep this up until my wife finds out.

I've been working hard to interest my wife more in wine.  So far, she's really into Pinot and Zin and Syrah.  I've been trying to get her interested in Cdp and cabernet sauvignon, my two favorites... but so far no luck.

I started with a 52 bottle fridge.. then added a 28 bottle one... Now I've purchased a 400 bottle cabinet, but it hasn't arrived yet and I almost have enough to fill it already.  I want to convince my wife to allow me to build an underground cellar, although I may have to decide to become single first  ;-)

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RE: Showing your locale - 3/29/2008 1:58:56 AM   
Colonel Lawrence

 

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Status: offline 		I have half your problem, my wife can't quite understand why I need so much wine.
She does like the stuff though and as I've said before her ability to taste nuances in flavors is far superior to mine.
My skill is in buying the right wine, at the right price and having it appreciate in value.
So I guess we're a good team.
Interestingly the wines that appreciate in value aren't always the best - top growths, scarcity, hype all come into the mix.
I now hope to sell enough of the wines that have appreciated, to pay for the wines we truly like at very modest net outlay.
Buying more New World now and selling Bordeaux (modestly).
Will probably only buy very top Bordeau Chateaux for 2007.
L.

PS  My advice is find some great Cab-Sauv and suprise your wife, let her point out how great it is.
My wife would go for fruitier, fuller new world wines I suspect, whereas I still like the "complex" she might say "old/musty" flavors of Bordeaux.

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RE: Showing your locale - 5/2/2008 3:29:38 PM   
fingers

 

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ORIGINAL: fingers

quote:

ORIGINAL: fingers

It's very interesting to me to see the wherabouts of the various CT'ers as shown in the forums.  We know Wrighty's in Hong Kong, the Colonel's in Arabia, Jamscreator - Indiana, NWinther - Denmark, and moi: Santa Ana.  So I'd like to encourage everyone here to update their profile with what region of the world they're from.  Don't know if this matters to anyone else, but I find it another little juicy bit of trivia to consider while whittling the time away here on Cellar Tracker.


bump to top 

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RE: Showing your locale - 5/2/2008 5:42:25 PM   
Kiwi

 

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Status: offline 		I laughed out loud when I read your post, I can really relate. My hubby iis a beer drinker though he will try some of the wines. He doesnt mind me collecting wine and is going to build me an underground cellar. (we own a farmlet) However he is a babe in the wood as far as knowing how much I spend. I always get the mail first and hide the credit card statement (I am naughty)

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RE: Showing your locale - 5/4/2008 11:27:42 PM   
Eric

 

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Status: offline 		OK, now there is  REAL profile built into the main site: http://www.cellartracker.com/forum/m_20424/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm#20424

I will be pushing people to update these, so hopefully we will start to build up a lot more data about all of the site users (and not just the folks that frequent the forum). All of this is foundation material for what will be much richer "social-networking" features to come. Enjoy!


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RE: Showing your locale - 5/5/2008 5:24:37 AM   
NiklasW

 

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Status: offline 		GREAT STUFF! Now I have a problem, I need to drink much more to get those notes out (and get more experience)! How will my liver ever cope with this networking??? 

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RE: Showing your locale - 5/12/2008 4:12:43 PM   
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