[gatotom]

Javadog, it all depends on your local liquor store on the quality of wine that it has. I have rarely had a bad bottle of 15-20 buck chuck. I am constantly buying 8-12 dollar wine that is usually on a special that is very good. 30-40 dollar wine goes into the cellar for some aging.

At our house we have been squirreling away red wine since the late 1970's. I cant't seem to get the bottle count above 250 because I follow one rule in wine drinking.....If it tastes good to you then drink the crap out of it, these words came from a old guy now passed away who had one of the first wine estates in WA state.

I have always keyed on the great vintages of a region like the bordeaux's or the
barolo's. The 1990, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2005 to name a few of bordeaux were great . The 90's could buy the good stuff on the futures for 20-30 per bottle, still have some in the cellar. The biggest score was when a good friend who grew up in France started a wine import business,I bought cases for his cost, it lasted a yr, the state liqour board said no no.

So one might ask why is everyone getting into the wine business, well its a very lucrative event. When those plants are at full production, 5-10 yrs after planting, the bottle count should be close to 5 bottles per plant per yr. Right now myself and a partner have a measly 420 plants in the ground going on 4 yrs on less than a 1/4 acre, so you figure the production in the next 5 yrs?? Our thriving plants are nebbiolo, barbara, dolcetto, sangiovese, merlot, cab sav, cab franc and syrah. Finishing up building the barrel cellar in the root cellar of my house.