How much, (and what) did you buy this year?

WINE TALK
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How much and what did you buy this year?
Was it more or less than last year?
What are your purchasing plans next year?

ME:
Purchased 360 bottles which is about 1/2 of what I bought last year and 1/4 of the year before that.

The breakdown:
98 Burgundy
76 Bordeaux
6 Champagne (what happened here???!!!)
96 California
…34 Cab
…28 Pinot
…12 Syrah
…4 Chardonnay
…4 Petite Sirah
…1 each Marsanne & Malbec
49 Oregon (mostly pinot)
18 Washington (won’t be repeating this - not my style)
17 Italy

Plans for next year:
Same # Cali. Cab’s (maybe a couple less)
Fewer Cali. Pinot
Same Oregon Pinot
Same Burgundy
Not sure about Bordeaux
More Champagne
Zippo WA
Italy? Depends on the mood

Overall I’m guessing I’ll come in with a slightly smaller bottle count next year than this year but who knows really…

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I wasn’t planning on buying a lot of wine in 2009. But I did.

I dropped off mailing lists that were getting overpriced (for me). Only bought Carlisle, Copain, and Rhys, and Saxum off mailers this year. So how did I end up buying more wine? All of these ridiculous offers that have been coming around. Heck, I bought 2 cases of the '05 Vieille Cure alone at Max’s great price of $20. A bunch of 2007 CDP at bargain prices before Parker’s final reviews came out. Six of the 2006 Pegau for $45. A case of Mondavi Oakville Cab for $16.65/bottle. The '07 Clos St. Jean CDP for $19.99. The '07 Beaucastel Coudoulet for $18. And the list goes on.

In short, I bought the most wine I have ever bought by a large margin, but the average prices are down. If the deals keep coming, it will be hard to resist buying even more. Reading this board certainly does not help!

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About 18% of what I purchased in '08 and about 7% of what I purchased in '07.

Not sure what will be my purchases for 2010.

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276 bttles

France (159 bottles, avg. $40.42, total $6,427.50)
Rhône (49 bottles, avg. $84.82, total $4,156.00)
Burgundy (40 bottles, avg. $30.63, total $1,225.00)
Loire Valley (33 bottles, avg. $19.23, total $634.50)
Jura (22 bottles, avg. $10.91, total $240.00)
Bordeaux (5 bottles, avg. $12.80, total $64.00)
Languedoc Roussillon (3 bottles, avg. $20.00, total $60.00)
Alsace (4 bottles, avg. $7.50, total $30.00)
Savoie (2 bottles, avg. $9.00, total $18.00)
Southwest France (1 bottle)
USA (64 bottles, avg. $21.04, total $1,346.50)
California (53 bottles, avg. $22.16, total $1,174.50)
Oregon (4 bottles, avg. $35.00, total $140.00)
Washington (7 bottles, avg. $4.57, total $32.00)
Italy (15 bottles, avg. $52.47, total $787.00)
Piedmont (7 bottles, avg. $82.71, total $579.00)
Tuscany (8 bottles, avg. $26.00, total $208.00)
Portugal (3 bottles, avg. $163.33, total $490.00)
Madeira (1 bottle, avg. $400.00, total $400.00)
Douro (2 bottles, avg. $45.00, total $90.00)
Germany (19 bottles, avg. $18.58, total $353.00)
Nahe (13 bottles, avg. $22.00, total $286.00)
Mosel Saar Ruwer (5 bottles, avg. $6.80, total $34.00)
Rheingau (1 bottle, avg. $33.00, total $33.00)
Australia (7 bottles, avg. $31.14, total $218.00)
Victoria (5 bottles, avg. $31.60, total $158.00)
South Australia (2 bottles, avg. $30.00, total $60.00)
Spain (6 bottles, avg. $34.00, total $204.00)
La Rioja (4 bottles, avg. $41.00, total $164.00)
País Vasco (2 bottles, avg. $20.00, total $40.00)
Argentina (2 bottles, avg. $25.00, total $50.00)
Mendoza (2 bottles, avg. $25.00, total $50.00)
Austria (1 bottle, avg. $47.00, total $47.00)
Niederösterreich (1 bottle, avg. $47.00, total $47.00)
TOTAL BOTTLES 276 bottles with an average cost of $35.95
$9,923.00 total cost in 25 regions

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2009
215 bottles.
Avg price $86.56

BDX
Burg
Rhone
Cal
Or. Pinot

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This year I only bought about 60% of what I had bought in 2008. Of course there are still a few shopping days left!!!

Close to half Nebbiolo each of the last few years, then Cali Cabs and Rhones, and then Donnhoff!

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About 375 bottles purchased in 2009 per my database and about $4,700 spent per my Excel spreadsheet. That equals about $12.50 per bottle. Probably more like high teens when one factors in employee discount. In 2009 I spent about half of what I usually do on wine. Of course, I earned about half of what I have in recent years. These things tend to track each other, you know.

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I bought about 200 bottles (an increase over prior years) even though I decided to buy less in 2009. The main reason is that I was offered some mailing list wines I wanted to acquire. I have maxed out on Copain for a few years (and did so again in '09), but in 2009 I was offered Rhys estate wines, Anthill Farms, Betz, Saxum, and a host of others I have wanted to try for a while. I also ordered some Peay and Paul Lato wines starting in early 2009, and I kept buying the other stuff I like to drink, such as CDP, CDR, Alsatian and German whites, and some Loire.

In the course of responding to this thread, I have proven that I have no self control.

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Yeah, the mailing list thing is tough. I found myself getting some allocations I didn’t expect and ditched most of them, (even though I had waited many years for some.)

We have no room left in our cellar and have been making an effort to try and drink more than we buy. I thought we were doing well: little interest in bordeaux except to backfill, (still managed 76 bottles [scratch.gif] .), trimmed most mailing lists, tried to show restraint w/Burgundy, etc. etc.

Downfalls: We discovered a new source for Burgundy. We took a trip to the Willamette Valley where we “discovered” Oregon.

Net net, we purchased about 10 bottles more than we consumed. [oops.gif]

I’m getting tired of the wood boxes in the aisle between our racks so next year… gotta do better. [berserker.gif]

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down by 40% over 2008 (and previous years) in quantity where I used to be consistant year in and year out, the bad news is that I still had a net addition of bottles in 2009

down 50% in cost over 2008 (a bad year due to 2 offers of ex chateau wine that I could not pass up) but up on the cost side slightly from 2007 and 2006.

I had hoped to keep the cellar at a level number of bottles over the year, I see it was due to 2006 burgundy surprises

headbang

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Eight and a half containers, approximately 103,000 bottles, 80% Italian, balance Iberian and Champagne. And, somehow, they are almost all gone and we have to do it again…

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+1

I was aiming for 150 bottles and came in around 250. At least it was down from the 400+ of the prior couple of years. Dropped off of two lists (Serene - which cuts 48+ a year!, and Matthews). Shipped a bunch of wine home from a trip to Oregon.

Remain on a couple of “value” lists from whiom I get a bunch - Navarro & Chehalem. Still hem, haw, and order Sineann and Owen Roe because I like them and there is some nice variety there. Order my allocations of Quilceda and Beaux Freres. Trying to grow my allocation of Turley. Otherwise will try to get 2010 down to 150 to 200.

Cellar remained steady at around 1,200. Really would love to get below 1,000.

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I cut back 24% from 2008. I’ll try to do it again in 2010.

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Purchases down 26% over 2008 - ‘only’ 439.
Probably more importantly, average bottle price down a touch over 13%.

Actually both these numbers are skewed a bit. I moved and went June-October without my cellar. During that period I bought mainly qpr - CdR and other lower end rhone, languedoc, and Oregon (plus a smattering of WA), and didn’t bother with most of it in CT. So my purchase number is definitely low, but then my average bottle price should really be even lower as well.

For 2010 i’ll try to trim the purchases a bit from that number, but I do see continuing with the average price decline. Much of this will be due to an increased shift to OR pinot from higher priced CA. I did cut back on Rochioli, WS, and other higher tariff bottlings this year. 2010 may just be the year to let it all go. $30-45 seems to be getting me some very nice WV pinot in 2007 & 2008.

OTOH, i’m buying more northern rhone syrah which will offset a bit i’m sure.

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Wow,

I really wish I would not have looked. I’m down this year, 507 purchased vs. 839 last year.

Thanks Ed. [truce.gif]

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197 bottles, avg. $51.73

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh [basic-smile.gif]

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That’s a decrease son… :wink: [thankyou.gif]

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Er… um… update…

…just added 6 more 2006 Lillian, (couldn’t resist). NOW I’m done for the year… I promise! pileon

(Incidentally - there’s still a little 2006 Lillian available at from the winery. I know, I know… glad to help! [oops.gif] )

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About 5% more than 2008. For perspective, 2008 was down about 25% from my 2007 purchases. Germany (all riesling, primarily MSR, followed by Nahe) was tops (about 2x more than any other region), followed by the Loire (mostly Chenin Blanc), and then the Rhone, Bordeaux, and California.

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I was a good boy till the deep discounts started, so in the past 3 months bought more than in the previous 9. headbang