When you are out of storage space, do you stop buying wine?
Yes
No, I expand my home storage to other areas (garage, kid’s room, etc.).
No, I add off-site storage.
No, I sell off bottles.
Other
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I was wondering what happens when you run out of space. My wife recently said to me that we have enough wine for the rest of our lives. I quickly disagreed, but she pointed out that you can’t open the door to the cellar. This is only an issue during shipping season, but this winter it is worse. Maybe I should shut down purchases for the next 4-6 months. I can’t be the only one having this problem. I had off-site storage years ago and have contemplated bringing it back for long term storage.
Yes, but I have learned to apply greater care in my purchases. I skip certain plots now from the producers I do like, instead dialing in on the handful of remaining plots that really speak to my senses. Hell, my cellar is 10% lighter than this time a year ago because I sold off some bottles (my vote above), have donated a bunch of wine for charity and to Kris’ point, share wine and focused my spend.
Frank, I have started to be more selective. This has been the best thing for me to do. Basically 75% of my purchases are now for long term. I have also been giving more wine as gifts and donating.
Yes, when I have willpower.
No, expand storage (during wintertime; and this is usually accompanied by a slow-down in purchasing)
No, add off-site (when the problem has become exceedingly bad; this level of bad behavior has only been reached three times — my initial foray into offsite, the addition of locker #2, and then the upgrade in size for the smaller of the two lockers).
moving forward, I’m hoping to reduce this list to nothing more than “Yes.” <---- pipe dream.
Wow. Very unlike my purchasing. 15% - 25%-ish for long term. The rest is daily/regular consumption. I still do an occasional buying binge and the result is a bigger pile of boxes and less aisle space. The long term racks have been at equilibrium for a while, while the overflow boxes of “keepers” are slowly accumulating. The pile grows and organization drifts towards chaos. There’s more storage room that could be added but there’s already a lifetime supply…so expansion is irrational…which is absolutely no guarantee it won’t happen.
Most of my wine is long term as well and it’s nearly full. I think about other things that have more space or need a gap filled: custom surfboard or two, 4wt fly rod, guitar amp…
I have gone through several rounds of reorganization, each inspired by a condition that would be labeled as “out of space”. The result of the reorganization each time has been the creation of more capacity in the existing space. I voted other since I think I’ve been out of space a few times.
I do a combination of selling off wines I feel no longer fit my tastes and trying to be more selective. But of course I have to reaffirm this strategy every 4-5 years.