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A crazy idea....

6/11/2018

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I have a crazy idea – ok, maybe not that crazy – that I would like to present to you.  First, a bit of background.  Now most red wines improve with age, some more than others.  I understand that the wines that improve the most with age are the most acidic and have the highest tannin levels.  Cabernet Sauvignon falls into this category.  Pinot Noir, on the other hand, has low acidity and low tannin levels, so reaches peak with much less aging.
The problem is that you need to have a place to store the wine at low temperature.  If you have a wine chiller you may be ok, unless, of course, you have no room to store bottles of wine for four years or more.  What to do, what to do?  So here’s my idea:  store the wine at the winery.  Now you have to get the winery to go along with this idea.  They might, if you buy enough wine (maybe a full case?).  Win-win situation, yes?  I mean, the winery sells more wine and their customers have a place to store the wine….
The problem here, and what makes my idea rather crazy, is that if the winery has extra space to store customers’ wine it’s likely because they sell most of the wine that they make.  If they sell most of the wine that they make they don’t need to store wine for their customers to sell more wine.  Conversely, if they need the sales they probably need the storage space for their unsold wines.
Most wineries offer a discount if you buy a whole case, so maybe in lieu of the discount they can offer five years free storage.  It would be nice if the customer did not have to purchase a case of a specific wine.  Of course, any program like this would have to allow the customer to pick up some of the wine whenever he wants (within reason).  A program like this would be a nice perk for wine club members like yours truly…
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    Jim Treglio

    retired physicist and wine lover

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