You know you're in a, "Wine Rut" when...

[Anton_D]

@Brandon R

Great posts so far. I think, as I reflect, I’m realizing I enjoy wine that is properly aged that wine drunk young. Just even a few years back, I liked younger wines more. As a result, I’m buying wine today and laying it down and not drinking much of it. Money goes out, wine comes back, but gets laid down and not enjoyed. It almost feels like money flying out the door with no “return.” I think it’s as much a result of a lull while my cellar ages. All that, or I haven’t had any THC!

I laughed at myself when I read your post. There is usually such a lag between money going out and wine coming in, that when it arrives, I go, “Hey! Look at all this free wine!”

I guess my short little span of attention has one benefit!

I am old, so I can tell you with confidence that it will seem like three weeks between when you laid down those age worthy wines and subsequently stumble forward into time and return to your cellar, find them, and say, “Awesome, this should be about ready!”

[rfelthoven]

One way to get out of a wine rut is to drink some really shitty wine over at some friends or relative’s house. If you think you’re no longer finding the “magic” in the bottles you’ve selected and aged, try some really shitty, sweet, mass produced bullshit and it will slap you out of your delusional state very quickly.

[Dennis_Kanagie]

@rfelthoven

One way to get out of a wine rut is to drink some really shitty wine over at some friends or relative’s house. If you think you’re no longer finding the “magic” in the bottles you’ve selected and aged, try some really shitty, sweet, mass produced bullshit and it will slap you out of your delusional state very quickly.

Jay might say that Kung Fu Girl fits the bill.

My wife would disagree though.

[Brandon_R]

@rfelthoven

One way to get out of a wine rut is to drink some really shitty wine over at some friends or relative’s house. If you think you’re no longer finding the “magic” in the bottles you’ve selected and aged, try some really shitty, sweet, mass produced bullshit and it will slap you out of your delusional state very quickly.

Haha…awesome. “Let’s all get together and chug some Barefoot!”

[George_Chadwick]

@Markus S

@George Chadwick

Bravo Anton D.

Actually never mind I really don’t care about your or any other wine related post any more.

And what, exactly, was wrong with his post? I thought it rather funny.

So did I. I was pretending to be in a wine post rut. A joke. Get it?

[NickRut]

Did someone say Rut?

[Brian_Tuite]

@NickRut

Did someone say Rut?

You resemble that remark!

[Anton_D]

@Brian Tuite

@NickRut

Did someone say Rut?

You resemble that remark!

It must be the season.

[Craig_G]

@George Chadwick

@Markus S

@George Chadwick

Bravo Anton D.

Actually never mind I really don’t care about your or any other wine related post any more.

And what, exactly, was wrong with his post? I thought it rather funny.

So did I. I was pretending to be in a wine post rut. A joke. Get it?

Don’t explain your jokes, dammit!

[Mark_C]

Brian really likes Musigny.

[Brandon_R]

@Brian Tuite

@NickRut

Did someone say Rut?

You resemble that remark!

Haha…that, coming from a guy with three moose head in his truck, lying on top! RUT?

[GregT]

Funny, I’ve never been in a wine rut. It’s a lifestyle, part of my daily existence, not really what I would call a hobby. I enjoy drinking wine alone, with my wife and with my friends.

What Robert said. I pay attention to what I eat in the same way. It’s just something you do every day, not really so much a hobby.

[Howard_Cooper]

@Brandon R

…you lay awake in bed at night contemplating the opportunity cost of all that silly fermented grape juice sitting in your cellar. Yeah…that happened a few nights ago. I was thinking many things, including the balance of my investment account with that money invested (and not spent on wine), the money that could’ve been invested in my family and activities with them, etc. etc. See what I mean? I haven’t had a great bottle with family or friends in what seems like a long, long time. WINE RUT

How would you complete that sentence? Have you been in one?

The wine in my cellar is an asset. Some have appreciated more than any stocks I own.

The wines removed from my cellar and drunk were, in many cases, invested in my family and friends and activities with them. They have been a big part of my social life.

The wines I do not drink from my cellar will be drunk or sold by my wife or kids or whatever. I don’t plan on selling any wine (unless I want to for nonfinancial reasons like I don’t like it), but if I need to I can.

[Jay_Miller]

I hit one this month. The combination of a lingering cold which made the idea of wine drinking unattractive and the whole Chelsea Wine Storage clusterf*ck had me staring at all the wine that I needed to rebox to prepare for moving and thinking seriously “if I just ship everything off to winebid I won’t have to deal with this mess”.

Fortunately the knowledge that I’ll feel differently next month kept me from taking the step.