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RE: Cellar Count Milestones - 1/2/2018 2:27:48 PM   
racerchris

 

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That's my upper limit until I have better storage.


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RE: Cellar Count Milestones - 1/2/2018 2:35:26 PM   
dbg

 

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So 2018, I told my husband, is the year of slowing down: we'll drink the wines we have to drink instead of the wines we want to drink. We'll be good, we'll be sensible, I assured him.


If this is a New Year's resolution, I hope it’s quickly broken.

Jenise, I don’t know you except from your postings, but this can’t be right. This can’t be what our wine passion comes to. The raison d'être of collecting is to drink the wines we want to drink.

Wine should be a joy, not a burden. If you have too many bottles, sell the ones that you were thinking you "have to drink." Keep and drink and take joy from the ones you want to drink.

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RE: Cellar Count Milestones - 1/4/2018 5:38:01 AM   
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RE: Cellar Count Milestones - 1/4/2018 12:49:53 PM   
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Amusing story. I didnt actually think I was above 2000 for a while. When you look at the CT front page I thought the "Wine Pending Delivery" was included in the "Wine in my Cellar" total. Alas.

I need to try to keep it right around 2k. I really don't have that much more room. I'm planning on expanding my cellar by about 3' x 12', so that should give me some breathing room but I'll need to uprate my cooling unit.





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RE: Cellar Count Milestones - 1/4/2018 12:55:10 PM   
ericindc

 

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ORIGINAL: mc2 wines

Just passed 3k bottles, and now just over 3k tasting notes and 3k forum posts.

Been a productive year!


At this point, you should probably just buy a house in the burbs, or a studio in Queens to store your wine. Might be cheaper than Domaine, lol.



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RE: Cellar Count Milestones - 1/4/2018 2:00:59 PM   
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RE: Cellar Count Milestones - 2/1/2018 6:32:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		I hit 805 yesterday, so I quickly drank a bottle to lower it. I am only supposed to have 365 per Dr. C, one for every day of the year. Unfortunately, I like wine with a few years on it so I need more than just 365 bottles.

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RE: Cellar Count Milestones - 2/1/2018 7:27:10 PM   
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ORIGINAL: mtpisgah

I hit 805 yesterday, so I quickly drank a bottle to lower it. I am only supposed to have 365 per Dr. C, one for every day of the year. Unfortunately, I like wine with a few years on it so I need more than just 365 bottles.


There's probably an equation brewing in your post, but it would require too much thinking about the average drinking window per your favorite wines and such.

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RE: Cellar Count Milestones - 2/1/2018 9:05:25 PM   
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ORIGINAL: CranBurgundy


quote:

ORIGINAL: mtpisgah

I hit 805 yesterday, so I quickly drank a bottle to lower it. I am only supposed to have 365 per Dr. C, one for every day of the year. Unfortunately, I like wine with a few years on it so I need more than just 365 bottles.


There's probably an equation brewing in your post, but it would require too much thinking about the average drinking window per your favorite wines and such.


When friends and family look at my cellar with that bewildered look I quickly explain that I like old Riesling with about 20 years on it and I like to drink about 3 bottles of it a year... obviously I need about 60 bottles of Riesling in the racks. I then explain that I only have 4 bottles of Riesling currently.

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RE: Cellar Count Milestones - 2/1/2018 9:20:47 PM   
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Status: offline 		Scary thing is with almost 900 bottles in the cellar I sometimes search through what I have and feel that I don't have anything I want to drink?!? I really have a problem

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RE: Cellar Count Milestones - 2/2/2018 9:11:07 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Scott W

Scary thing is with almost 900 bottles in the cellar I sometimes search through what I have and feel that I don't have anything I want to drink?!? I really have a problem

You are not alone!

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RE: Cellar Count Milestones - 2/2/2018 9:43:25 AM   
pclin

 

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ORIGINAL: Scott W

Scary thing is with almost 900 bottles in the cellar I sometimes search through what I have and feel that I don't have anything I want to drink?!? I really have a problem


I think you need more bottles.


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RE: Cellar Count Milestones - 2/2/2018 10:30:32 AM   
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pclin

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ORIGINAL: Scott W

Scary thing is with almost 900 bottles in the cellar I sometimes search through what I have and feel that I don't have anything I want to drink?!? I really have a problem


I think you need more bottles.


Words of wisdom

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RE: Cellar Count Milestones - 2/2/2018 10:50:51 AM   
mclancy10006

 

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Status: offline 		Well I can report with double the cellar size that will only happen half as much. :) I was once near 900, but now there is an extra digit.

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RE: Cellar Count Milestones - 2/2/2018 7:33:43 PM   
AfleetAlex

 

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RE: Cellar Count Milestones - 2/3/2018 4:17:23 AM   
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RE: Cellar Count Milestones - 2/3/2018 7:25:04 AM   
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Status: offline 		Every time I see this thread I get depressed (momentarily, until I open a wine bottle). I have purchased less, but since I have also consumed less, my cellar is actually increasing and is at 1380 and about to hit 1400. Gosh, Mr. Taggert, I am truly depressed.

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RE: Cellar Count Milestones - 2/3/2018 7:41:57 AM   
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ORIGINAL: BornToRhone

Every time I see this thread I get depressed (momentarily, until I open a wine bottle). I have purchased less, but since I have also consumed less, my cellar is actually increasing and is at 1380 and about to hit 1400. Gosh, Mr. Taggert, I am truly depressed.

Not to make it worse, but you're fixing to get your hand shot by The Waco Kid.

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RE: Cellar Count Milestones - 2/3/2018 9:58:09 AM   
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ORIGINAL: BornToRhone
Every time I see this thread I get depressed (momentarily, until I open a wine bottle). I have purchased less, but since I have also consumed less, my cellar is actually increasing and is at 1380 and about to hit 1400. Gosh, Mr. Taggert, I am truly depressed.


Friendly suggestion? I know you and the Princess are going to be retiring in short order. The day both of you do mark it as the last day that you ever buy a bottle of wine again until you finish drinking every last bottle in your cellar. Knowing your consumption rate you'll go well north of a decade before you even have to think about buying another bottle. My two cents worth.

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RE: Cellar Count Milestones - 2/3/2018 10:05:48 AM   
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ORIGINAL: S1

I am seriously pondering doubling my offsite locker size...


I just did this last week.

It is pointless to resist, S1.

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RE: Cellar Count Milestones - 2/3/2018 11:11:44 AM   
PinotPhile

 

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Status: offline 		Some of you are making me feel better about the 150 bottles now which may push close to 200. The more I learn, the more I am interested in acquiring. Sigh.

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RE: Cellar Count Milestones - 2/3/2018 3:54:19 PM   
wadcorp

 

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ORIGINAL: mclancy10006

I was once near 900, but now there is an extra digit.



1900?

We are at our lowest count in forever.

Because I suck at Cellartracker these days, I don't have an exact figure. But 2.5 years ago, when we started this "adventure in elder-care", we had 350 bottle. After killing all our wine clubs & curtailing most purchases, we are somewhere around 90 bottles now.

Wonder where tacman's bottle count is these days? Been forever since I checked on him, but last I heard it was 5,000.

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RE: Cellar Count Milestones - 2/3/2018 4:15:55 PM   
BornToRhone

 

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ORIGINAL: wineismylife

quote:

ORIGINAL: BornToRhone
Every time I see this thread I get depressed (momentarily, until I open a wine bottle). I have purchased less, but since I have also consumed less, my cellar is actually increasing and is at 1380 and about to hit 1400. Gosh, Mr. Taggert, I am truly depressed.


Friendly suggestion? I know you and the Princess are going to be retiring in short order. The day both of you do mark it as the last day that you ever buy a bottle of wine again until you finish drinking every last bottle in your cellar. Knowing your consumption rate you'll go well north of a decade before you even have to think about buying another bottle. My two cents worth.


WIML - the Waco Kid?! True, true....

But....I enjoy buying wine almost as much as drinking it!

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RE: Cellar Count Milestones - 2/3/2018 4:20:55 PM   
Chip Merlot

 

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Status: offline 		Touched 200 briefly last week--before finding out that a half case of Bordeaux I'd ordered was out of stock. Pushes me back down into the 19x territory. Dang it!

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RE: Cellar Count Milestones - 2/3/2018 6:06:17 PM   
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Status: offline 		1597 in a cellar that maxes out at 1500.

I don't look at moving wine boxes as a chore, I look at it as exercise.

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RE: Cellar Count Milestones - 2/3/2018 6:19:56 PM   
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1597 in a cellar that maxes out at 1500.

I don't look at moving wine boxes as a chore, I look at it as exercise.

ship me 97 for the Offlineorama

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RE: Cellar Count Milestones - 2/3/2018 6:24:37 PM   
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RE: Cellar Count Milestones - 2/3/2018 7:30:06 PM   
pclin

 

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ORIGINAL: BornToRhone

But....I enjoy buying wine almost as much as drinking it!




There lies the real problem, I have the same issue. I don’t even drink as much these days but buying hardly stop as I explore and learn.

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RE: Cellar Count Milestones - 2/7/2018 7:25:06 AM   
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RE: Cellar Count Milestones - 2/7/2018 2:10:54 PM   
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Status: offline 		I read somewhere (here or Berserkers) that 5,000 was the ideal cellar size if you like to drink mature wine.

So let me think. We like most of our barolo, burgundy, bordeaux, and vintage champers with 20+ years, Felsina and brunello with 15+, and most other reds at 10+ years...

@ 1.5 case each of mature barolo, burgundy, bordeaux and champers for 20 years = 1440 bottles
@ 3 cases of "other red" (Sicily, Umbria, Spain, Loire, US Pinot and Cabs) for 10-15 years years = 540 bottles
@ 2 case of other whites for 10 years = 240 bottles

plus dessert wines, daily drinkers, and wines that are best after 2-5 years, it gets to be around 2500-3000 bottles.






< Message edited by ericindc -- 2/7/2018 2:12:06 PM >

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