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RE: Year End Reckoning - 12/16/2017 5:13:20 AM

BigJ

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Purchases up 50% on 2016 and cost per bottle down only 4%.. expensive year.
Purchases up 100% on 2015.
Consumption of cellar is almost nil as i live in a different country, I need to slow down. But very much looking forward to living at home, sometime in the next few years.

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RE: Year End Reckoning - 12/16/2017 8:31:11 AM

ericindc

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Buying about 3x consumption. I blame good years in Burgundy-2015, Bordeaux in 2016, and Barolo-2013. Also bought alot more Champagne.

Already planning to sell a bunch in 2018 and will probably buy minimum in the 3 B's.

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RE: Year End Reckoning - 12/16/2017 9:30:32 AM

khmark7

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ORIGINAL: CranBurgundy

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ORIGINAL: khmark7

Yeah, i have 100+ bottles of Sauternes laying around. Think i've consumed 3 bottles this year....you do the math.

Karl, my bestest CT buddy from Chicago! How many are 2003 and older?

Well, actually most of my Sauternes are from recent vintages, which i prefer anyways. Have been drinking down my 2003's & 2009's and now have loads of 2007, 2011, 2013 & 2014 with only a few bottles older than 2006

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RE: Year End Reckoning - 12/16/2017 10:14:56 AM

Ibetian

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Good news: As planned, I drank more than I bought in 2017, reducing the cellar size.

Bad news: The drawdown was less than intended; I bought too much, perhaps not the only person on this forum who did so.😉

Goal for 2018, drawdown twice as much as 2017. Actually, it’s time to start a 2018 thread.

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RE: Year End Reckoning - 12/16/2017 11:23:42 AM

dsGris

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Reduced purchases by 140 over last year, but the cellar is still 250 over goal. So if I only buy 100 next year.

I mostly drink OR PN now which leaves 2/3 of the cellar aging for the future. A serious discussion needs to happen on why I buy some of these expensive wines I seldom drink anymore. They do make well received gifts!

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RE: Year End Reckoning - 12/16/2017 5:22:17 PM

AfleetAlex

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I've put off wine buying until Summer 2018, and I'm staying strong. In the end, to avoid temptation, I had to mark all the wine emails (including my broker), as Junk. LOL

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RE: Year End Reckoning - 12/16/2017 5:32:03 PM

dsGris

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ORIGINAL: AfleetAlex

I've put off wine buying until Summer 2018, and I'm staying strong. In the end, to avoid temptation, I had to mark all the wine emails (including my broker), as Junk. LOL

Good strategy.

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RE: Year End Reckoning - 12/17/2017 7:10:06 AM

racerchris

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So far I've resisted temptation to make a sizable purchase which would bring my cellar beyond 500 bottles.
That hasn't stopped me from replacing what I drink, and creeping closer to the limit each time.
Reducing the # of bottles purchased per unit time has allowed me to increase the cost per bottle though.
So in Q4 I've been regularly picking up one or two each of a variety of 2010 and 2014 lesser classified growths which have great CT reviews but reasonable price tags.