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Last Puppy Night, 2013 Edition - May 3 - 4/22/2013 2:31:15 PM   
recotte

 

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Status: offline 		Reviving what has now become a Hallowed Annual Tradition (okay, we've done it two times, now, so that counts, right?), I bring you (slightly later than the prior two years because, quite frankly I forgot about it)...

Last Puppy Night

Per the description from Khamen in the original event, the following are the rules:

quote:

Simple rule - on Friday 3rd of May, you have to pop a bottle that you only have ONE of in the cellar - whether it's a singleton purchase or a bin end. Whether it's a special bottle or the last of a daily drinker pile is down to you.

Post on this thread what it was and how it was.

Together we can drink our way to a tidier cellar!

Who is in?

K


I believe we've been fairly liberal in allowing the consumption of the Last Puppy to occur anytime during the weekend.

Who's with me?




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RE: Last Puppy Night, 2013 Edition - May 3 - 4/22/2013 2:34:03 PM   
S1

 

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quote:

ORIGINAL: recotte

I believe we've been fairly liberal in allowing the consumption of the Last Puppy to occur anytime during the weekend.

Who's with me?




ALWAYS!

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RE: Last Puppy Night, 2013 Edition - May 3 - 4/22/2013 3:43:07 PM   
wadcorp

 

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quote:

ORIGINAL: recotte

Who's with me?



Have put it on the calendar.

Any excuse is a good excuse.

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RE: Last Puppy Night, 2013 Edition - May 3 - 4/22/2013 3:45:31 PM   
musedir

 

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From: At 2534ft in Asheville near Royal Pines
Status: offline 		Dr. M and I will be in the NC mountains for the first time this summer with our great friends and I might just try to find a couple of last puppies to help out the cause. Plus a few others too...

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RE: Last Puppy Night, 2013 Edition - May 3 - 4/22/2013 3:53:09 PM   
mc2 wines

 

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Status: offline 		Sadly we're out of town for a wedding that weekend so our cellar will remain fully untidy.....

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RE: Last Puppy Night, 2013 Edition - May 3 - 4/22/2013 4:03:45 PM   
BobMilton

 

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Status: offline 		Sure, we've got lots of last puppies - time to drink some of them!

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RE: Last Puppy Night, 2013 Edition - May 3 - 4/22/2013 4:14:22 PM   
dsGris

 

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From: Portland, OR
Status: offline 		2006 Campo di Sasso Insoglio del Cinghiale Toscana IGT. Sorta jumped the gun, but I got a whole brood yelping at the leash!

< Message edited by dsGris -- 4/22/2013 4:25:53 PM >

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RE: Last Puppy Night, 2013 Edition - May 3 - 4/22/2013 6:32:19 PM   
RedLoverJim

 

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From: Hurstville, Texas
Status: offline 		I like this! I'll be at a CT offline that evening (indeed the whole weekend) but the bottle I've declared is in fact a last puppy.

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RE: Last Puppy Night, 2013 Edition - May 3 - 4/22/2013 6:42:10 PM   
mgriffith

 

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Status: offline 		So in!

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RE: Last Puppy Night, 2013 Edition - May 3 - 4/22/2013 7:00:20 PM   
BornToRhone

 

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Status: offline 		My wine kennel, er, I mean, cellar, has lots of last puppies in it! I will also be at the Texas offline bringing more than one last puppy.

Does that make me a puppy killer?!

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RE: Last Puppy Night, 2013 Edition - May 3 - 4/22/2013 7:47:22 PM   
champagneinhand

 

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Status: offline 		I've got loads of singletons, but some are there for a reason. I will be in, but have no idea what I'll be drinking.

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RE: Last Puppy Night, 2013 Edition - May 3 - 4/23/2013 4:05:47 AM   
wadcorp

 

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Status: offline 		Most of our cellar is one-offs.

Trying to be better about buying 2-3 of each bottle, but we've even drunk our way down to one of quite a few wines.

It's like a damned orphanage down there!

.

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RE: Last Puppy Night, 2013 Edition - May 3 - 4/23/2013 4:26:28 AM   
lockestep

 

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quote:

ORIGINAL: wadcorp

Most of our cellar is one-offs.

Trying to be better about buying 2-3 of each bottle, but we've even drunk our way down to one of quite a few wines.

It's like a damned orphanage down there!

.


Exactly my issue. I dropped under 100 single bottles last night, due to a focused effort to drink down some of the stragglers. My big problem - if you can call it a problem - is the amount of single bottle Bordeaux and Cali Cabs from the '80's downstairs. I'll sort on vintage year, and see something like 1986 - 10 wines, 10 bottles. I'm not in a rush on them, wish I had gone for a little less breadth and a little more depth, but glad they are there for special occasions.

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RE: Last Puppy Night, 2013 Edition - May 3 - 4/23/2013 4:35:06 AM   
musedir

 

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quote:

ORIGINAL: wadcorp

Most of our cellar is one-offs.

Trying to be better about buying 2-3 of each bottle, but we've even drunk our way down to one of quite a few wines.

It's like a damned orphanage down there!

.




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RE: Last Puppy Night, 2013 Edition - May 3 - 4/23/2013 5:30:37 AM   
jrockman

 

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Status: offline 		I'm in; plenty of singles to chose from.

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RE: Last Puppy Night, 2013 Edition - May 3 - 4/23/2013 5:50:57 AM   
mgriffith

 

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quote:

ORIGINAL: BornToRhone

My wine kennel, er, I mean, cellar, has lots of last puppies in it! I will also be at the Texas offline bringing more than one last puppy.

Does that make me a puppy killer?!


Someone had to do it.

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RE: Last Puppy Night, 2013 Edition - May 3 - 4/23/2013 6:22:32 AM   
cookiefiend

 

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Status: offline 		I think I can wrangle one up!
I'll just pop it in my suitcase!

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RE: Last Puppy Night, 2013 Edition - May 3 - 4/23/2013 7:01:14 AM   
ccotton8

 

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Status: offline 		Ug, why did I have to go look...200+ puppies to choose from.

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RE: Last Puppy Night, 2013 Edition - May 3 - 4/23/2013 7:04:23 AM   
Wine_Strategies

 

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quote:

ORIGINAL: ccotton8

Ug, why did I have to go look...200+ puppies to choose from.


Party at Craig's!!

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RE: Last Puppy Night, 2013 Edition - May 3 - 4/23/2013 9:40:00 AM   
ShawnM789

 

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Status: offline 		I'm in... 

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RE: Last Puppy Night, 2013 Edition - May 3 - 4/23/2013 9:30:16 PM   
skifree

 

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From: SE King County, Washington
Status: offline 		It's a puppy mill down there - about 200, so many breeds.... Alas, I am visiting family in Virginia so they will continue to make a mess in the cellar

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RE: Last Puppy Night, 2013 Edition - May 3 - 4/24/2013 9:45:21 AM   
ramwines

 

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From: US
Status: offline 		What a great idea. There are so many lonely last puppies in my cellar that I don't know where to start.

The more I look at my inventory, I'm thinking that this should be a monthly event. And maybe a Last Puppy tasting evening to celebrate Spring.

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RE: Last Puppy Night, 2013 Edition - May 3 - 4/24/2013 10:12:53 AM   
ChrisinCowiche

 

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From: Cowiche, WA
Status: offline 		About 260 singletons in my cellar at present.  Need to slice and dice it a bit more because lots seems to be "I want to try this" or other one off purchases/club inclusions.   To me, the Last Puppy is a wine where you've drank through 6+ bottles and are down to last bottle.   I have likely got a couple of these but it will take me a while a) identify them via CT, then b) find them in my "cellar".  My bottle labelling project is aobut 30% complete and the other 70% of my cellar is somewhat random.

In other words, I'm in.

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RE: Last Puppy Night, 2013 Edition - May 3 - 4/24/2013 10:24:04 AM   
Beachrooster

 

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Status: offline 		I'm in as well!

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RE: Last Puppy Night, 2013 Edition - May 3 - 4/24/2013 10:41:19 AM   
drycab

 

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From: Jupiter, FL
Status: offline 		I had no idea that I had this many but I've got 205 orphans.

Some are really good and some are there because I can't bear to pour them down a drain! I might kill the beneficial microbes in my septic system!!

But I'm in!

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I wish I had some of that.......
I did....I drank it.......

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RE: Last Puppy Night, 2013 Edition - May 3 - 4/24/2013 10:46:50 AM   
bretrooks

 

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From: San Luis Obispo, CA
Status: offline 		Something like 2/3 or 3/4 of our bottles are singletons, so most of our wine-drinking nights are "last puppy nights." I think I'll adopt CiS's approach and look for something which is the last bottle of a multi-bottle purchase.

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RE: Last Puppy Night, 2013 Edition - May 3 - 4/24/2013 12:00:59 PM   
BobMilton

 

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From: Newbury Park, CA
Status: offline 		You're right - many of my singletons are also one offs. Do have some real last puppies though, so will have to pick one of those.

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RE: Last Puppy Night, 2013 Edition - May 3 - 4/24/2013 6:19:14 PM   
wadcorp

 

Posts: 9336
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From: Kansas City, MO
Status: offline 		Amazing! I figured the bulk of our cellar was singletons. Turns out not quite the case.

We currently have 299 wines. 178 are singletons. Which means 121 are not.

We've been working on getting 2 or more bottles at a time when purchasing.

.

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RE: Last Puppy Night, 2013 Edition - May 3 - 4/24/2013 7:33:19 PM   
RedLoverJim

 

Posts: 272
Joined: 9/25/2008
From: Hurstville, Texas
Status: offline 		Wow! I have a lot of lonely bottles. Out of 664 bottles, representing 434 wines, 320+ are last puppies. I need to work harder on those!

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RE: Last Puppy Night, 2013 Edition - May 3 - 4/25/2013 10:43:11 AM   
ramwines

 

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From: US
Status: offline 		Took a closer look and of the 1,132 bottles in the cellar, 131 are singles. I estimate about 3/4 of these are one-off and the rest "last bottles".

The more I think about this, the more I want to focus on consuming these singles and clean up my inventory.

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