Robert is a man who knows how to speak to the ladies. 
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Hey, Sarah, you should join the inventory reduction thread! Oh, waitâŠ
I have been feeling the same way for the last few months but it has really only stopped me from buying red burgundy (of the things I regularly drink - havenât bought Bordeaux or Rhine wines or cabernet in years). I surely donât need any more german riesling but keep buying, although in smaller quantities.
But I am stopping!!!
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Iâve said this before. Iâll likely be on my death bed receiving the Jewish equivalence of last rites when I interrupt to place one final internet wine order.
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I found they deeply enjoy me talking about myself⊠Its not about the size of your cellar!
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Cranking down my purchases for a while. Pretty much daily drinking whites, roses and sparklers now
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Goddess, this thread sucks!!! 
JK. Happy for you and your decision Sarah. Please donât leave us, even if you do quit buying along with us.
But the rest of you just joining miseryâs company⊠sheesh! 
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Hi Sarah, FWIW, I came to the same conclusion 5+ years ago. I had nearly 5,000 bottles I was still buying. I am older than you. Logically I knew it was silly but when I had to move the whole cellar again and redid some math I cut the same cords you did. I missed very little, if anything, about that decision. I had plenty of wine I loved but the most important thing was hanging with my wine friends. Time will tell.
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Ahh the young and the spendy!
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Here lies Weinberg, a Wineberserk.
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I am 65 and feel some of this although on a completely different level.
I have a modest 100+ bottles. I donât collect wine, I consume it but have cut back due to health concerns. I just returned from Paso and really tried to restrain myself which I think I did pretty well coming home with about 2 cases. In the past I have over bought some wines that
I now am now not that excited to drink and have learned to be more selective. I have no desire to buy anything for maybe 6 months and after that a slower more selective pace.
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Projection?
Sarah,
Good for you!
me:
76 years
~1000 bottles
Still buying, mostly singletons because I am interested in tasting everything
Not buying many wines requiring bottle age, becauseâŠ
Interesting logistics in the offing:
When I sold the business, I inherited a lot of odds and ends that were either unused samples or didnât fit with the new ownerâs plans. Iâll be adding ~300 bottles in the next few weeks, which makes the basement a leetle crowded.
In about a year, I expect to move to a much smaller house, made an offer on one today. Smaller basement and only accessible from the outside! I visited with Karen, my contractor. No possibility of indoor access to the basement, but I told her I wanted a dumbwaiter. At least I wonât have to schlep the bottles if I wind up getting this house.
Until about 10 years ago, I was buying Bordeaux, mostly top Medoc Bourgeois and some lower-level classifieds. These really demand bottle age. They are not going to enrich my heirs at auction. So I finally stopped.
Dan Kravitz
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Really interesting thread. I have had similar feelings in the last year. At what point is it enough? I donât have a great answer for that, but I can tell you that in my case, the FOMO factor has faded markedly. However, this is a subset of a greater phenomenon. I just donât get as worked up as I used to about the new (wine, phone, car, gizmo, etc.).
My plan is to enjoy what I have, perhaps backfill with the occasional interesting bottle, but I am not likely making any major quantity purchases in the near future.
âŠbut then along comes Berserker DayâŠ
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I hope this cellar cull doesnât happen in January, Berserkers lives could be at stake.
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slightly different spin on the age question: but for people who feel like that compulsion to buy is gone, how long have yâall been buying wine? I ask because I think I enjoy the hunt for the wine sometimes as much as the drinking of the wine itself. but I can imagine a time when that wonât be as fun⊠especially as I see prices creep into the range where no amount of research makes some of my favorite wines seem reasonable compared to when I started. I admire when someone can realize that something theyve had compulsion or enjoyment doing for a long time no longer brings them the same joy.
on the flip side: if any of yâall who are done but maybe have good allocations would like to pass the opportunity along to us still in the game⊠Iâm sure youâd have takers! lol
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Too long, Iâll guess most of the allocations arenât transferable without deception as to who the buyer is.
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I started seriously buying wine in 1994.
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Since about 1998 or 1999 for real. Donât get me wrong - I have loved the hunt and the score and the seeking and searching and buying for most of that time, itâs been a great part of the fun.
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Itâs what you pull from it, eh?
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Iâm a year older. Otherwise, the same.