I’m in one now.
I may be selling off my cellar and reinvesting in nothing but single-barrel bourbon if things don’t change soon. ![[wow.gif]](/uploads/db3686/original/2X/7/7d450e9830889c8943b674446a21b7254cad657e.gif "wow"){kind=small}
I mean, I’m spending $10-$12 on these bottles, why wont they deliver, damn it? 
Kidding aside, ever have a dry spell where each bottle seems more blah than the last?
Every grape, every region? No. I have gone through stages where a particular grape or region has gone south for me. I generally just take a good deal of time “off” of that one.
Yes and then I start to wonder whether it is the wines or just me…or just maybe my choices. My conclusion is that it is most likely me but the exact mechanism that causes it is something I have not thought through.
Can honestly say this has never happened to me.
When I was drinking primarily Washington wine nearly to the exclusion of everything else, this happened to me. It actually forced me to taste everything else out there, so I guess I’m grateful for it.
I’m there right now Dennis. Just this weekend I was thinking I could sell off 3/4 of my cellar and it wouldn’t even bother me. Bourbon, Scotch, and beer are doing it for me.
I can’t put my finger on it and don’t think it’s a long term thing, really.
Perhaps it’s a convergence of factors in the past few weeks: me, the company, the settings in which the wines were consumed, the specific wines, my expectations for the wines, other beverage options, etc…
I hear you Joe.
When this happens I always think it is me and my life circumstances and never the wine.
Have you been drinking any Champagne Dennis? If not, that may just be the ticket. It always brings a smile to my face.
I know what you mean Dennis! I seam to go through them quite frequently. I thought that it was just because this is my career and I am thinking about wine all the time. I notice that it is usually because I get in stretches of only drinking domestic wines that are very scientifically made and sterile. So for getting out of those funky stages I try to reach for something from the old world and from way out in left field like a Gravner, Radikon, or some of the orange wines. Or maybe a wine from Jura. Try something you have never had before but you know is extremely different. Good luck and I hope you get out of this soon!
yes, and I take a few weeks off and don’t drink. That seems to refresh everything.
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Yes. Happens semi-frequently. I simply (and not at all unhappily) drink beer instead.
Happens often. Sometimes it’s a cold (like today), other times it’s a run of mediocre wines that for whatever reason don’t meet expectations (poor provenance and retailer overhype the biggest contributors here), and other times it’s a palate shift away from what I’ve been focused on.
In general, these are quickly passing phases for me!
I guess I’m not alone and it usually passes for me as well…for example…
I came home to the perfect remedy for my current ailment:
Today’s delivery: a 6-pack of well-aged Syrahs from the cellar of the genius that is Steve Edmunds.
I see brighter wine days ahead!
Thanks all for the comments. And cures (Champagne!)
Yep. Part of it is that I go through stretches where I just don’t want to bother concentrating on the wine so I don’t feel like opening anything good. Some if it is that there are times when I just don’t feel like drinking most of a half bottle and if I’m opening something decent, I decant half into a 375… which means I more ore less need to drink the other half. If I just want the equivalent of a glass I’ll often grab a beer instead.
What I wouldn’t do, unless it lasted a year or more, is sell wine. After going through a blah phase I inevitably pop something that just gets me going again and reminds me of why I like wine. Along the lines of Berry and Anthony’s thinking, if you are just finding the wines you have to be blah, try something offbeat. See For jaded palates - WINE TALK - WineBerserkers for a white suggestion from Fleming. Leaf through the Rosenthal or Dressner listings. Want a lighter red.? Try a Frappato from Sicily. etc. etc. This is where having a trusted wine shop locally is key - they can often direct you to something that you wouldn’t normally try.
Yes, it’s happened a few times - usually in the summer months. My infallible remedy to date is a bottle of Clos Roche Blanche.
Yes. This is part of it for me, too.
Tends to hit me then, too. Or when it feels like summer, as it has here for the past week or so.
Don’t you need to change your location, braugh?? hope all is well… and you will get plenty of chances to drink beer where you are!!!
Sometimes it’s just time for beer (or nothing) for awhile.
This sums up what I was thinking when I opened the thread. Sometimes I just need a little time off for a “reset”.