I used to store off site. No more.
This is a good summary of my cellar as well. Mine is more organized than it used to be, but I have only a vague idea of actual inventory. In terms of how many bottles? Far too many to ever be able to drink…
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Except all the excellent “luck”, you need an external storage to avoid the head shaking 
Mine only knows a fraction and I still get the head shakes.
But if that’s all you get I reckon you’re lucky to have found such an understanding wife as well.
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I also dream about building my own cellar. But i don’t have space for it where i currently live. So will have to wait until we move or my kids moves out one day (they are 2 and 6… so thats far away hehe)
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Around 650 here. 100 bottle fridge at home and 2 double wides as offsite storage, all way over capacity. I too have a buying problem.
Berserkers Day 14 pushed me towards the @J-Izzo standard of looking nuts to my casual wine-drinking friends. Still one more BD14 delivery pending, from Stellareese. What’s weird is that the more the hubs and I get, the more I have this need to round it out, or to make sure I have at least X bottles of Wine Y to keep some in reserve for years down the road. I love reading everyone’s tasting notes and imagining that in 10 years, I’ll have some really nicely aged wines.
Thanks all for making me feel so un-excessive!
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Oh about 70% is off site. I get the head shakes for the 30% tip of the iceberg. When I start getting the pursed lips and the wtf frown, I’ll pull something extra nice out of the cellar and then say “you’re welcome”. Shazam, problem solved.
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Looks like I will part with about 10-15% of my cellar once I send another batch of cases to WB. It will be welcome, not because of actual storage but more organization.
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Its sooooo nice to have verticals of 6 packs of Breuer Schlossberg and Saumagen Auslese Trocken lying in the cellar waiting…
?? 
If you are below 50 you need a huge cellar.
If your over 70 you need only to have approx 200 bottles for each year left
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You drink/open 200 of your own bottles per year? I think i avg one per week + a few extra for tastings during the year, but i rarely bring more than two or three bottles to a tasting as others will also bring wines.
Maybe i just need to drink much more! 
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FIFY
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I like your style 
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Its only 4 bottles a week for 2 persons
You definitely drink to little😊
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My wife has no book knowledge of wine, but has a very good palate and can tell the good from bad. We have a running joke about the time we were on the road and stopped in a Ruby Tuesdays (the fanciest place within 25 miles). The nicest red on offer was … Meiomi. She recognized Meiomi from many many years prior (pre-Constellation). I said, uh, it’ll be different now. She takes one sip, makes a face and whispers “what is this sugary crap?”
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I know! I had a 2008 Meiomi that was sublime. Either my palate changed, or each successive vintage seemed to get a bit more sugary. (Probably both.)
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I remember old Meiomi. It’s not you. Constellation gave America the grape juice it apparently wants.
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At age 56 I have a huge cellar, and it’s still getting bigger. When I retire I will have to start putting Riesling on my morning cereal.
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This is inspirational. Pancakes soaked in Riesling for breakfast. My retirement is going to be awesome. Short, but awesome.
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Frosted Flakenstein
Grape Nütz
Quisp
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