Since new releases are priced at market there is a lot less interest.
We have one kid out of 3 who is a wine geek and will gladly take out wines when we have to give it up. Only problem is that he doesn’t want to wait.
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That’s the solution not the problem. That means you get to keep buying.
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My 20-something kids like wine so its fun to consume with them. One in particular is fond of MacDonald, Scarecrow, Kinsman, most Bordeaux he has tried and N. Rhone (he has even started buying and bringing me wine to store for him in my cellar where boxes are piled in front of the racks … all fun though).
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Literally came to this thread to post the same sentiment! WTH was I thinking?
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This year, I cured myself from missing out on B-Day, by spending many hours in the few days prior perusing my collection, wondering how the hell I’m going to get through these (and the 6 bottles and 6 halves to which I am committed), much less buy more? No kids, non-drinking wife, no one in the extended family drinks, and my main tippling neighbor just had to discontinue for health reasons.
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You have plenty of friends here you could divide your collection up with to share…
I find it soothing/relaxing to spend some time in the cellar going over the collection, re-racking bottles to organize, and just taking some time to think in peace.
Some people meditate, I go to the cellar. I like to imagine what bottles I will be opening up, what to add, why I bought something, who I would like to drink it with, memories about other bottles, etc.
Maybe I am being too philosophical but the collection is ultimately for my own appreciation and that can come in many forms whether I even drink it or not.
Sometimes Mouton labels have me contemplating art…
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“Maybe I am being too philosophical but the collection is ultimately for my own appreciation and that can come in many forms whether I even drink it or not.”
You’re not.
Good on ya.
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In the 80s I heard the adage:
“If a man dies with more than one bottle in his cellar, it was mismanaged”
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See the old person’s thread. That’s not the adage of 2020 Berserkers. The prevailing thought is overflow your cellar, keep buying and eventually it will be someone else’s issue to deal with.
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Exactly it is not unlike owning a coin collection. If you buy Wines that people will buy when you are gone. It is just another asset class. I’m not saying they will appreciate and be worth more than you paid. Some of them probably will, but not all. But if you buy quality wine, that other people will want worst case scenario, it can be sold off for some amount of money and not end up in a dumpster.
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I have been keeping up with the old person’s thread and I am aware of Berserker’s filling and overfilling their cellars in many cases.
I simply repeated the adage without additional commentary, as a counterpoint from long ago in the name of balanced viewpoints.
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Too true.
That’s smart on his part. If he talks you out of the wines he wants most now, then if his siblings suddenly become interested he has the advantage. Just good planning and risk management!
We invited a group of friends on the 27th and opened 18 bottles of wine for everyone. It was fun to taste through the line of wines and go back through the ones I really enjoyed. But I drank WAY less than I would have opening them one at a time at home, and I enjoyed the evening immensely. Not a cheap evening but it was a sunk cost and well worth it.
Also a very apropos way to spend the true anniversary of Wine Berserkers…I plan to do it again next year.
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US Storage?
That’s a good point as well. All wine storage is not equal.
Heh, maybe go for a stroll instead?