recotte
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ORIGINAL: Sourdough Rarely buy singles of wine I know and like. Mainly buy singles of wines to try or extra expensive. ^^^ Yikes! I just discovered that I have 271 singletons, almost a quarter of my cellar! That's a lot more than I was expecting. The majority of these are the last of multi-bottle purchases. I answered: 1. Occasionally Buy Singletons: these are to try new regions/wineries/styles, or expensive/older vintage singletons. 2. Pay attention when multi-bottle purchase reaches "Last Puppy" status: for wines that I've been keeping track of the evolution on, when I get down to the last bottle, I try to make a mental note of whether that last bottle needs to be consumed sooner than later, or if I should forget about it for X years because it's my last chance to drink it at its peak, and it still needs time. Over the last few months, I can think of a handful of last puppies that I've intentionally opened because I knew or suspected it was their time. All of that said, the number of last puppies I have means I've been doing a **** job of this over the years. 3. Hold on to Last Puppies to keep verticals intact: I've done this intentionally with just a few wines, the idea being that I want to hold some vertical tastings. In practice, I have limited opportunity to actually do this, so I know this is mostly just a sentimental exercise because there's something in me that doesn't want to break the verticals. Good thread, Chris. It reminds me that I've been remiss in my Last Puppy Day officiating over the last couple of years. 2024 edition coming out soon....
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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. - Oscar Wilde
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