More than just dusty bottles
Re-discover your wine collection
I help wine lovers transform their cellars by organizing and managing forgotten bottles into unforgettable tastings and experiences.
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One of the biggest issues faced by wine collectors isn't wine knowledge, storage space, or price of wine.
It's TIME.
The time to organize, understand, and then ENJOY the collections they've worked hard to build.
You've put years, or decades, into your cellar. I can help you design the time and the occasions to enjoy it.
A wine cellar advisor can make a significant difference - both personally and financially - by sharing the experience of working with hundreds of other wine collectors and how best to manage a cellar for success.
Is your wine collection ... collecting dust?
Most wine cellars sit idle, dormant, and forgotten for far too long. Decades of a passionate pursuit, suddenly feels overwhelming and even burdensome.
Do you ever find yourself in these common wine collecting situations? You've:
over bought on key vintages that still need years to mature
joined a few too many wine clubs and are lacking real variety
realized yet again you are full of aging reds and always out of fresh whites or roses
ordered wine without ever trying it or knowing you'll like it
filled a storage closet, or two, with wines without a plan to open them
bought wine from a source that seems trustworthy, but doesn't know your palate
These things happen to all wine collectors, even with the best intentions.
So before you let your wine turn into a museum, do something about it!
What lies within all those years of sacrifice and patience is a reward that is delightfully enjoyable and uniquely yours.
Whether you have been collecting for 4 years or 40, now is not the time to let a good thing go to waste.
Get back on track of your wine collection with intentional planning, buying, storing, and opening of wine.
UNDERSTANDING WHERE YOU ARE
The Five Stages of Wine Collecting
Over time we collectors go through stages which impact how we think about and use our cellars.
Just being aware of the stages helps determine where we are in our collecting journeys and what exactly our expectations should be during those periods.
Here is an abbreviated version to help you gain perspective on where you are right now. Which ones apply to you? It's certainly possible to be in more than one stage at a time.
1. Exploration. Collectors are learning what they like, trying many new wines, with an endless curiosity. Wine is accompanied by education, new habits and new friends.
2. Accumulation. Buying more wine than you can drink immediately, enthusiasm for your new passion is overwhelming, budgeting and storage are new pursuits.
3. Maturation. The cellar becomes full of aging wines, when collectors open bottles with anticipation, and where things might get a little crowded and disorganized.
4. Enjoyment. The cellar becomes more intentional, collectors open wines with confidence, purchases and re-orders are refined. This is where the magic happens.
5. Depletion. The collection gets smaller through consumption, giving away, or selling, where a planned off-ramp becomes key for maintaining simplicity or building legacy.
In my decades of wine collecting and helping wine collectors, getting stuck between Stages 3, 4 and 5 is where the pleasure of wine collecting can turn into a pain.
There is a real opportunity to take a step, reevaluate and start enjoying your wine collection.
It's your wine collection. Have fun with it!
WHAT MATTERS RIGHT NOW
Finding Your Wine Happy Place
Your goal should be to pull corks and enjoy your wine. Having a cellar that is primed, delivering consistent enjoyment, and working for you daily, is the true happy place of wine collecting.
We can get you there by first understanding your wants and needs.
Why did you start collecting in the first place?
Where are you now in your journey?
What would make your wine life easier and more enjoyable?
How can your cellar evolve and even improve over the next 10 years?
From simple cellar re-organization to planning wine event, we help wine lovers get to their happy place by covering a number of wine cellaring topics.
Wine Profile
What does collecting wine mean to you? We work to clearly understand where you are and where you want to be.
Cellar Plans
Make the most of what you have – a unique collection – and turn that into a plan for years of enjoyment.
Opening Wine
From small gatherings to big tastings, put plans into action by designing occasions for opening bottles.
Drinking Windows
Review and organize your bottles based on drinkability, and how to keep them longer or plan to open them soon.
Verticals & Horizontals
Have special themes in your collection? Segment and highlight by estate, vintages, and more.
Wine Cellars
It's time to go beyond just hoarding wine bottles. Make your storage environment(s) work for you and your wines.
A MANIFESTO FOR LIVING
Good Wine Only
Our goal is to make wine fun again. For many, opening a bottle and sharing with loved ones is the pinnacle of wine pleasures.
There are steps to that and we help people get there. Along the way, we have to remind ourselves of the following.
Wine is a product from antiquity.
Wine is a human adaption of natural origin.
Wine connects us with the earth.
Wine brings people together.
Some wines live longer than us.
Cellaring wine shows long term ambition.
Knowing our personal preference is the result of focus.
Enjoying wine with real taste is an exploration worth pursuing.
Opening a bottle at peak maturity is honoring wine.
Without wine, we may not have civilization.
Having a wine collection is one of life's pleasures.
Because of all this, we choose to enjoy GOOD WINE ONLY.
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