What are you buying in 2017? Allocations

I’m at the point where my purchasing is way outpacing consumption - i typically drink 1 $10-$15 per week (weeknight, drink over 2 days), a $20-$30 once per week (weekend), and a $50+ bottle about once per month(occasion).
I know, I need to drink more of the good stuff, but because I started buying allocations in the last couple years, a lot of my stuff is really young (tons of 2014/2015).

As I near capacity, I’m looking at which allocations/clubs to keep vs drop. I also shop retail for about 50% of my purchases.

Here’s my list as of now, with a few grouped by style:
Alban / Andremily / Saxum
Bedrock / Carlisle
Myriad / Rivers-Marie
Dirty & Rowdy
Foxen (should probably drop, as it’s not a great QPR, but it’s the first club I ever joined, on my 21st birthday no less).

Waitlisted:
Cayuse
SQN
Turley

What lists are you on in 2017?

Given that a job took me out of the US, I cut way back on lists. I used to be on a lot more…now just on Dirty and Rowdy/Ultramarine/Andremily. Have been on SQN waitlist for quite a while, maybe this is the year. The upside is when I get back in a couple of years everything will have a bit of bottle age on it!

Definitely
Bedrock - reason Zins are in my wheelhouse and can drink them up with zero guilt.
Once and Future
Roy Piper
Myriad - cabs only this year
Quivet - cabs only
Becklyn

Maybe:
Schrader - just made the list. only considering because of birth year.
And whatever random list I get added to!

Bedrock is on my list too, I just had a couple foxens for the first time and was not impressed. I also am planning on buying more Paolo Bea, Big Table Farm, and Albatreti or Il Marroneto Brunello.

Andremily
Aubert
Becklyn
Bedrock
Hammell Wine Alliance
Myriad
Outpost
Realm
Scarecrow
Schrader
Screaming Eagle
SQN

This is what I purchase annually. I realize some I could find in the secondary market for close to release price, but I enjoy the provenance afforded by purchasing directly.

All of them.

None of them.

My first post on WB, excited to join the community!

This past year I bought:
Proper
Becklyn
Rivers-Marie
Quivet
Carter
Reynvaan

Just put my firstborn in daycare this week so wine budget will be scaled back this year, only planning on buying Becklyn and Proper. Having said that, when those allocation emails hit my inbox it suuuure is hard to say no!

Ridge (just joined, we’ll see how it goes)
Rhys
Rivers Marie
maybe Anthill

An impending move has me scaling way back in the first half of this year, for for financial and logistical reasons. My only “must buy” right now is Sandlands.

Andremily
Chimère
Greer
Hammell Wine Alliance
Maybach
Roy Piper
Saxum
Schrader
Scarecrow

Waitlist:
SQN
Next of Kyn

Been winnowing down the allocations to what I feel comfortable staying with for the long-term:

Andremily
Corra
MacDonald
Piper
Scarecrow

I also am blessed to have friends willing to share the following:

Alban
Cayuse
DRC
Greer
Thomas

used to be on tons of lists…49 mailing lists to be exact. now i am down to 7

aubert chard
maybach
shafer hillside
sine qua non
scarecrow
screaming eagle
schrader
cayuse
rivers marie

I can realistically buy about 12 cases this year. Any more than that and it will be stacked up in the floor. I hate decisions like this, but I’m thinking I have to have these:

Bedrock
Sandlands
Kutch
Rivers-Marie
Schramsberg
Carlisle
Chateau Montelena (futures)
Becklyn
Once & Future

That doesn’t leave any room to go deep on anything.

Will have to decide between

No Girls
Once & Future
Outpost
Saxum
Drinkward-Peschon
Scarecrow
Copain
Cristom
Carlisle
Rhys
Continuum
Realm
Hayfork
Sandlands
Becklyn
MACDONALD
Lewelling
Schrader
Lillian
Vincent

This year I need to withdraw from at least half of my list.

This year is going to be simplified:

Thomas
SQN

Penfolds
Sojourn
Trinchero
Liquid Farm
Kongsgaard
Shafer
Cirq
Sea Smoke
Cabot

Rougeard
Metras
Gonon
Juge
Levet
Benetiere
Roilette Griffe du Marquis
Baudry
Ridge
Clape
Jamet
Bedrock

The regulars.

What is the early word on 2016 Bordeaux?

So…,

Bedrock
Becklyn
Carlisle
MacDonald
Maybach
Quivet
Realm
Rhys
Riverain
Rivers Marie
Schrader
Shafer (if I can crack the list this year)
Turley