Organizing Your Cellar

[maygoddess]

This is an interesting topic and cartman had a very question..why store wine if most wines here are meant to be drunk upon release..
I was just reading a local business article about young consumer wine drinking/buying habits and most consumers these days drink wine upon buying..usually buying just before drinking. Our generation(I am late 30's)..so say 20-30s..drink as we go,so to speak.
As you learn to appreciate more wines and pick favorites, you may find yourself stocking up a bit more rather than just grabbing any bottle off your local store shelf for the evening's meal or whatever.
We have a 47 bottle wine fridge..we won it actually..and I never thought this would be beyond full and ready to move on..but we are stocking up more and just not drinking as fast.

Also..I have been given bottles of some wine that I think I want to age..new concept for me..as I usually drink as we go!

Also..If you have a wine fridge that you have neck out and one deep like I do, I found these plastic neck hangers that you dry erase marker on the wine info and can wipe off and reuse. This stopped us from having to pull out the bottles each time to see what we had, thus messing up the label.

Anyway..I think an inexpensive small wine fridge is a good first step..even if you plan on getting a few bottles to keep of stuff you like and want to have on hand.

Anyway..my two cents!

Patty