My wine cellar

[JimHow]

https://youtu.be/w7GKyqPREac

[Nicklasss]

Nice Jim! Clearly some great stuff there.

My cellar is smaller with max 170 bottles I guess, as I don’t have more room. Like you, mostly Bordeaux, but oldest being 2008, so a young cellar.

[robert goulet]

Holy snap... I believe a trip to Maine is in order!!

Strong Jim!!!🫶

[Tom In DC]

Looking good! And that's the first cellar I've seen in a while with any space for more bottles!!!

[JimHow]

Ha ha, I’m hoping to get some Burgundy into the cellar in 2024. You guys have an open invitation anytime, we’ll cork the good stuff! MichaelP and Nalan are talking about coming up.

[marcs]

Didn’t get really intense until he made it to the case section….then, woah baby! Made me want to head down there with a crowbar and start prying the lids off a couple of those cases!

I would like to make it up to Maine sometime this summer. Been a while since I’ve been up there but have fond memories of visiting Acadia several decades ago (one of the EXTENSIVE list of national parks I’ve visited…probably more than any other BWE-r). You might hear from me Jim!

[marcs]

P.s also Jim be sure to let us know when you’ll be in DC next month!

[esl]

I know this is a Bordeaux board, but at :43 into the video I spy with my little eye some Joh. Jos. Prüm. What bottlings are they?

[JimHow]

Sounds good M!
Yes I should know my March schedule a week from today.

[JimHow]

Ha ha indeed, esl, cellar tracker tells me I have 15 German bottles.

2004 Joh. Jos. Christoffel Erben Ürziger Würzgarten Riesling Spätlese *
2018 Dönnhoff Kreuznacher Kahlenberg Riesling Trocken Nahe
2015 Dönnhoff Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling Spätlese Nahe
2001 Dönnhoff Oberhäuser Brücke Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel Nahe
2001 Dönnhoff Oberhäuser Brücke Riesling Spätlese Nahe
2012 Joh. Jos. Prüm Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese Mosel Saar Ruwer
2012 Joh. Jos. Prüm Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Spätlese Mosel Saar Ruwer
2012 Joh. Jos. Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese Mosel Saar Ruwer Unknown 750ml
2012 Joh. Jos. Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese Mosel Saar Ruwer
2012 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Himmelreich Riesling Eiswein Mosel Saar Ruwer
2012 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Himmelreich Riesling Eiswein Mosel Saar Ruwer
2001 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Himmelreich Riesling Eiswein 'Junior' Mosel Saar Ruwer
2012 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese Mosel Saar Ruwer
2012 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese * Mosel Saar Ruwer
2012 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese * Mosel Saar Ruwer

[Chateau Vin]

Ha ha indeed, esl, cellar tracker tells me I have 15 German bottles.

2004 Joh. Jos. Christoffel Erben Ürziger Würzgarten Riesling Spätlese *
2018 Dönnhoff Kreuznacher Kahlenberg Riesling Trocken Nahe
2015 Dönnhoff Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling Spätlese Nahe
2001 Dönnhoff Oberhäuser Brücke Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel Nahe
2001 Dönnhoff Oberhäuser Brücke Riesling Spätlese Nahe
2012 Joh. Jos. Prüm Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese Mosel Saar Ruwer
2012 Joh. Jos. Prüm Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Spätlese Mosel Saar Ruwer
2012 Joh. Jos. Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese Mosel Saar Ruwer Unknown 750ml
2012 Joh. Jos. Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese Mosel Saar Ruwer
2012 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Himmelreich Riesling Eiswein Mosel Saar Ruwer
2012 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Himmelreich Riesling Eiswein Mosel Saar Ruwer
2001 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Himmelreich Riesling Eiswein 'Junior' Mosel Saar Ruwer
2012 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese Mosel Saar Ruwer
2012 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese * Mosel Saar Ruwer
2012 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese * Mosel Saar Ruwer

2012 Reislings are some of the sublime Reislings, Jim…

[Chateau Vin]

https://youtu.be/w7GKyqPREac

Nice looking cellar, Jim. I presume it’s the basement cellar. Nice.

I miss the at home basement cellar. That’s one great use of having a basement…

[JimHow]

Oui oui CV! The cellar has been one of the joys of living in this house, along with my back deck.

[stefan]

Looks very good, Jim. I see that you have more bottles than you did in September.

[JimHow]

Indeed, Stefan, filling in some gaps is what prompted me to do the video.
Now I just need to get some 2022 Burgundy in there. And more champagne.

[barsacpinci]

So where’s the Boon’s Farm?

[JimHow]

Ha drank it all BP, first time I drank alcohol was the vaunted Spring '74 Apple vintage when my brothers and I were camping out in the back yard....

[DavidG]

Wow, I’m salivating!

[JimHow]

We'll see you soon with those Haut Brions, David!

[DavidG]

Looking forward to it!

[Jay Winton]

Nice collection BD!

[ericp]

Great looking seller, Jim! I see plenty of floor space for additional trips to New Hampshire!

[JimHow]

Oui, Oui! I am a Bordeaux wine enthusiast!

[Harry C.]

Nice, but a little too anal for me! Active or passive?

[esl]

Nice, but a little too anal for me! Active or passive?

Boo! Bad pun.

[JimHow]

Passive cellar, it stays cool year round up here in the great state of Maine.
I've added more Dom Perignon since the video, I need more whit Burgundy for summer lobster.
I want to get more red Burgundy, when are the 2022s hitting the shelves?

[Claudius2]

Jim
When you picked up the 95 Petrus I had this awful feeling that you were going to drop it. I know some would laugh at such misfortune but not me.

Regarding white Burgundy you really should try bringing some in from Remoissenet in Beaune. The wines are relatively good value and have a combination of minerality and fruit complexity. Had a simple 2014 St Romain at a CD price of about E12 and it blow away anything I’ve had recently at that price. It cost me about USD14 a bottle to get them here - I buy about 30 cases at a time and sell of some to get a lower unit rate for freight etc.

If you are interested I’ll PM the contact details. I have no commercial interest by the way - been buying them for some decades previously a private club in Australia.

Given the high cost of white Burgundy I’m also buying more Australian Chardonnay as well. The makers planted out cooler regions some years ago that are now paying off.

Cheers
Mark

[JimHow]

Ha yes that Petrus was one of the first bottles I purchased when I started collecting, I got it for $275 in New Hampshire, I'll never forget the woman cracking open the (lone) case (in the New Hampshire system) in front of me and asking, "How many do you want?" Like an idiot, I said, "I'll just have one."

[Ognik]

One must also be able to indulge.
Some lucky guy grabbed the lonley 11.