My no buying streak ends at 70 days

WINE TALK
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April 22nd.
Last time I bought wine.
A 6 pack of 1997 Vietti ‘Rocche’ in a PC sale.

As the days and weeks went buy, it became easier and easier to pass on the offerings coming in.
I thought I might make it into the fall.
But no. I’ve been felled.

A good deal on some 2010 Conterno ‘CF’ (both Barolo and Barbera, both bottles and mags) did me in.
I couldn’t say no.
And there it goes.

Now I’m back to 1 day.
Can I make it to 2, to 7, etc…

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Just get back on the horse and ride Peter. I made it through April with no purchases, slipped up for 9 bottles in May, then bought nothing in June again. Every little bit helps, right?

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My only good no-buying streak ended when I was in my 20s.

[wow.gif]

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I had a 30 day streak earlier this year. I’m on day 14 of a new streak right now. Trying to get to 30 again.

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I haven’t bought a thing this month [basic-smile.gif]

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Impressive Peter. I’m on the verge of 2 months - 57 days. My longest streak for 10 years, since I’ve been keeping records.

It’s only a matter of time. The daily drinker rack is nearly empty.

RT

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I thought the thread was no buying Steak. Needless to say I was disappointed that there was no talk about steak.

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I also thought it was another Flannery thread at first glance.

No wine buying didn’t seem to make sense.

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No buying streak? What the heck is a no buying streak? You mean like some sort of time period where you don’t acquire wine? This actually exists? [scratch.gif] I have never experienced such a thing!

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How much was the good deal on the 2010CF Barolo?

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Sounds like we need a NB support group like AA. My name is Mike and have a wine buying addiction. I was doing OK but lost the battle when the 2011&12 Faiveley Musigny’s were made available. Cheers Mike

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Mike, I am glad I did not hear about hear the Faiveley Moose! It must have been a tiny allocation.

I have managed to go 7 days without buying wine.

Brodie

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Ok. I made it through today. The first day is always the hardest. Tomorrow is day 2. One day at a time, build back up.

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Having turned 55 and my cellar at near capacity, my "goal’ for the next 5-7 years was to achieve an equilibrium between consumption and purchases. Seems easy enough, right? Well, for the first six months of 2014, I purchased 244 bottles, while consuming only 89.

This is going to be much harder then I thought.

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Sigh. This is so familiar to me. [cry.gif]

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As much as we all love to drink wine, you can just buy it waaaaay faster than you can drink it. And I say that as someone who drinks plenty.

One suggestion for those, like me, who are on too many mailing lists, is just to skip a whole spring or fall cycle. I did that last fall, the world didn’t come to an end and I didn’t get kicked off any lists or clubs, and I still have more than enough wine. The wineries that I was concerned about, I just wrote to them beforehand and told them I was skipping one but coming back afterwards, and they were all cool about it. I figure that if I lose any because of that, then that’s just as well.

Not only do you save a lot of money and cut into your overtaxing of storage, but you kind of teach yourself that it doesn’t hurt nearly as much as you might have thought. It helps you to get over the sensation that you’re going to miss out on something epic by skipping a buying cycle.

I may do that again soon, maybe this fall or next spring.

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One bottle per vintage for NZ.

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I think we need to do one where you count how many days consecutively you’ve bought wine.

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This conjures up an image of one of those tent revivalist preachers. “You must cast out the demon known as Chambers Street wines and their evil emails. They know all your weaknesses and will tempt you with old nebbiolo until you cave . . .”

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I’m not sure where you are located, but posting about breaking your streak at 3:25 AM is very impressive.