Over the years I've developed a habit of keeping the last bottle of any wine that I have in my cellar whether from a case lot or any multiple bottle lot. I put them in a rack that I call my "orphan" rack. Every so often I'll pull a wine at random and it's a hit or miss proposition since I keep the last bottle of "weak" as well as great wines. I was wondering if this was a wierd quirk of mine or do others do the same thing. FWIW, my cellar is a constant
I do exactly the same thing but I have always called mine "Lost Souls". I have a bottle from a 1963 case residing in there now. I think my rack has a lot more losers than winners now.
Unless that's a vintage port, it's probably dead as a doornail. :^(
Tom S
For some reason, I just hate to open the last bottle in a case and as a result, I have one bottle each of about 40 or 50 wines that should have been opened 20 years ago!
I have '74 Ridge Zins and Bordeaux from '64 through '75 that I should have finished off by now. Some of the wines I kept becuase their vintage coincided with important dates: I was married in '61 (a great year!); my kids were born in '68 (a terrible year) and '71 (great year in Burgundy).
And so I have some antiques!
I will be opening some of these, especially the old Ridge Zins in the next few months.
earle
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