how many bottles in your collection?

[megawill]

Thanks for the clarifications, Bucko...I aspire to be a 'consumer/collector' rather then a pure 'collector'...

Over the past year I've gone from having just a couple of bottles on hand to having 15-20 on hand...although that number is a little depleted after last evening...

Time to go out soon and buy another mixed case...

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megawill

[Glass_A_Day]

I just bought my second cellar. Currently have about 100 bottles down for a nap. I have recently found the old addage that temp swing is the only thing that hurts wine is false. I have a friend who has a mini cellar. He fits the best he has in there and stores the rest in the basement. Never gets above 72 or so and never drops below 60 in the winter. Well, of late, the two of us have been working on early 90's Napa cabs. Those in basement storage were dead. Long dead. Those in the cooler were perfect. Now I know the cooler wines were the cream of the crop... but there were some pretty damn nice bottles out of the cooler as well. These wines should be peaking and instead they were plunking. Lesson learned for novice me. Everything of value goes in a cooler or gets drunk.

As for what foodie said. I have a little trouble with your philosophy. If your were truely afraid to put back any amount of wine because of the possibility of an unforseen accident, wouldn't that hold true for buying a house or getting married. What would happen to your wife and home if you died? They would still be there just like a wine collection.

[winoweenie]

GAD for 20 years I've tried to preach the value of provenence. Have seen what a great cellar can do. My cellar is kept at 52-54* and 55 to 70% humididity and in 22 years I've had exactly 1(ONE) bottle come out that was corked.WW

[Thomas]

GAD, I do hope you are kidding as much as I was.

[White Wine Lover]

Well, I am happy as a clam with my Christmas present, a refrigerated wine storage unit that holds 47 bottles. Now to fill it! It does not have a humidity indicator, so I will have to pick up one of those. But if the humidity is off, how would you adjust for that?

WWL

[Thomas]

I don't know for sure, but it might have a built-in humidity control. Can you call the company to find out?

[wineguruchgo]

Being that I worked for a wine distributor then worked for a French importer, I currently have approx. 37 mixed cases in my house. 99% are red. I'm trying really hard to get through the so-so wines I have to lessen the burden on my floor joists!

Of that I have 3 mixed cases of 97' reds from California. Two bottles signed by Robert Mondavi himself.

Unforuntately I don't have a basement in this house so I have a separate air conditioner for my office where the wine is stored. Winter, spring and fall are no problem. Currently it's 62 degrees in here right now.

Got my flannels on!

[randery]

I'm a novice who collects to consume. Currently have 51 bottles, 40 red, 9 white, 2 sparklers. All except one bottle (a gift Brunello di Montalcino)are young drinkers and cost less than $30; most were under $20. The reds are racked by country of production. The whites and sparklers are refrigerated. Pretty eclectic mix among USA, Italy, France, Spain and Oz.

[Glass_A_Day]

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