New Toy

[Innkeeper]

Well my combined Father's Day, Anniversary, Birthday, and Christmas present arrived today and is installed, pant pant, and stocked. It is a 98 bottle rack custom made for our "space" in our naturally climate controlled cellar. It is individually compartmentized steel wire, cherry racked, and aluminum fronted. It is 7 spaces wide by 14 high, and holds oversized bottles, e.g. Champagne, easily. Does not hold those slim 375 ml dessert wines, but there is a shelf above for those.<P>Got it from Kedco on Long Island, the company founded by an old friend Lou Windt who passed away around ten years ago. His son Ken, runs it now (1-800-654-9988) and is most accomodating. It cost $365 to put it together, and another $65 to ship it up here.<P>Put my "lay down" stuff on the bottom three rows starting with the Bruenello for '13, and ending up with those to be drunk this year. Above these right now are vertical rows of pinot grigio, other whites, pinot, other California red, Italian red, French red, and "other" reds. <P>Still have my old racking in reserve that can handle another four cases. At least now, I don't have to keep a lot of stuff upside down in their shipping containers.