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[Innkeeper]

Completely understand. Unfortunately it is something that every novice has to accumulate by experiance. The good news is as we pointed out on the other thread, that 95% of the wine in the store is ready to drink. The other 5% have to be aged from one to fifteen years. A Geyser Peak Sonoma Valley Cabernet Sauvigon needs to lay down for a year from release or three years from vintage. A big Brunello Di Montalcino needs to lay down for fifteen years from vintage. The rest you need to learn from experiance. Hanging around here helps.