Winetex 
Austin, Texas (pretty fall colors here)
Master of Wine
Posts: 11302
 | | 01-30-2007 08:08 PM |
| It's one thing to have it in electronic inventory but another to sort through the racks and boxes. I realized that unless we become raving alcoholics (which we are not) there's no way we will ever drink all of that wine. Another realization is that there are at least 5 cases of wine that I really have no interest in drinking because of taste preferences. These I chalk up to my weakness a few years ago to the "echo chamber" i.e. "everyone else is buying it boy I need to." These are good wines but they don't hold much appeal for me. If you are in cellar ramp-up mode don't let this happen to you. Look for a wine sale soon.  <<anxiously checking the RSS feeds for new wines... LOL> | | |
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PourQue
Wine Labeler
Posts: 3511
| | 01-30-2007 08:15 PM |
| I currently have wine stored in 4 different places......this is very sad! Or is good? | | | |
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ChillyWino
Barrel Racker
Posts: 1831
| | 01-30-2007 08:30 PM |
| I think this happens to any serious wine collector at some point. Tastes change.
So are their any Rhones on the list???? | | | |
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Winetex
Austin, Texas (pretty fall colors here)
Master of Wine
Posts: 11302
| | 01-30-2007 08:49 PM |
| No Rhones, Burgundy or Champagne. I guess that tells you what I like these days. | | | |
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Rob Kim
Las Vegas, Nevada
Grape Fermenter
Posts: 453
| | 01-30-2007 08:58 PM |
| Maybe it is a selection of the finest Ruinite, Mateus, Lancers, Sutter Home and Canei from the 80's  | | | |
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ChillyWino
Barrel Racker
Posts: 1831
| | 01-30-2007 09:27 PM |
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No Rhones, Burgundy or Champagne. I guess that tells you what I like these days.
Then it's got to be what just about everyone starts with and gets a little crazy about, Cabs. | | | |
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jaimetown
DC area
Wine Labeler
Posts: 3553
| | 01-30-2007 09:36 PM |
| Ruinite and it feels so good... I hear ya - reduced my cellar by 9 cases about two months ago, and it is more reflective on what I am drinking these days. | | | |
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RawReds
Grape Fermenter
Posts: 646
| | 01-30-2007 09:39 PM |
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If you are in cellar ramp-up mode don't let this happen to you. Look for a wine sale soon.
I'm sorry.. sale.. or.. DAVIDN-STYLE DUMP!!!!!
Do I get a vote? | | | |
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JonesWineNo1
Sommelier
Posts: 8568
| | 01-30-2007 10:06 PM |
| This happens to everyone eventually (sometimes more than once...) One caveat to keep in mind is that tastes change and can change back again. | | | |
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Randy Sloan
St. Helena
Wine Drinker
Posts: 4017
| | 01-30-2007 10:14 PM |
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I think this happens to any serious wine collector at some point. Tastes change.
Witness the auction sites when they offer selections from "a well respected collector" or something like that. I think most collectors eventually want to sell or donate some of their collection whether it is because of changing tastes, making room for something else, or even just that turnover is part of collecting. | | Randy Sloan
Match Vineyards | |
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hudamang
CALI
Grape Fermenter
Posts: 401
| | 01-30-2007 10:40 PM |
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If you are in cellar ramp-up mode don't let this happen to you. Look for a wine sale soon.
I'm sorry.. sale.. or.. DAVIDN-STYLE DUMP!!!!!
Do I get a vote?
Hmmm....what's a DavidN-style dump? Sounds interesting...
I've always associated Dumps with restroom. Please edumacate me!
BTW...go huskies! I miss CT! | | | |
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Dave Tong
Santa Clara, CA
Barrel Filler
Posts: 1336
| | 01-30-2007 11:05 PM |
| A DavidN DumpDo a search for "dump" username "davidn". Some of them are quite amusing. | | http://scmwine.blogspot.com - My wine blog.
http://scmwine.wikispaces.com - your guide to the Santa Cruz Mountains and Santa Clara Valley
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Everett Love
Grape Sorter
Posts: 295
| | 01-31-2007 12:02 AM |
| Once my cellar construction is completed and my wine is all in one place, I need to do a serious reassessment. 80% of what I drink is Pinots and Syrahs, yet 50% of my cellar is Cabs. Oy!!!
Thanks for the post...I certainly have been in denial about what I drink. I do not even open my old cabs. | | | |
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Appreciative
Beaverton, OR
Grape Puncher
Posts: 813
| | 01-31-2007 12:18 AM |
| Or gifts...
"I know you like wine and I've heard good things about this." | | | |
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phlin
Grape Sorter
Posts: 275
| | 01-31-2007 01:52 AM |
| i think that's why i almost never buy more than 3 or 4 bottles of any one wine. i'm concerned that my palate for the wine will have expired before my supply has. | | | |
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wineismylife
Arlington, TX
Master of Wine
Posts: 12540
| | 01-31-2007 03:05 AM |
| Maybe you should have another CDP.  I feel your pain. I just moved 4 cases from my big cellar into the queue in the kitchen that should have been drank in 2006. Once I finish those I can go to work on the ~200 bottles scheduled to go in 2007.  | | | Joe-----Wine is like potato chips around me...if it's open, it's gone. | |
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Kyle(Houston)
Grape Stomper
Posts: 139
| | 01-31-2007 03:16 AM |
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Maybe you should have another CDP.
I agree | | | |
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ChillyWino
Barrel Racker
Posts: 1831
| | 01-31-2007 04:05 AM |
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Maybe you should have another CDP.
I feel your pain. I just moved 4 cases from my big cellar into the queue in the kitchen that should have been drank in 2006. Once I finish those I can go to work on the ~200 bottles scheduled to go in 2007.
We've been thinking of some place to go this weekend to escape the cold. I think I know where to go now!! | | | |
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David Niederauer
Los Gatos, CA
VinoCellar.com Extraordinaire
Posts: 30915
| | 01-31-2007 04:48 AM |
| You think you've got a problem Shannon. Look at me. I don't drink except when I am with other people. Tricia and I eat dinner at night and I don't open a bottle.
Actually I am seriously considering doing a DUMP soon. And of course there is always April 1st to look forward to. | | | |
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saut
Barrel Filler
Posts: 1078
| | 01-31-2007 04:49 AM |
| It is tough to think about what to collect. I like 7-10 year old Cal Cabs, but I wasn't thinking about that 7-10 years ago!  | | | |
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