I made it one of my 2018 New Year’s resolutions to drop off some lists and add some German wines to my cellar…Mostly trying to spend less money on less bottles and improving my variety of wines for my palate and also upgrade on the quality of wines. Some of them are hard to do and some were easy. Kosta Browne was easy, Carlisle and Abreu were not. I love Abreu but a mandatory 3 pack at $1600+ to stay on the list was just too tough for me right now to purchase. Really tough to let it go but I feel better about it now seeing the wine for sell from wine shops for one bottle at the same price as club price. I was on 36 mailing lists at one point and am now down to 18 !! More will come as I decide what to keep and not to keep
Dropped or dropping at next mailer officially:
KB, Sojourn, Alban, Daou, Seven Stones, Justin, Ridge, Stone the Crows, Bedrock, Abreu, Carlisle, Ancillary, Myriad, Jaffurs, Ojai, Montelena, AO.
I love a lot of these wines but sometimes I can find them at the same price online and not have to buy a minimum number of wines. When I get the offers I almost feel guilty that I have to keep purchasing to stay on the list and puts a strain on my financial situation and it has cost my wallet greatly the last few years. I almost had this pressure to keep up with all the offers coming in
Wine lists I am staying on for the foreseeable future:
WS, Epoch, Marcassin, Rhys, Rivers-Marie, VHR, Tensley, Cirq, QC, Piper, Schrader, Blankiet, EMH, Corison,
Wine lists I am on the fence:
Law, Aubert, Corra
Wine lists I am still waiting:
SE, Saxum, SQN, Cayuse, Macdonald, Andremily
So if you are waiting on any of those lists that I dropped or dropping you get to move up one spot!! By the way I just ordered 10 different bottles of German wines to see what my palate likes…so far 2018 resolutions are in full swing!!
Who else is dropping lists? How do you feel about it?