What did you purchase in 2021?

[Adam_For]

mostly if not all reds and champagne

[John_Glas]

A variety from California, Washington State, Spain, Italy, the Rhone and Australia.

Goals for 2022 more Bordeaux and Oregon Chardonnay.

[Jonathan_Jaggers]

Being that I discovered WB in 2021, way too much lol. Approx:

45% California reds
25% California whites
5% other USA
15% France (Bordeaux, Rhone)
5% Italy
5% other

[Ken_Strauss]

A very typical year.

California 58.6%
Oregon 7%
Washington .8%
Champagne 9.9%
Rhone 1.1%
Bordeaux .2%
Italy 18%
Spain 2.3 %
Argentina 1.9%
Chile .2 %

[Steve_McL]

I agree with Eric Z. Way too much (~700 bottles in 21’ )

Cellartracker says:
60% Burgundy (70% red/30% white)
23% Mosel Saar Ruwer
8% Oregon (Walter Scott plus whatever Lingua Franca/Saffron Fields/Dusky Goose/Bethel Heights my wife likes)
7% California (Chanin- well worth checking out)

[Jay_Miller]

Howard, I would like to thank you. Going over my 2021 purchases I saw one and thought, “Did I buy that?”

I checked my onsite inventory, nothing. I checked my offsite inventory, nothing. I did a cursory check of my wine fridges, nothing.

I checked my old emails, aha! I bought it in early September from Blacksmith. But where is it?

Figuring my offsite is far less likely to forget to inventory than I am I went through all three of my wine fridges one shelf at a time.

And that’s how I found the lone forgotten bottle of 1988 Taittinger CdeC, hiding behind a magnum of Burgundy.

[Frank_Murray_III]

For 2021, it was 25% California (nearly all Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir) and 75% Champagne (virtually all of that was grower). I’ve got my cellar now up to 60% Champagne, with a goal of 75%. When I get there, I’ll be right where I want it.

Happy new year everyone.

[Carter_Pelham]

Being that I discovered WB in 2021, way too much lol. Approx:

45% California reds
25% California whites
5% other USA
15% France (Bordeaux, Rhone)
5% Italy
5% other

WB certainly has increased my purchasing as well.

I don’t have exact stats since i put my cellartracker together and updated it finally this year.

40-50% USA (Pinot from Cali/OR, Cali Cab/bdx blend, Cali Chard mostly)
30% France (Mostly bordeaux, “inexpensive” red burg, champagne, smattering of rhone)
10% italy (Tuscan reds and Piedmont reds)
Everything else

[CJ_Beazley]

For 2021, it was 25% California (nearly all Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir) and 75% Champagne (virtually all of that was grower). I’ve got my cellar now up to 60% Champagne, with a goal of 75%. When I get there, I’ll be right where I want it.

Happy new year everyone.

Almost exactly what I acquired this year, plus a little Oregon from Berskerday; but bubbles won the year by far.

[Fred_Vogel]

399 bottles, mainly California and Washington.

[Frank_Murray_III]

For 2021, it was 25% California (nearly all Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir) and 75% Champagne (virtually all of that was grower). I’ve got my cellar now up to 60% Champagne, with a goal of 75%. When I get there, I’ll be right where I want it.

Happy new year everyone.

Almost exactly what I acquired this year, plus a little Oregon from Berskerday; but bubbles won the year by far.

It was my strategy first, mine, mine, mine.

Craig, is that your plan for 2022 too? It’s gonna be mine.

[Eric_Sch]

2021 was our second highest volume purchasing year on record, but average per bottle cost is relatively flat over the last 5 years. I’ve had some really good opportunities and capitalized on them to add some great stuff to my cellar, but I have a good amount of long term aging wine now so I anticipate slowing down dramatically. December is the lowest monthly purchase volume since I started tracking, but the highest per bottle value.

France 42.5%
Champagne 17.3%
Bordeaux 6.0%
Burgundy 7.7%
Rhône 6.0%
Loire Valley 2.4%
Provence 2.9%
Jura 0.1%

Germany 34.7%
Mosel Saar Ruwer 22.6%
Nahe 9.9%
Pfalz 2.2%

USA 14.4%
Oregon 9.9%
California 1.8%
Washington 2.7%

Italy 7.9%
Piedmont 6.5%
Tuscany 1.2%
Sicily 0.1%

Plus 1 bottle of 1946 PX, 2 1969 Austrian stickies, and 2 bottles of Musar.

[Ron_Erickson]

60% from Tuscany. Mostly 2015 & 2016
10% Bordeaux 2018 verticals
10% Summer whites
15% Oregon with a few Cal Pinot’s
5% Napa Cabs.

[R_Frankel]

Burgundy 34% (mostly red, about 2/3 new releases)
Germany 19% (Mosel and Nahe Riesling)
Piedmont 17% (all red, 95% Nebbiolo)
Rhône 12% (mostly red, all N. Rhône)
California 6%
Champagne 5%
Little bits of Loire, Oregon, Bordeaux, Tuscany, others.

Germany has been trending up, while California has been trending down the last few years. No surprise there for me. Rhône is my new darling, I expect that to grow next year. And, in general, still buying way too much!

But I am not satisfied with my Champagne buying. Next year this will be a bigger fraction of the total. Issue 1: I need to keep tasting broadly. The things I really love are pricey/hard to get in volume (all the stuff people here talk about way too much - Cedric Bouchard, Taittinger Comtes, etc.). I’m sure it’s lack of experience, but I feel like there is a bigger deliciousness difference between the $150ish and $75 price points in Champagne relative to other wine types/regions. Sadly there aren’t any sub $50 Champagnes that inspire me to buy over and over, and just a handful in the $60-$80 range that I love (e.g. Agrapart 7 Crus and Terroirs, Vilmart Grand Cellier, Laherte Freres various crus). Gotta keep hunting. I do have some new things to try already!

[dsimmons]

I’ve cut way back on total purchases and this is the first year when I purchased more white wine than red.

[Howard_Cooper]

Ned - adding to the good wishes for a full recovery and great new year filled with many capital letters


Rauzan Segla
Pinon
Calsac
Muller Catoir
Weegmuller
Birichino
Salvioni
Vincent
Duplessis
Halcon

All of us who have survived the last two years and who still can buy and drink wine have earned the right to use CAPITAL LETTERS.

[Howard_Cooper]

Howard, I would like to thank you. Going over my 2021 purchases I saw one and thought, “Did I buy that?”

I checked my onsite inventory, nothing. I checked my offsite inventory, nothing. I did a cursory check of my wine fridges, nothing.

I checked my old emails, aha! I bought it in early September from Blacksmith. But where is it?

Figuring my offsite is far less likely to forget to inventory than I am I went through all three of my wine fridges one shelf at a time.

And that’s how I found the lone forgotten bottle of 1988 Taittinger CdeC, hiding behind a magnum of Burgundy.

Wow.

[Howard_Cooper]

For 2021, it was 25% California (nearly all Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir) and 75% Champagne (virtually all of that was grower). I’ve got my cellar now up to 60% Champagne, with a goal of 75%. When I get there, I’ll be right where I want it.

Happy new year everyone.

Do you buy mostly to drink wines over a short period of years or to cellar for longer periods. I drink a lot more whites than it shows as a percentage of my cellar as I tend to age reds more than whites. So, it makes me wonder, are you drinking your reds on the younger side or aging your Champagnes for long periods or a little of both.

[CJ_Beazley]

For 2021, it was 25% California (nearly all Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir) and 75% Champagne (virtually all of that was grower). I’ve got my cellar now up to 60% Champagne, with a goal of 75%. When I get there, I’ll be right where I want it.

Happy new year everyone.

Almost exactly what I acquired this year, plus a little Oregon from Berskerday; but bubbles won the year by far.

It was my strategy first, mine, mine, mine.

Craig, is that your plan for 2022 too? It’s gonna be mine.

Definitely, truth is on any given occasion cool climate Pinot (Oregon/true Sonoma coast) or bubbles is always my first thought now.
I would once again like to thank Brig for that bottle of Jaquesson 738 which was revelatory for me.

[Frank_Murray_III]

Almost exactly what I acquired this year, plus a little Oregon from Berskerday; but bubbles won the year by far.

It was my strategy first, mine, mine, mine.

Craig, is that your plan for 2022 too? It’s gonna be mine.

Definitely, truth is on any given occasion cool climate Pinot (Oregon/true Sonoma coast) or bubbles is always my first thought now.
I would once again like to thank Brig for that bottle of Jaquesson 738 which was revelatory for me.

Craig, if you like that wine, see if you can track down the DT version, which is the late disgorged version (you may know this already). I think the 739DT is the current release for DT.