Comments on: Help Me!!

By: Jathan

Jathan — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:11:00 +0000

Ahh, thanks for your understanding sweetie. You do read the blog, hooray!
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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 20:46:00 +0000

Yes, thank you for trying g58. It seems my threats to my husband have not helped in the least and in fact, a reasonable man like yourself cannot even reason with him. I guess from now on I will have to monitor the “cellar” door or at least take a look down there from time to time, or maybe even everyday, to see just what my husband is up to in my absence. (And he thinks I don’t read his blog!) ;o)

By: allan

allan — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 13:12:00 +0000

Jathan,

I have this problem as well, and you can thank your wife because she is keeping you in check, even if you don’t realize it. My wine spending increased severalfold when my wife and I divorced.

I still only buy a bottle or so a week from the local Vintner, but I spend more at winebid and belong to more wine clubs.

The odd thing? My wine consumption actually went down after I was divorced :). Although, I now have more people to drink with, I drink less overall.

By: Jathan

Jathan — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 21:32:00 +0000

I call it the cellar because it’s under my house (it makes me feel a lot better about it). Our house is situated on a moderate slope, so our crawl space opening is a side entry and offers pretty good space. Humidity is great thanks to nearby streams, and the temperature stays between 55 and 60 all year long. It’s quite a nice setup actually, I don’t know what I would do if we moved.
I’ve got close to 100 bottles, and enjoy 3-5 bottles per week. I’m constantly replacing my supply, but I don’t seem to have enough tweeners. I get through the $15 and under pretty quick, and have to drink the nicer bottles on a regular basis.
Whoa is me.

By: g58

g58 — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 20:55:00 +0000

Oh well, I’m sure your wife will thank me for trying…
So how big is this cellar of yours? And how many of your bottles are getting opened each week?
If my wine fridge (still undelivered) didn’t hold just 11 bottles I think I could see my future in this post of yours…
BTW, the Margaux wasn’t mine, though I was quite disappointed just the same.

By: Jathan

Jathan — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:55:00 +0000

Interesting,

So because your storage conditions weren’t the greatest, and prized bottles were victims of their surrounding, you’ve written off buying wine for a while.
I don’t think that’s going to be enough my friend.

The more I drink in hopes of saving these poor bottles, the more I’ll see empty spots in the cellar, and my gathering instincts will subconsciously kick in. I see a vicious cycle developing here. I could continuously downsize my storage area to counteract that effect, but Iâ€™m not very good with a hacksaw.

:o)

Your 1990 Margaux has my condolences btw.

By: g58

g58 — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 14:47:00 +0000

Jathan,
You’ve got to scare yourself into thinking that the stuff is going to go bad before you can get around to drinking it. It also helps to witness first-hand the disaster that is fine wine way past its peak. So that helped me out a bit — maybe it’ll work for you. It wasn’t meant to be any kind of new year resolution but as it turns out I’ve yet to make a wine purchase in 2006 (though something’s on sale this weekend so I suspect that will finally change).