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Dec. 28, 2005
Total Votes: 2669
Wine buying strategy for 2006
| No real change |  140 (5%)
| | Buy more wine | 349 (13%)
| | Buy less wine | 69 (2%)
| | Stay with the familiar | 70 (2%)
| | Branch out and experiment | 541 (20%)
| | Buy more expensive wine | 257 (9%)
| | Buy more affordable wine | 270 (10%)
| | Buy more online/mail order | 136 (5%)
| | Buy more locally | 179 (6%)
| | Try a wine-of-the-month club | 62 (2%)
| | Get on more winery mailing lists | 181 (6%)
| | Get off the mailing lists | 20 (0%)
| | Explore high-end "cult" wines | 72 (2%)
| | Start following Parker | 32 (1%)
| | Cancel Parker subscription | 31 (1%)
| | Start following Wine Spectator | 56 (2%)
| | Cancel Wine Spectator subscription | 48 (1%)
| | Other (fill-in) | 156 (5%)
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Here are the fill-in votes:
- AA Ask Axel Kroitzsh British Columbia's Winemaker of the Year" (1 votes)
- Argentine, Chile, and South Africa (1 votes)
- attempt wife's demands for less wine (1 votes)
- Attend more wine seminars/shows (1 votes)
- attend wine release events (1 votes)
- avoid Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon as much as possible (1 votes)
- Back fill on Barolo (1 votes)
- BE MORE SELECTIVE (1 votes)
- Build a cellar (1 votes)
- Build a personal database of under $15 good wines (1 votes)
- Build the collection (1 votes)
- Buy a case of something good but affordable every so often (1 votes)
- buy as much Nero D'Avola and Gruner Veltliner as i can get my hands on! (1 votes)
- Buy by the case or half case (1 votes)
- Buy from importers dedicated to small quality-driven producers that care about vineyard management. (1 votes)
- Buy greater percentage at auction (1 votes)
- buy less wine over all, but enjoy what I do buy and learn as I go. Quality not Quantity (1 votes)
- Buy more age-worthy wines (1 votes)
- Buy More Burgundy (1 votes)
- Buy more en primeur (1 votes)
- Buy more Riesling (1 votes)
- Buy more Russian River Valley Wines (1 votes)
- Buy more Spanish wines- quality and value! (1 votes)
- Buy more wines that are drinkable soon (1 votes)
- Buy what I like and the heck with everything else; screw the critics! (1 votes)
- cancel a couple of wine clubs. (1 votes)
- Continue learning (1 votes)
- Continue to buy wines rated highly by R.P.Jr., W.S., Tanzer etc. (1 votes)
- diversify collection as it grows (1 votes)
- Drink and enjoy more with friends (1 votes)
- Drink at least one bottle of (REAL) Champagne every week. (1 votes)
- drink from my cellar - reduce stock (1 votes)
- Drink less but higher quality. More Washington's Red Mountain appelation wines. (1 votes)
- DRINK MORE BEER !!!!!!!!!!!! (1 votes)
- Drink more Bubbly! (1 votes)
- Drink more champagne (1 votes)
- Drink more home-made wine. (1 votes)
- Drink more of my wines that are coming of age (1 votes)
- Drink more of the wine in our cellar and be very selective about what I buy (1 votes)
- Drink more premium SAKE (1 votes)
- Drink more Riesling (1 votes)
- drink more wine from my cellar (1 votes)
- Drink more wine! (1 votes)
- Drink some of the wine in our cellar and be very selective about what I am buying - that will most l (1 votes)
- educate myself on different wines (1 votes)
- Either increase consumption or decrease purchases. I'm outta room!!!! (1 votes)
- enjoy more wine with friends (1 votes)
- Enjoy wine with friends and family more! (1 votes)
- even less Cab and much more PN this year (1 votes)
- Expand lifetime varietal count (1 votes)
- Experiment more with wine/food pairings (1 votes)
- Explore "smaller" wineries (1 votes)
- explore more french wine (1 votes)
- explore quality wines from Ohio, Virginia, Colorado etc (1 votes)
- explore wines from countries I have previously ignored (1 votes)
- Finally find a everyday wine for my single-girl home (1 votes)
- Find a knowledgeable local retailer and work with them; continue to improve my tasting ability (1 votes)
- find more whites that I think are okay (1 votes)
- focus on Spanish and Ports (1 votes)
- Follow local retailer's advice (1 votes)
- follow non Parker reviewers (John and Dorothy- Wall Street Journal) (1 votes)
- Forget the cheap junk - life's way too short (1 votes)
- get to know more wine merchants and Sommeileirs (1 votes)
- Go to more wine tastings (1 votes)
- Go to Napa & Sonoma (1 votes)
- Have more sex (1 votes)
- I also plan on attending more local wine tastings. (1 votes)
- I take my recommendations from you and from the Wine Enthsiast, as well as the great wineries I've (1 votes)
- ignore numerical scores. Read discriptive reviews (1 votes)
- In a fit of self-abnegation, try really hard to like California chardonnays. (1 votes)
- Increase knowledge of food/wine parings (1 votes)
- Introduce more people to unique wines (1 votes)
- invest more time in learning about winemaking (1 votes)
- Italian other than Tuscany, Piedmont. Less known French from Provence, Loire, Lanquedoc, etc. (1 votes)
- Join "Wine Advisor Premium Edition" (1 votes)
- Join with others to enjoy wine socially (1 votes)
- keep enjoying wine! (1 votes)
- Keep following your suggestions--they have been very helpful (1 votes)
- Keep more careful records of what I've tried! (1 votes)
- Keep more detailed tasting records (1 votes)
- keep on buying vintage closeouts at vineyards (1 votes)
- learn more about wine (1 votes)
- learn more about winemaking and specific vineyards and keep better notes to correlate back (1 votes)
- learn, learn, learn...then teach (1 votes)
- less quantity of wines purcased,6 instead of 12,3 instead of 6 (1 votes)
- Look for values/deals (1 votes)
- LOOK TO MORE VALUE (1 votes)
- Look to the Pacific NW for more reds especially (1 votes)
- looking for more great onknown wines . less expensive but greater quality then some overpriced wine (1 votes)
- Looking more intensly into Greece - in April, and if possible, for 6 months starting from September. (1 votes)
- make enough money to afford more high end wines! (1 votes)
- make more blends (1 votes)
- make more wine (2 votes)
- make more wine at home (1 votes)
- Make more wine myself (1 votes)
- Make more Wine! (1 votes)
- Monthly focus on one geographic area (1 votes)
- More time in the California wine country (1 votes)
- More winery road trips (1 votes)
- Move toward a more regionally specialized cellar (1 votes)
- no (1 votes)
- No Drink jammy 'in" Aussie wines (1 votes)
- no real buying change, but try to visit more wineries (1 votes)
- Not patronize restaurants who overprice their wine list no matter how good the food (1 votes)
- open a wine shop (1 votes)
- open my own wine shop! (1 votes)
- plan more tasting at wineries (1 votes)
- Pray that FL changes it's shipping laws (1 votes)
- Read Decanter Magazine (1 votes)
- Read good wine writers, stop buying "bargains" (1 votes)
- Read more online articles and reviews (1 votes)
- Record my personal tasting notes (1 votes)
- reduce my inventory to a managable size. (1 votes)
- resist sobriety (1 votes)
- Search for good, inexpensive wines (1 votes)
- Search more for the hard to find wines (1 votes)
- seek more value wines $15-$20 (1 votes)
- Seek out "undiscovered" wines and trust my own tastes more. (1 votes)
- Since I won't be pregnant anymore after March, my goal is simply to start drinking wine again. (1 votes)
- Start following Tanzer! (1 votes)
- Start reading Tanzer (1 votes)
- Stay off the Parker bandwagon (1 votes)
- stay with the favourites & continue to add new favourites (1 votes)
- stay with the same subscription (1 votes)
- Still value the critics input! But no longer wedded to them! (1 votes)
- Stop buying only one bottle of a wine (1 votes)
- Stop buying wine to lay-down and concentrate on mature vintages and quaffing wine. (1 votes)
- stop taking wine related polls (1 votes)
- subscribe to Food and Wine (1 votes)
- Take a wine tasting class (1 votes)
- Take more trips to wine areas. (1 votes)
- take some tasting classes (1 votes)
- take surveys with better questions.... (1 votes)
- Take wine in trade (1 votes)
- Trust my pallette and intuitions... (1 votes)
- try grapes still not tasted (1 votes)
- Try more at tastings before buying (1 votes)
- try more low-rated wines (1 votes)
- try more wines from local wineries (1 votes)
- Try obscure countries' wines, ie Britain, Eastern Europe, etc. (1 votes)
- Try the monthly recommendations of WT 101 (1 votes)
- try to find a better local wineshop (1 votes)
- try to remember the names of wine I like (1 votes)
- Try varietals I'm not familar with. (1 votes)
- Understand why I like Syrah more, and Pinot less, than everyone else. (1 votes)
- Update my CellarTracker Account (1 votes)
- use time wisely by drinking wine more often (1 votes)
- vintage port (2003) (1 votes)
- Visit more wineries (5 votes)
- Waiting for this wine bubble to burst. You all know it's going to happen(smiles everyone smiles). (1 votes)
- wine tasting parties (1 votes)
Nov. 14, 2005
Total Votes: 375
Are you buying more wine online?
| Yes (my state laws changed) | 41 (10%)
| | Yes (state laws did not change) | 77 (20%)
| | Yes (not in the U.S.) | 11 (2%)
| | No (state laws changed) | 39 (10%)
| | No (laws did not change) | 182 (48%)
| | No (not in the U.S.) | 25 (6%)
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Sept. 26, 2005
Total Votes: 545
What do you keep in your wine cellar (besides wine)?
| Beer | 81 (14%)
| | Chocolate | 35 (6%)
| | Cigars | 44 (8%)
| | Corkscrews | 41 (7%)
| | Empty bottles | 49 (8%)
| | Herbs and spices | 17 (3%)
| | Food | 34 (6%)
| | Furs | 2 (0%)
| | Liquor | 67 (12%)
| | Medicine | 4 (0%)
| | Snacks | 12 (2%)
| | Wine books and magazines | 32 (5%)
| | You tell us! (fill-in) | 127 (23%)
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Here are the fill-in votes:
- "Stuff"--my cellar is a basement (1 votes)
- a boardgame " Wineopoly - a puzzle, Sonoma Co. Wine Country, 1000 pcs., grandkids Christmas gifts (1 votes)
- A troll and two infidels. (1 votes)
- A++ chocolate.truffle/porcini oil.dried mushrooms.hawaiian honey.maple syrup.balsamic.salt&spices (1 votes)
- Adult beverages and, umm, merchandise. (1 votes)
- Amelia Earhardt, Jimmy Hoffa and Callahan (1 votes)
- an unmentionable (1 votes)
- Bags full of corks (1 votes)
- Bananas (1 votes)
- bicycles (1 votes)
- Blue Cheese (1 votes)
- bottle tags (1 votes)
- Bottled water (2 votes)
- brewing supplies, presents, fireworks - even though the humidity isn't great for them. (1 votes)
- Butterfly samples (1 votes)
- camping gear, old car parts, Jimmy Hoffa's in there somewhere... (1 votes)
- Carbonated mineral water (1 votes)
- cheese (5 votes)
- cheese just a few weeks (1 votes)
- Cheese, bottled water (1 votes)
- Cheeses (1 votes)
- cheeses (short-term) (1 votes)
- Christmas decorations, boxes, outgrown toys and clothes, the furnace, rat traps, cockroach poison (1 votes)
- Christmas gifts I hide from my family (1 votes)
- Cider (1 votes)
- cold compress for headache after drinking (1 votes)
- corks (2 votes)
- corks from empty bottles (1 votes)
- Corks, firearms, ammo, cordials, jewelry (in a wall safe). (1 votes)
- Corks, lots of corks! (1 votes)
- Decanters (1 votes)
- Dont have one (1 votes)
- dust, mold, empty boxes, flash light. (1 votes)
- Emergency batteries and water (tornado) (1 votes)
- empty shippers (lots of them!) (1 votes)
- EVO (1 votes)
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil (1 votes)
- Family Board Games (1 votes)
- flowers, shipping receipts (1 votes)
- foie gras and caviar as well (1 votes)
- Fruit juice (cranberry, apple, etc.) in bottles--buy it on sale! (1 votes)
- gamebirds (1 votes)
- garlic, mushroom log (1 votes)
- Geckos, live and dried. (1 votes)
- ghirardelli chocolates (1 votes)
- glasses (1 votes)
- glassware and decanters (1 votes)
- Grant's wife (1 votes)
- Green (unroasted) coffee beans (1 votes)
- Green beans for my Corgi! (1 votes)
- Hard cider (1 votes)
- home canned cherry's &pears (1 votes)
- home made jam (1 votes)
- home made kosher dill pickles (1 votes)
- i actually store my kitchen aid mixer in mine. (1 votes)
- I've often thought of aging meat in mine (1 votes)
- jamon serrano and prosciutto (1 votes)
- jams & jellies (1 votes)
- Jimmy Hoffa (1 votes)
- Junk I might need some day. (1 votes)
- Koi food (1 votes)
- liqueur (1 votes)
- Lots of mice! (1 votes)
- Maple Syrup (1 votes)
- Maple Syrup (grade B) (1 votes)
- mary jane (1 votes)
- Mineral specimens (1 votes)
- model train set (1 votes)
- mold and mildew (1 votes)
- My bed (1 votes)
- Nothing (2 votes)
- Nothing - its a wine cellar! (1 votes)
- nothing but wine (4 votes)
- nothing but wine!!! (1 votes)
- nothing! (1 votes)
- old computers and monitors (1 votes)
- olive oil (2 votes)
- olive oil & mineral water (1 votes)
- Olive oil and JT Pappy's BBQ sauce (1 votes)
- olive oil; wine stems (1 votes)
- Only wine.In fact the wine overflows into other rooms in the basement. (1 votes)
- Other non-alcoholic beverages (1 votes)
- overwintering tender bulbs and plants (1 votes)
- perfect for my non medical use marijuana (1 votes)
- Photos albums, photos, suitcases, tools,... (1 votes)
- Pickles (1 votes)
- picnic baskets, various wine totes (1 votes)
- plants resting during winter (1 votes)
- pop, cedar planks, perserves, juice, the kitchensink, etc. (1 votes)
- Potatos, garlic (no root cellar !!) (1 votes)
- rare books (1 votes)
- Sangria (1 votes)
- Several Pantry/Grocery Items (1 votes)
- Silver (1 votes)
- smoked ham and salami (1 votes)
- snugglerug,battery lighting,etc.It is also the storm room. (1 votes)
- soda (1 votes)
- Soda, Bottled Water (1 votes)
- Soft drinks-pop (1 votes)
- spare glasses (1 votes)
- speciality wine glasses (1 votes)
- The neighbor's wife (2 votes)
- Toilet and sink - wine cellar doubles as a half bath in basement. (1 votes)
- Two machine guns and a stuffed parrot (1 votes)
- Various tools and hardware (1 votes)
- vibrators (1 votes)
- Vintage olive oil Most important (1 votes)
- water (1 votes)
- water, juices, soda, canned food (1 votes)
- watermelon (1 votes)
- Whole round of Parmesan, apples, gourds, garlic (1 votes)
- Wine glasses and other stuff like illegal imigrants etc. (1 votes)
- WINE!!!! (1 votes)
- wine/rum soaked ageing fruit cakes (1 votes)
- Xmas presents, but they're onto us now! (1 votes)
Aug. 19, 2005
Total Votes: 508
Traditional or Modern?
| Traditional | 224 (44%)
| | Modern | 89 (17%)
| | Both | 174 (34%)
| | No preference | 15 (2%)
| | Don't know | 6 (1%)
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Aug. 10, 2005
Total Votes: 1589
Are you ready for screw caps on fine wine?
| Hell yes! | 522 (32%)
| | Yes! | 509 (32%)
| | I'm not sure yet | 204 (12%)
| | No! | 160 (10%)
| | Hell no! | 194 (12%)
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July 18, 2005
Total Votes: 644
What's your vacation wine strategy?
| Bring wine from home | 163 (25%)
| | Ship wine ahead to destination | 6 (0%)
| | Buy retail at destination | 140 (21%)
| | Drink at restaurants | 117 (18%)
| | Drink from cruise ship list | 3 (0%)
| | Taste/buy at wineries | 147 (22%)
| | Drink beer or liquor instead of wine | 7 (1%)
| | Don't drink adult beverages on vacation | 3 (0%)
| | Don't take vacations | 9 (1%)
| | Other (fill-in) | 49 (7%)
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Here are the fill-in votes:
- check out local wine shops/wineries, talk with locals, then buy retail--I've found some GREAT wines (1 votes)
- A combination of several of the above: bring a few bottles, but otherwise, play it as it lays (1 votes)
- a,b,c,d,e,f,&g depending on situation (1 votes)
- always vacation in a different AOC and buy at local wineries (1 votes)
- Am on permanent vacation in the northern Valifornia wine country! (1 votes)
- At the Santa Helena Recovery Center wine is not allowed. (1 votes)
- Attend Wine Tastings (1 votes)
- Both - bring & buy wine at our destination (1 votes)
- Bring only viagra and lots of sherry (an old man's Fear and Loating in Wherever) (1 votes)
- Bring or buy locally if in wine area (1 votes)
- Bring some Wine from home, and purchase some on the road as needed. (1 votes)
- bring some, buy some (1 votes)
- Bring some, buy some retail. (1 votes)
- bring wine from home as backup but not so much that we don't feel compelled to shop for more! (1 votes)
- Bring wine from home on cruises, buy retail at land destinations. (1 votes)
- bring wine, buy local, drink at restaurants, taste & buy at wineries, (1 votes)
- Bring wine, buy retail, Drink at restaurants, Buy at wineries etc. depending on the situation (1 votes)
- Bring wine, buy retail, drink at restaurants, taste/buy at wineries, drink beer and liquor. (1 votes)
- Buy retail at destination, taste at wineries, AND bring from home. (1 votes)
- Buy retail, drink at restaurants, and taste/buy at wineries (1 votes)
- Combination of the above - bring some, find some at retail or at a winery (1 votes)
- Depends upon where I'm going... usually #1 (1 votes)
- Depends where I go on vacation (1 votes)
- drink friend's wine at destination (1 votes)
- drink wine (1 votes)
- field strip (1 votes)
- Gin & Quinine (antimalarial, donchaknow..) (1 votes)
- Gin and Bitters (1 votes)
- I bring it and buy it there. I can't haul enough for a whole vacation, but really, I take the sure (1 votes)
- I use a combo of shipping, buying retail and drinking in restaurants,with an occasional winery trip (1 votes)
- If my destination is in or around wine country I buy it there, otherwise I bring it with. (1 votes)
- It depends. If I am vacationing in a wine making area, I would buy retail. Else, restaurants. (1 votes)
- largely retail at the destination..all the better to see what the locals drink with their food (1 votes)
- look for Costco -stock up bigtime and drive it back to Utah! (1 votes)
- Multiple answers. Bring from home, drink some beer & spirits, buy some locally, drink at restaurants (1 votes)
- never #1; check local wineries/breweries (great finds!), drink at restaurants & drink liquor/beer (1 votes)
- NORMALLY I vacation in nice wine-friendly spots and drink local BUT in Ireland bring your own wine! (1 votes)
- Not fair! I sometimes bring wine from home, but why bring wine to a wine producing country? Etc. ! (1 votes)
- purchase regional wines (1 votes)
- sip ahead of destination, take some good wines from home, buy at destination & drink at restaurants (1 votes)
- take a case or so of wine, buy wines at restaurants, drink friends' wines (1 votes)
- Take local/rare curiosities with me, and buy the rest there (1 votes)
- Take my chances on local vineyards/breweries; or local preferences from the region. (1 votes)
- Take some, buy some, visit wineries when possible, drink much! (1 votes)
- travel vicariously in my arm-chair, mouse in one hand, glass in the other... (1 votes)
- Use Wine Spectator as the guide to choose great restaurants for wine lovers (1 votes)
- We generally drink the local wine, both retail & restaurant (1 votes)
- We like to try the local flavours, food and wine. (1 votes)
- When driving, line the trunk with good California wine. (1 votes)
June 20, 2005
Total Votes: 1139
Favorite summer beverages
| Dry white wine | 145 (12%)
| | Off-dry white wine | 91 (7%)
| | Sweet white wine | 20 (1%)
| | Dry rosé wine | 97 (8%)
| | "Blush" wine | 10 (0%)
| | Red wine | 86 (7%)
| | Wine spritzers | 14 (1%)
| | Wine coolers | 3 (0%)
| | Serious beer | 93 (8%)
| | Mass-market beer | 20 (1%)
| | "Lite" beer | 21 (1%)
| | Cocktail | 47 (4%)
| | Iced tea | 95 (8%)
| | Iced coffee | 25 (2%)
| | Iced latte, etc. | 15 (1%)
| | Lemonade | 61 (5%)
| | Fruit juice | 19 (1%)
| | Kool-Aid | 1 (0%)
| | Cola | 28 (2%)
| | Other soft drinks | 12 (1%)
| | Water | 126 (11%)
| | Sparkling water | 56 (4%)
| | Other (fill-in) | 54 (4%)
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Here are the fill-in votes:
- 2: Sangria and 50-50 ice tea/lemonade blend (1 votes)
- Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc (1 votes)
- Bacardi Breezers (Orange) (1 votes)
- bugey cerdon (1 votes)
- Campari/Soda, Young Kabinetts, Spatlese-not too ripe, 2002 Huet Clos de Bourg De Bourg DemiSec (1 votes)
- cava (1 votes)
- champagne (2 votes)
- Champers (1 votes)
- Cold mugicha (barley tea) (1 votes)
- Compari & Soda (1 votes)
- Diet Coke (1 votes)
- fresca (1 votes)
- Frozen margarita (2 votes)
- fruit-vodka-wine infusions (1 votes)
- gin & tonic (3 votes)
- Gin & tonic , Pimm's cup or Sangria (1 votes)
- Gin and tonic (2 votes)
- Gin and tonic of course! (1 votes)
- Homemade lemonade! (1 votes)
- homemade sangria (1 votes)
- Iced water with fresh lemon juice (1 votes)
- Kristallweizen with a slice of lemon floating in it and a few grains of rice to make it bubble. (1 votes)
- limoncello (2 votes)
- Margarita (1 votes)
- MARGARITAS !!! (1 votes)
- Margaritas..... G and T;s.... (1 votes)
- Martini--gin or vodka, ice cold and transparent (1 votes)
- Mead (1 votes)
- Mojito (2 votes)
- Mojitos (Rum spritzers) (1 votes)
- pilsner (1 votes)
- pina colada (1 votes)
- Port (1 votes)
- Prosecco, Cava & other light sparklers (1 votes)
- Prosecco, Champagne (1 votes)
- Red Wine (1 votes)
- Ruby Port (1 votes)
- Sangria (1 votes)
- sparkling wine (3 votes)
- sparkling wines (1 votes)
- sports drinks (1 votes)
- Tonic 'n Lime (no ethanol) (1 votes)
- ume-shu (1 votes)
- vintage cider (1 votes)
- Wheat beer; dry labrusca; intensely hoppy Pilsner; bone-dry cider (can't find many in Ontario) (1 votes)
May 30, 2005
Total Votes: 1628
Where do you acquire your wine?
| Brick-and-mortar wine shops | 374 (22%)
| | Online wine shops | 150 (9%)
| | Grocery stores | 232 (14%)
| | Liquor stores | 276 (16%)
| | Purchase at the winery | 215 (13%)
| | Mail/Internet from the winery | 123 (7%)
| | Mail/Internet wine clubs | 72 (4%)
| | Live auctions | 9 (0%)
| | Internet auctions | 34 (2%)
| | Make my own | 33 (2%)
| | Gifts | 63 (3%)
| | Other (fill-in) | 47 (2%)
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Here are the fill-in votes:
- a large all-purpose emporium where you can get anything from fine wines to farm chemicals (1 votes)
- Applejacks! (1 votes)
- BJs warehouse club (1 votes)
- Bootleg from out of state Costco store-not permitted in my state (1 votes)
- buy when out of country (1 votes)
- Canadian Wineries- St.Catherines,ONT (1 votes)
- club stores (1 votes)
- Consignment Agency (Lifford in Toronto, Canada) (1 votes)
- Corridor Fine Wine Superstore (1 votes)
- Costco (1 votes)
- COSTCO! Believe it or not, they have a really nice selection at reasonable prices! (1 votes)
- direct seller of "exclusive" Int'l wines (1 votes)
- Discount Clubs - Costco, etc. (1 votes)
- discriminating friends and off-lines (1 votes)
- generous friends (1 votes)
- I am a rep for a dirtributer. (1 votes)
- Import stores such as World Market (1 votes)
- in-home wine tastings (1 votes)
- In-Laws through conniving and sweet talking. (1 votes)
- LCBO (1 votes)
- local wine club (1 votes)
- Mooching from fellow winos (1 votes)
- My online source is a store in another state that simply ignores the laws prohibiting shipping to AR (1 votes)
- my wine distributors (1 votes)
- online wine shops that I can get to ship to friends in reciprocal states (1 votes)
- PA State Run wine & liquor sotre (1 votes)
- Samples leftover after tastings (1 votes)
- samples-am a wholesaler (1 votes)
- shipped to reciprocal state where family lives then pick up (1 votes)
- State owned wine & spirit shops (1 votes)
- state run liquor store (1 votes)
- state store (1 votes)
- travel out of state (1 votes)
- Via telephone from wineries (1 votes)
- Vineyards (1 votes)
- Wharehouse stores (Costco) (1 votes)
- Whole Foods Market (1 votes)
- Wholesale clubs like Sam's Club, Costco, etc. (1 votes)
- wholesaler (I sell wine) (1 votes)
- Wine club ships to CA friend who forwards (1 votes)
- wine clubs visited (1 votes)
- Wine Distributor (1 votes)
- wine festivals (1 votes)
- Wine shops that will ship anywhere! (1 votes)
- winery wine clubs (1 votes)
- World Market (1 votes)
- www.winemonger.com (1 votes)
May 9, 2005
Total Votes: 1077
How do you prepare for a wine tour?
| Read reviews of the region's wines | 148 (13%)
| | Ask friends or merchant's advice | 98 (9%)
| | Ask questions on online wine forums | 34 (3%)
| | Study books about the region | 128 (11%)
| | Buy maps | 67 (6%)
| | Surf Websites | 169 (15%)
| | Taste regional wines in advance | 46 (4%)
| | List wines to try while there | 88 (8%)
| | Make appointments for private tours | 87 (8%)
| | Travel with knowledgeable friends | 39 (3%)
| | Join an organized wine tour | 16 (1%)
| | Just go and enjoy the surprises | 144 (13%)
| | Other (fill-in) | 13 (1%)
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Here are the fill-in votes:
- All of the above at various times (1 votes)
- Ask employees at the hotel where I'm staying about the region and recommendations. (1 votes)
- Be reasonably organised (1 votes)
- Delegate the planning to my SO. It makes the trip so much more enjoyable! (1 votes)
- get the scoop about nearby wineries from the innkeepers at the places we stay (1 votes)
- Go to my web page :-) (1 votes)
- Lookup the Country's DWI penalties (1 votes)
- Pack an empty wine case or two for the new treasures! (1 votes)
- Picnic foods to accompany (1 votes)
- Stop by visitor's centers. (1 votes)
- Take fine glasses for tasting (1 votes)
- Throw the dogs in the back of the car and just go! (1 votes)
- visit favorite wineries (1 votes)
April 18, 2005
Total Votes: 476
Fair restaurant wine markup?
| Wholesale plus 10 percent | 18 (3%)
| | Equal to retail | 26 (5%)
| | Retail plus 10 percent | 132 (27%)
| | 1 1/2 times retail | 174 (36%)
| | 2 times retail | 69 (14%)
| | 2 1/2 times retail | 7 (1%)
| | 3 times retail | 3 (0%)
| | Whatever the market will bear | 15 (3%)
| | Other | 32 (6%)
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Here are the fill-in votes:
- $10 over cost (1 votes)
- $10 over retail (2 votes)
- 1 1/2 retail current vintages, 2 1/2 scarce/old (1 votes)
- 1 1/2 Retail to 3+ - directly related to the quality of the restaurant. (1 votes)
- 1 1/3- 1 1/2 times retail depending on the wine in question (1 votes)
- 2 times wholesale (2 votes)
- 3 times wholesale (1 votes)
- 5-10 dollars be bottle ($10-50$ - $5, 51-up -$10) (1 votes)
- A set cost ($10?) per bottle (1 votes)
- across the board or based on retail price? (1 votes)
- add 6$ to the cost price (1 votes)
- at cost plus 8% (1 votes)
- Depend on how expensive the wine is. A cheaper wine can has higher markup. (1 votes)
- Depends on the bottling/price/rarity/stocks (1 votes)
- Depends on the pricing of the food (1 votes)
- Double their cost (1 votes)
- double wholesale (1 votes)
- Fixed amount (say $15) over retail (1 votes)
- Maine Coon Cat (1 votes)
- mark up more on the low end and less on the high end (1 votes)
- Mark up to retail, then add a flat fee on top of that for service (glassware, refrigeration, etc.) (1 votes)
- Retail plus 20 percent (2 votes)
- retail plus 25% (1 votes)
- Retail plus a set corkage fee. (1 votes)
- Retail plus corkage (1 votes)
- Retail price + 20% per yr after release. (1 votes)
- wholesale plus $10 dollars. (1 votes)
- Wholesale plus 20% or retail, whichever is less (1 votes)
- Wholesale plus 25% mark-up (1 votes)
March 21, 2005
Total Votes: 679
How important are the health benefits of wine for you?
| 1 - Not at all | 50 (7%)
| | 2 | 48 (7%)
| | 3 | 98 (14%)
| | 4 | 80 (11%)
| | 5 - Equal with other factors | 182 (26%)
| | 6 | 79 (11%)
| | 7 | 80 (11%)
| | 8 | 37 (5%)
| | 9 | 14 (2%)
| | 10 - Health is the only reason I drink wine | 11 (1%)
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March 7, 2005
Total Votes: 1444
When do you drink sparkling wine?
| New Year's | 167 (11%)
| | Wedding | 150 (10%)
| | Graduation | 80 (5%)
| | Anniversary | 122 (8%)
| | Birthday | 111 (7%)
| | Holiday | 104 (7%)
| | Business deal or promotion | 58 (4%)
| | Team won sports event | 22 (1%)
| | Other special occasion | 112 (7%)
| | Not-so-special occasion | 96 (6%)
| | Before dinner | 118 (8%)
| | With dinner | 88 (6%)
| | After dinner | 47 (3%)
| | Any time! | 128 (8%)
| | Rarely | 35 (2%)
| | Never | 6 (0%)
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Feb. 28, 2005
Total Votes: 148
Should Sideways have swept the Oscars?
| Yes, Sideways was robbed! | 45 (30%)
| | No, it wasn't that good | 78 (52%)
| | I haven't seen it yet | 24 (16%)
| | I don't intend to see it | 1 (0%)
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Feb. 21, 2005
Total Votes: 164
Your greatest wine disaster?
| Wine froze while shipping | 3 (1%)
| | Wine cooked while shipping | 6 (3%)
| | Left wine in car and cooked it | 7 (4%)
| | Broke a prized bottle | 14 (8%)
| | Knocked over shop wine display | 1 (0%)
| | Bought too much, no longer like the wine | 7 (4%)
| | Wine bought at auction turned out bad | 4 (2%)
| | Spent too much amid auction excitement | 3 (1%)
| | Spouse/SO discovered wine-shop bill | 13 (7%)
| | Trusted critic, hated the wine | 5 (3%)
| | Cellared prize too long, wine too old | 17 (10%)
| | Spouse/SO used wine treasure for cooking | 2 (1%)
| | Friend/baby-sitter opened prized wine | 8 (4%)
| | Guest mixed prized wine with soft drink | 3 (1%)
| | Expensive wine gift didn't please recipient | 8 (4%)
| | Enjoyed too much wine, behaved regrettably | 30 (18%)
| | Humiliated by snooty sommelier | 2 (1%)
| | Other (fill-in) | 31 (18%)
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Here are the fill-in votes:
- 5 liter bottle for special occasion corked (1 votes)
- 6.5 gallons of free-run Vidal lost when a rake fell on the carboy during cold stabilization. (1 votes)
- After pouring 4 huge portions of an old wine, waiter announces 'we'll have to open another bottle' (1 votes)
- bad cork (1 votes)
- Bragged about wine, made big expensive event about wine, wine corked. (1 votes)
- broke a prized bottle in a wine shop (1 votes)
- Broke brand new $50 crystal stemware on Christmas dinner table in front of people who gifted it. (1 votes)
- Broken pipe...big flood (1 votes)
- Brother drank the 1981 Haut-Brion saved for offline without asking (1 votes)
- Brought two wines for dinner, host took them as "presents" and opened his home made wine. (1 votes)
- Corked Latour (1 votes)
- Corked prize bottle (1 votes)
- drop 500 gallons of sauvignon blanc down the drain (swear is true) (1 votes)
- Expensive wine - corked! (1 votes)
- Frozen in freezer for a quick chill and forgotten (1 votes)
- Humiliated by wine store clerk (1 votes)
- Loss of Window on the World Cellar with its Employees (1 votes)
- Opened bottle of Sparkling Red which sprayed over half the (carpeted) room - red spots everywhere! (1 votes)
- Paid way too much for later vintage, not as good! (1 votes)
- realization that income will never match my palate (2 votes)
- Slipped while carrying two open bottles of champagne and badly sliced up my hand (1 votes)
- Split in two, expensive wine decanter (present from wife) whilst trying to remove wine scum/film (1 votes)
- Tasted too much wine...thought I "loved" a wine....got home with a case and hated it....what was I t (1 votes)
- TCA (1 votes)
- Too many samples and bought the poor wine (1 votes)
- Used "Oaky" one too many times and got a forehead full of havarti (1 votes)
- When had a corkscrew, we had no wine. We found the corkscrew few days later, but then we had no wine (1 votes)
- While moving my wife and father "discovered" the wine cellar! (1 votes)
- Wine shipped by friend seized by government (1 votes)
Jan. 31, 2005
Total Votes: 317
What drink goes best with chocolate?
| Banyuls/Maury | 39 (12%)
| | Brachetto d'Acqui | 7 (2%)
| | Cabernet Sauvignon | 41 (12%)
| | Champagne/sparkling wine | 21 (6%)
| | Coffee | 30 (9%)
| | Eiswein/ice wine | 4 (1%)
| | Framboise/Fruit liqueur | 8 (2%)
| | Milk | 24 (7%)
| | Moscato d'Asti | 1 (0%)
| | Muscat/Liqueur Muscat | 7 (2%)
| | Pedro Ximenez/Cream Sherry | 5 (1%)
| | Recioto della Valpolicella | 3 (0%)
| | Riesling/Late Harvest Riesling | 3 (0%)
| | Ruby Port/Vintage Port | 45 (14%)
| | Tawny Port/Colheita | 20 (6%)
| | Tokaji | 1 (0%)
| | Vin Santo | 3 (0%)
| | Zinfandel/Late Harvest Zinfandel | 18 (5%)
| | None | 6 (1%)
| | Other (Fill-in) | 31 (9%)
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Here are the fill-in votes:
- A 10 years old Velletri (1 votes)
- All of the Above (1 votes)
- Australian shiraz (1 votes)
- Beer (1 votes)
- Beer, if bitter black chocolate; milk, if sweet chocolate (milk or black) (1 votes)
- brandy (1 votes)
- Canadian Ice Wine (1 votes)
- Chambord (1 votes)
- Cognac (1 votes)
- depends on type of chocolate: with choc. truffles, Cab; with choc. cake, milk (1 votes)
- Duck Walk Blueberry Port or Pugliese Port Bello (1 votes)
- Duck Walk's Blueberry Port (1 votes)
- Dumb question!! Is it dark, milk, plain/nut/fruit fondant,? What wine goes w/ fish? (1 votes)
- Elysium Black Muscat (1 votes)
- espresso (1 votes)
- Green Tea (1 votes)
- Imperial Stout (1 votes)
- Mas Amiel (1 votes)
- merlot (1 votes)
- nebbiolo (1 votes)
- Pinot Noir (1 votes)
- Porter Ale (1 votes)
- Quinta do Noval Nacional 1994 (in 10-20 years!) (1 votes)
- Rosenblum Late Harvest Viognier, esp with chocolate and hazelnuts! (1 votes)
- shiraz (1 votes)
- Shiraz, Woop Woop-Australia (1 votes)
- Sparkling Shiraz! (1 votes)
- Stout or Porter (no contest, why wasn't it a choice?) (1 votes)
- syrah (1 votes)
- tea (1 votes)
- Water, for premium quality chocolates - so that the flavors stand on their own. (1 votes)
Jan. 17, 2005
Total Votes: 299
How much do you exercise?
| More than two hours daily | 11 (3%)
| | 90 minutes daily | 23 (7%)
| | One hour daily | 60 (20%)
| | 30 minutes daily | 51 (17%)
| | Less than 30 minutes daily | 22 (7%)
| | A few times a week | 93 (31%)
| | Weekly | 7 (2%)
| | A few times a month | 8 (2%)
| | Monthly | 3 (1%)
| | Less than monthly | 14 (4%)
| | Never | 7 (2%)
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