I've bloated up to 156 bottles.  The good news is that 144 of these are 2005 red burgs.  Both numbers are likely to increase tomorrow by another 18 bottles.

A mere 27 bottles including 12 that will arrive next week:

1997	Villa Cafaggio Cortaccio
1997	 Lisini Brunello
1997	Volpaia Castello di Balifico
1997	Il Greppone Mazzi Brunello
1995	Alvaro Palacios Finca Dolfi
2000	Clerico Barolo Ciabot Mentin Ginestra
1997	Huet Cuvee Constance

I have 44 bottles on order...if you consider the list I compiled yesterday to take with me today to B-21 "on order."Â

For the first time since I began keeping track, I am down to zero, zip, none. WOW. My basement looks like hell, but every single bottle that I have ordered has come in. That can only mean one thing............There is probably an order form in my mailbox as I type this.  Or there is an e-mail waiting to be read.  As soon as I get around to ordering my Kongsgaard, I will have broken the string. But that is a far cry from the 120+ bottles I was waiting on a few months ago.

I am down to 8 bottles of Marcassin and they are supposed to ship in early June. I am hoping to get a few extras, like last year.

I buckled and ordered some Pride Merlot and Cab Franc....

Posted By Winetex on 05/22/2007 5:01 PM
Jimmyv, how does the area under your pool table look?

A solid block of wine.  And the area under the pinball machine now holds 6 cases.  I am going to be ordering a 120 bottle redwood rack soon and have cleared out some wall space to anchor it to the wall. That should allow me to clear out almost all of the wine now sitting sideways in stryo case shippers.  This will leave me with 360 bottles in the climate controlled unit and over 400 bottles in my passive basement which changes (slowly) from 58 degrees in Nov.-April; to 63 degrees May, June and October; to 70 degrees in July-September.  Less than ideal, but these 400 are all earmarked for consumption within 1-3 years, so I can live with the consequences.

Basement is completely below ground level. Only windows are very small and sit at ground height perfectly flush with the ground. Wouldn't want to mess with the seal for fear of letting in water when it rains. 8-10 weeks at 70 degrees doesn't scare me. Probably better than 90% of all wine shops out there when they close up shop for the night.