Does my cellar need birth control or is my wife sneaking wine into it?

J_a_y_H_a_c_k · February 24, 2019, 9:38pm

I keep drinking wine and bringing it to events and giving it away as gifts, but there are never any empty slots in the cellar. I haven’t figured out yet whether the bottles are having sex behind my back or my wife is buying her kind of wine and filling slots while I am not looking. I know it’s not be buying too much wine because I have substantially reduced purchases and most of my Berserkerday wines have not yet arrived.

Merrill_Lindquist · February 24, 2019, 10:05pm

Jay? I think a vacation is in order for you. Please consider it.

J_a_y_H_a_c_k · February 24, 2019, 10:14pm

As soon as I find a place to put the EMH I just bought.

Merrill_Lindquist · February 24, 2019, 10:53pm

And thank you for doing that. This year in particular has become quite competitive out there.

Dan_Hammer · February 25, 2019, 12:09am

Jay,

Rebecca is holding my EMH, Becklyn, Myriad, and Sojourn wines. Thanks for understanding. I was going to mention it to you at the Di Fara’s offline next week.

DH

Merrill_Lindquist · February 25, 2019, 12:17am

And did she also pay for them? I don’t recall seeing a payment from you, Mr. Hammer, nor any instruction to send the wine to either Rebecca nor Jay. Must be a mix-up.

PeterH · February 25, 2019, 3:22am

Must be more of that free wine. I know the problem.

Dan_Hammer · February 25, 2019, 6:10am

I’m all stocked up. I may not be your biggest customer, but I go back to 2005/2006. My first purchase was October 2009.

1 2015 EMH Cabernet Sauvignon Black Cat (USA, California, Napa Valley)
3 2014 EMH Cabernet Sauvignon Black Cat (USA, California, Napa Valley)
2 2013 EMH Cabernet Sauvignon Black Cat (USA, California, Napa Valley)
2 2012 EMH Cabernet Sauvignon Black Cat (USA, California, Napa Valley)
2 2011 EMH Cabernet Sauvignon Black Cat (USA, California, Napa Valley)

1 2009 EMH Cabernet Sauvignon Black Cat 10th Anniversary Special Selection
1 2015 EMH Cabernet Sauvignon Black Cat Special Selection

Merrill_Lindquist · February 25, 2019, 5:21pm

I was joking, of course, but you do have a nice line-up there!

Edward_H_Earles · February 26, 2019, 2:00pm

My be cellar gremins. I’ve had all sorts of problems with them at my place. Usually they take more than they leave, but once 8 bottles of Gigondas magically appeared. Got some free Baudry too.

ToddFrench · February 26, 2019, 4:05pm

It’s probably from all those offlines you used to host - you are just now noticing them!

Anton_D · February 26, 2019, 5:20pm

What’s really going on…

J_a_y_H_a_c_k · February 26, 2019, 5:40pm

Used to? We are considering gearing up for one final epic bacchanal this summer before I get too old to host you guys.

ToddFrench · February 26, 2019, 6:14pm

You had me at ‘epic bacchanal’ - Jorge, get the guest room ready.

Karl_K · February 28, 2019, 4:01am

I’m game

Mike_Grammer · February 28, 2019, 5:45pm

Keep us posted—I’d like to try to make it this year—just don’t set it for 1st or 2nd week of July And if I come, I’ll expect brisket, risotto and chocolate cheesecake.

On the thread subject, see Monthly check-in: Cellar inventory reduction plan - WINE TALK - WineBerserkers

CliftonD · February 28, 2019, 6:05pm

I’ve heard stories …

ToddFrench · February 28, 2019, 6:12pm

then you better show up when this is planned

J_a_y_H_a_c_k · February 28, 2019, 7:43pm

Nah. This time I think I’ll go with some old favorites from BF 2.5. Deep fried cajun brined turkey together with oxymoron sandwiches (pulled pork on a challah roll); followed by some new specialties - spiced sesame lamb meatballs a la Levenberg and Ma Po Tofu for my daughter in law. If we are really lucky, I will rent the chocolate fountain again and make thick sliced Costco bacon, which will work better than the thin sliced kind I had last time for dipping into the chocolate.

For those of you who think that’s a ridiculous menu, NOTE that we cook it all from scratch right there in the back yard, and I have since taken a course in how to make mayo to go on the cole slaw we make for the oxymoron sandwiches. We also have had imposed a new rule at all subsequent Berserkerfests, which rule was developed after I cleaned up all the bottles for the first one. You may not come and open a bottle of wine without offering a taste to the host. There were way too many wines the first time that I did not get to taste.

But I still have to clear this with the war department.

lleichtman · February 28, 2019, 11:00pm

Keep us posted—I’d like to try to make it this year—just don’t set it for 1st or 2nd week of July And if I come, I’ll expect brisket, risotto and chocolate cheesecake.

On the thread subject, see Monthly check-in: Cellar inventory reduction plan - WINE TALK - WineBerserkers

Nah. This time I think I’ll go with some old favorites from BF 2.5. Deep fried cajun brined turkey together with oxymoron sandwiches (pulled pork on a challah roll); followed by some new specialties - spiced sesame lamb meatballs a la Levenberg and Ma Po Tofu for my daughter in law. If we are really lucky, I will rent the chocolate fountain again and make thick sliced Costco bacon, which will work better than the thin sliced kind I had last time for dipping into the chocolate.

For those of you who think that’s a ridiculous menu, NOTE that we cook it all from scratch right there in the back yard, and I have since taken a course in how to make mayo to go on the cole slaw we make for the oxymoron sandwiches. We also have had imposed a new rule at all subsequent Berserkerfests, which rule was developed after I cleaned up all the bottles for the first one. You may not come and open a bottle of wine without offering a taste to the host. There were way too many wines the first time that I did not get to taste.

But I still have to clear this with the war department.

Pulled pork on Challah. Something sounds wrong there.