I’m getting too old to buy more wine!

[Marcus_Goodfellow]

No, not because I have more than enough to last me until I die, and not because I’m so old that I will die before any new-release stuff I would buy will be fully mature.

Rather, it’s just that Garagiste and Fass shipments arrived on the same day and I had to carry seven cases of wine in from the car and down the stairs to the cellar, and I can already tell that it’s going to take a crane to get me out of bed in the morning. I’m too old for this (stuff)!

I go to the gym at least once a week and work on heavy weights so that I can carry stuff to the basement, and I’m 68 years old, so stop whining becaue there is no H in wine. I just carried a wooden case full of heavy bottle of SQN down to the cellar and made it back alive.

I also keep a bottle of Naproxen and a back brace in the cellar just in case.

I did not realize that SQN made wines that weigh more than other wines.

Actually the wines weigh less. Alcohol is lighter than water. But Manfred gets extra dense glass and bigger bottles to make sure that we all stay in shape.

[J_a_y_H_a_c_k]

No, not because I have more than enough to last me until I die, and not because I’m so old that I will die before any new-release stuff I would buy will be fully mature.

Rather, it’s just that Garagiste and Fass shipments arrived on the same day and I had to carry seven cases of wine in from the car and down the stairs to the cellar, and I can already tell that it’s going to take a crane to get me out of bed in the morning. I’m too old for this (stuff)!

I go to the gym at least once a week and work on heavy weights so that I can carry stuff to the basement, and I’m 68 years old, so stop whining becaue there is no H in wine. I just carried a wooden case full of heavy bottle of SQN down to the cellar and made it back alive.

I also keep a bottle of Naproxen and a back brace in the cellar just in case.

I did not realize that SQN made wines that weigh more than other wines.

They just use heavier bottles than that wimpy Bordeaux you love.

[J_a_y_H_a_c_k]

. . .

This is why Alfert has associates

I wonder what their hourly rate is for the boss?

I would never let my associates touch my wine. It’s way too important.

[Howard_Cooper]

I go to the gym at least once a week and work on heavy weights so that I can carry stuff to the basement, and I’m 68 years old, so stop whining becaue there is no H in wine. I just carried a wooden case full of heavy bottle of SQN down to the cellar and made it back alive.

I also keep a bottle of Naproxen and a back brace in the cellar just in case.

I did not realize that SQN made wines that weigh more than other wines.

They just use heavier bottles than that wimpy Bordeaux you love.

Bore Dough? Me?

[Anton_D]

I go to the gym at least once a week and work on heavy weights so that I can carry stuff to the basement, and I’m 68 years old, so stop whining becaue there is no H in wine. I just carried a wooden case full of heavy bottle of SQN down to the cellar and made it back alive.

I also keep a bottle of Naproxen and a back brace in the cellar just in case.

I did not realize that SQN made wines that weigh more than other wines.

They just use heavier bottles than that wimpy Bordeaux you love.

Hence his avatar pic of himself drinking SQN and not some wimpy Bordeaux!

[Dav3_Dyr0ff]

This is why Alfert has associates

I wonder what their hourly rate is for the boss?

I would never let my associates touch my wine. It’s way too important.

I don’t think I could get away with using associates, but I have found daughters’ boyfriends/husbands to be useful for this task - and safe, as long as the wine is in shipping boxes and not just cardboard cases or anything like that. The problem with those dudes, however, is that (these days anyway) they are rarely around on the days you need them.

[R0_M_0_R_R_1_0_N]

My back is a mess and has been for decades, so I have a bunch of the 6 bottle carry bags that makes it a lot more manageable to schlep wine in and out of the basement. That said, I just added another VK500 to cut down on trips to and from offsite.

[Robert.A.Jr]

This is why Alfert has associates

I wonder what their hourly rate is for the boss?

I would never let my associates touch my wine. It’s way too important.

You gotta leverage to make money, Jay!

My time is way too important to touch my wine, as in moving it!

But sadly, I did have move about 12 cases this past weekend from storage to home to load up the new fridge. And I feel you old-men pain! I have a torn left bicep and two hairline fractures in my right wrist due to a cycling accident 4 weeks ago. This move sucked. I feel your pain.

The associates and mail room dudes - we have one big guy like Hodor - can handle all the goodies that come in this week! Shipping season, baby!

And PS. You need to hire me to find out my rate.

[Dav3_Dyr0ff]

The associates and mail room dudes - we have one big guy like Hodor - can handle all the goodies that come in this week! Shipping season, baby!

I love our mail room guys for getting the stuff from the mail room to the car (of course they have hand trucks and an elevator). Can’t take those guys home, though, and we have no elevator at home, though I do own a hand truck - which came in very handy during cellar renovation (and again from time to time during occasional reorganizations).

[Howard_Cooper]

The associates and mail room dudes - we have one big guy like Hodor - can handle all the goodies that come in this week! Shipping season, baby!

Your firm hires Hodors??? Only in Florida!!!

[Howard_Cooper]

The associates and mail room dudes - we have one big guy like Hodor - can handle all the goodies that come in this week! Shipping season, baby!

I love our mail room guys for getting the stuff from the mail room to the car (of course they have hand trucks and an elevator). Can’t take those guys home, though, and we have no elevator at home, though I do own a hand truck - which came in very handy during cellar renovation (and again from time to time during occasional reorganizations).

I also own a hand truck. Used to be great when I worked getting wine from my office to my car. Not so good going down steps.

[Anton_D]

The associates and mail room dudes - we have one big guy like Hodor - can handle all the goodies that come in this week! Shipping season, baby!

Your firm hires Hodors??? Only in Florida!!!

Instead of “Hodor” the guy only says, “Alfert!”

[Howard_Cooper]

The associates and mail room dudes - we have one big guy like Hodor - can handle all the goodies that come in this week! Shipping season, baby!

Your firm hires Hodors??? Only in Florida!!!

Instead of “Hodor” the guy only says, “Alfert!”

I thought he only says Sociando Mallet!

[Robert.A.Jr]

He calls me Pimp Daddy

[Robert.A.Jr]

This is why Alfert has associates

I wonder what their hourly rate is for the boss?

When I was a junior associate, I did some personal tax work for a partner. That Christmas, he gave me a bottle of 1969 la Tache as a present. Robert, are you paying attention?

Huh?

They have the pleasure to work for the coolest, hippest, sexiest, smartest, funniest partner and mentor on the “truth” side of the Mason-Dixon Line. They actually buy me gifts. My fave associate gets me an 18 year Islay Malt every Xmas. He makes the most $$.

I love my peeps.

[Howard_Cooper]

I wonder what their hourly rate is for the boss?

When I was a junior associate, I did some personal tax work for a partner. That Christmas, he gave me a bottle of 1969 la Tache as a present. Robert, are you paying attention?

Huh?

They have the pleasure to work for the coolest, hippest, sexiest, smartest, funniest partner and mentor on the “truth” side of the Mason-Dixon Line. They actually buy me gifts. My fave associate gets me an 18 year Islay Malt every Xmas. He makes the most $$.

I love my peeps.

I live on the same side of the Mason Dixon line as you do and know how to make boiled peanuts!!!

[Robert.A.Jr]

I will concede to being as much of a faux Southerner as I am a faux Cuban!

I am as deficient in speaking Spanish as I am in boiling peanuts. To be frank, I do not like boiled peanuts. There is something not right about them.

[Dav3_Dyr0ff]

To be frank, I do not like boiled peanuts. There is something not right about them.

The taste, for one thing. But that’s probably quibbling.

[T_Williams]

As a young and speedy member. I really enjoy watching you old farts slowing down a bit and letting some of us young bloods get the bottles you wish you bought. Now if you could only do that with your housing too!!!

TW

[Anton_D]

As a young and speedy member. I really enjoy watching you old farts slowing down a bit and letting some of us young bloods get the bottles you wish you bought. Now if you could only do that with your housing too!!!

TW

It’s ‘cause you’re wasting all that money on lattes and avocado toast.