What do you have in your wineceller?

On another Forum there was this interesting topic!

What do you have in your wineceller?

My stock:

Italy:
Piemonte 80%
Veneto: 5%
Tuscany: 3%

Israel:
7%

France:
Burgundy: 2%
Bordeaux: 3%

What are in your celler?

Thanks for any reply.

Ciao
Birger

Without getting in to percentages, in order of most to least, Burgundy, Loire, Beaujolais, Northern Rhone, Italy, Austria, Chablis, Bordeaux, California, Oregon followed my small amounts from other wine producing areas around the world.
Best, Jim

100% Israeli

Israel (44 bottles, 53.01%)
California (30 bottles, 36.14%)
Spain (5 bottles, 6.02%)
France (2 bottles, 2.41%)
New Zealand (1 bottle, 1.20%)

The question is "What do you have in your wine cellar?". I have that broken down precisely in my own notes to myself but for public consumption I think best bet is to say merely that my cellar is composed of (a) about 30% are Israeli wines and (b) enough age-worthy wines that my wife, daughter, brother and nieces will have a heckuva time figuring out who gets what after I'm gone. As to the 2001 Yquem that is there (and no, I will not say how many bottles), even though that wine will outlive every person alive on the planet today, no fear.....I intend to drink every last one of those before I take my leave, even if that means sipping through a straw while on life-support.

Best and Smilng
Rogov

100% Red
95% Israeli
4% Spain
1% California

before I take my leave, even if that means sipping through a straw while on life-support.
Best and Smilng
Rogov

Sipping wine through a straw is helpfull Mr.Rogov to an elderly realitive of mine.And yes gratefull that it works!h

Hi,

95% - Red
95% - Israeli

Some whites in the frig, for drinknig not for cellaring.
The remaining 5%: a couple of Itaian, handful of Aussi.

Eli

Hi Birger,

My current winecellar at this moment has the following:
89.78% Israeli
7.3% American (Napa Valley)
2.92% French
100% K Standard

Best wishes,
E.Y.

P.S. I would be interested in linking up with some other members' CellarTrackers, however I haven't found an online wine forum that has a standard practice of posting/displaying the accounts on the profile. I was wondering what people's thoughts on this are.

53% Israeli
35% French
10% Italian
2% Australian

About 95% Red

About +800 bottles
90% red
55% Israeli wines
40% France, Italy and Spain
5% other countries

8 Kg chocolate
2 Kg cheese

Ben

About 500 bottles.

1.5% Spain
17% France
5% USA
0.2% (1 bottle) Hungary
1% Portugal
Rest (about 75%) Israel

11% white
25% dessert (white and red)
64% dry red

Italy (21 bottles, 27.63%)
France (18 bottles)
Israel (15 bottles)
Australia (6 bottles)
Spain (5 bottles, 6.58%)
Germany (4 bottles)
Canada (2 bottles)
Moldova (2 bottles)
Portugal (1 bottle.)
Argentina (1 bottle)
Hungary (1bottle)

That what I have for today
Regards Jakov

Current Inventory

95% Red

80% Israel; 5% California; 5% Italy; 5% Other origins

52% South Africa
18% France
8% Australia
7% USA
3% Italy
3% New Zealand
3% Portugal
>1% Argentina, Austria, Canada, Chile, Czech, England, Germany, Greece, Lebanon, Thailand

76% red, 10% white sparkling

About +800 bottles
90% red
55% Israeli wines
40% France, Italy and Spain
5% other countries

8 Kg chocolate
2 Kg cheese

Ben

I doubt you and I are the only ones to keep chocolate in the cellar (though you have my respect for the amount!). Especially so for those in warmer climates.
regards
Ian

70% Red
25% White; 5% White Sparkling

Understanding my entire cellar is kosher, approximately:
60% Israeli
20% California
15% French
5% Spain and Australia

I doubt you and I are the only ones to keep chocolate in the cellar (though you have my respect for the amount!). Especially so for those in warmer climates.
regards
Ian

I also keep chocolate in the wine fridge. All the good stuff from London you can't get in Israel!

Indeed, not only chocolate but cigars. Please, let us now forget the cigars!

Best
Rogov

Indeed, not only chocolate but cigars. Please, let us now forget the cigars!

I second the "need" for cigars to concurrently be stored in the wine fridge/cellar!! I think I have 8 of them in my Israeli fridge right now…

Best wishes,
E.Y.

Question for those who keep cheese and cigars with their wine, does the smell stick to the bottles when opened on the table?

Eli, Hi.....

In the case of cigars, no problem and that regardless of whether they cigars are stored in simple wood boxes (the kind in which cigars were originally stored and that any cigar store will give you free) or in closed humidors.

With the case of cheeses several rules to be followed in order to limit the spreading of aromas in the wine storage facility:

(a) With small cuts of mild cheeses, simply wrap them first in wax paper, seal with masking tape and then place in a plastic refrigerator bag
(b) With small cuts of ripe (or what some people call "stinky") cheeses, two layers of wax paper, each sealed with masking tape and then placed in a plastic refrigerator bag, also to be sealed with masking tape
(c) With uncut wheels of hard cheeses (e.g. Parmesan) store as is. No need for wrapping
(d) With cut wheels or large cuts of hard cheeses, wrap first in burlap, then with wax paper, that sealed with masking tape.

In general, follow those rules and even a bottle left open in the cellar overnight wil not pick up any extraneous aromas.

As to Winston Churchill's habit of dipping his cigar tips into brandy or red wine - barbaric!!!!

Best
Rogov

A interesting question. . .

Not counting samples for tastings for my wine column, a rough guess would be as follows:

40% American
30% French
17% Israeli
7% Spanish
6% Other (e.g., Australian, New Zeeland, Hungarian, Italian, South American, etc.)

Gamliel

Wow, tough question. I recently took a manual inventory of my not nearly big enough 120 bottle fridge and can't for the life of me find that darned piece of paper.

Guesstimating, I would say:
40% Israel
30% California
10% France
10% Australia
5% Italy
5% - Spain, Argentina, NY (Bedell Merlot), Texas (Viognier) and I'm sure I'm forgetting something...