I've got too much fine wine in my basement and not enought everyday wine

I’ve got too much fine wine in my basement and not enough everyday wine.

I’m enjoying buying everyday whites at my local store, but that’s not the way I thought I had planned things

I’ll quote Jim Morrison: “You never know when you’re giving your last performance.” Enjoy more of the good stuff.

Just opened a 89 Cos d’Estournel to go with leftovers.

Yeah, I’ve never thought this could be a problem. Whenever I have a bunch of good wine in the basement and not much else, I happily drink the good stuff more often. After all, it’s already paid for, and I have never thought “I wish this wine weren’t as good as it is.”

I WISH I had Eric Ifune’s cellar!!!

I said no because I don’t have a basement, and not that much ‘fine wine’ in most people’s terminology, but quite a bit in mine. I struggle mightily with deciding when to drink it when that’s the express purpose I spent the money on it. Frustrating.

I did, however, purchase a case of Ridge Carignane/Zinfandels today as ‘everyday’ wines, mere hours before this thread, so I guess I might have been thinking along the same lines.

Honestly, I would say we have too much everyday wine. The SO tastes stuff she likes and buys it for every day purposes. I have no idea what the hell it is so I avoid it (because I have opened something that I assumed was a drinker, was wrong and…you know) so it mostly sits around. We have wines I have no interest in, don’t know what they are and am a little scared about because for all I know some cute old man vigneron from France/Italy/Spain/wherever showed up at the shop and a case was purchased regardless of whether either of us would ever consume it. There’s a lot of it down there at this point. I would happily have some more Barbaresco (for instance).

Nope, just too much wine in the cellar. Have no problem drinking the good stuff for everyday drinking.

Brodie

I don’t distinguish much. I drink what I feel like drinking. I don’t even inventory my personal stash. Don’t keep track of what I paid for it. My EMH Library? Absolutely, although someone talked me into selling him a 2001 last week. And then he opened it and shared it with me.

FWIW there are many times where a good everyday wine is EXACTLY what I want, e.g. a Ch Lamartine Cahors or Cascina Saria Langhe Nebbiolo. Anything more powerful, more prestigious, more oaky, would be a less appealing choice for mood & food.

For me, you could have just said I have too much wine in my basement - fine and everyday.

What’s a basement?

So what’s the problem? Just keep drinking and enjoy.

Yes, exactly. I get all the “go ahead and drink the ‘good’ stuff” posts, but that’s really not at all what I want a lot of the time. This weekend, a friend said (in reference to a particular pizza) “that would have been great with an aged meursault.” I thought, sure - but I am pretty sure I preferred it with the jurancon sec I chose. You don’t always want Beethoven’s 9th - that is never background music. Fortunately, I have plenty of both.

For me it’s more a tossup between wine that requires contemplation, introspection & time invested vs. wine that’s easygoing, comfortable & readily immediate. Both can be found at the full spectrum of price points.

Sarah–awesome post!

(musician who hates Beethoven 9 but I love the analogy.

What we drink on a daily basis isn’t even close to the proportions in the cellar. Often times I really wish that the everyday wine we were drinking had a few years of age because Burgundy (or insert whatever) just doesn’t feel right to the meal. In this respect, I feel that my cellar is currently a little unbalanced: lot’s of wines that need an occasion (which can be the proverbial Tuesday) but I’m not in the mood to cook the right meal or give it the proper attention*. This is something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately in the current market when wines that we drink seldom are appreciating so rapidly and sometimes I look around and there isn’t a “simpler” wine that would suit the evening better.

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• We have two young kids, and many times the energy just isn’t there.

Every day is fine. It deserves a wine to go with it.

And let’s be honest, we are not the supermarket wine crowd. Even our every day bottles are pretty fine.

Scott - I’m actually with you on that, but it fit the bill.

Why does nearly everyone think of whites as “cheap”?

Mooove North!