Zinfandel

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I keep my wine in my cellar - not a "wine" cellar, but literally, my cellar. I put a thermometer down there and the temp stays around 57 degrees and there is a bit of humidity in the air.

One of the few wines I haven't delved into yet are Bordeaux's. I'm just too intimidated by them! I am on Federal Wine & Spirits' newsletter list so I'm getting all kinds of notices of various Bordeaux futures I can buy now, but you have to purchase by a half case or case and at approx. $300-$600 per order, it's just way out of my league to spend like that - especially where I know nothing about Bordeaux!

As I mentioned, I don't have a large amount of wine stored and I'm probably turning over what I have pretty regularly, so it's not that big an issue for me, but I would like to learn more and get more confidence about aging and storing wine so that when I go to the store I can make better decisions about picking vintages.

I'm going over to the North End today at lunch to visit the great markets they have there and I think I'll stop and see what they have for Zinfandels - they have a chain store over there that has a better than average wine selection. I'll look for some of the names that have been suggested here. Thanks so much!

Lisa