Undoubtedly, there will be surprises.

In my experience, they come in a couple of flavors:
I didn't know I had so much of this left (older, past prime and not so great wine) and I thought I had more of this (great wine ageing wonderfully).

LOL.

I've got high end Chardonnay that desperately needs to be consumed soon (or I am going to have to take a page from David's book and start dumping them).

No stress, thank for the note!

No rush, but still waiting for that Purchase report that looks just like the Consumption report...

So, I'm reading the Wall Street Journal tonight as I settle into my seat on my flight out of Newark, with a vodka-tonic before we pull away from the gate. (This is my standard airline drink, learning that they can't screw this up too badly, as opposed to the horrendous wine selection that one is ususally faced with on domestic flights, even in first class.)

I'm reading the Wall Street Journal, and I start to read the article in the middle of the front page of the Personal Journal. I almost did one of those classic slapstick "spit takes" ...

"DAN BAILEY thinks he has about three thousand bottles of wine, but he's not sure. // That's because, like a lot of wine collectors, the San Francisco lawyer hasn't been very disciplined about tracking his consumption, purchases, and sales. 'My record-keeping is less than ideal', says Mr. Bailey, who has been using a spreadsheet.

blah, blah, blah, Vinfolio, Vintrust, blah, blah, blah.

"... Unlike Vinfolio and Vintrust, CellarTracker, a Web site developed by Eric LeVine, a longtime program manager at Microsoft Corp., is free ..." (more info summarized on table on p. D8).

So, Eric, you DID get your name in the WSJ. Congratulations to you and Dan for representing us geeks so admirably.



PS: Dan, if your inventory is "off", maybe you should stop pulling classic bottles out at oh-dark-thirty when you have a house full'o'wine-o's. That's gotta be awfully tough to keep track of!

Can someone post the article?

I think this link will remain active for 7 days for non-subscribers

WSJ article - Tracking Liquid assets

Didn't work for me.

You have nailed one of the main problems with my inventory management skills Stemor.

Say's, "Only available to subscribers".

I think this link should work.

GREAT! Thanks!

thanks eric, that was a great article.

Very nice! Thanks for the link, Eric.

Thanks.

Subject to change, but here is what I think I will be pouring at my mother's house:

2002 Karl Lawrence Chardonnay Aldin
2001 Mer Soleil Chardonnay
2001 Williams Selyem Zinfandel "North Flats" Forchini Vineyard
1999 Chimney Rock Cabernet Sauvignon

The only reason it will change is that I am waiting for confirmation on who is coming. There may be a lot of non winos there. My family is prone to adding some 7up to the red wine to make some sort of spritzer.

I don't care for beef but if I go to a dinner party and beef is what is being served, I am more than happy to just eat the side dishes. I would never ask a host or hostess to prepare a special meal for me. That said I have had some hostesses feel bad that I didn't eat what they prepared. You just can't win.