Voting Booth: What do you keep in your wine cellar? Here's an offbeat question that came up in a conversation among a group of wine enthusiasts the other day: Are wine cellars only for wine? As it turns out, quite a few folks who are fortunate enough to have serious cellars to keep their wine are not at all hesitant to use them for other goodies that benefit from a secure, temperature-controlled environment. Quality microbrewery beers would certainly benefit from a wine-callar environment. Liquors don't require cool storage, but a secure spot in a fine cellar certainly wouldn't harm that rare bottle of Louis XIII Cognac. We've heard tales of more unusual cellar occupants, too, from party trays loaded with cold cuts and cheese to Madame's mink coat. For this week's Wine Lovers' Voting Booth, we thought it would be fun to find out just what strange items our readers do stash (along with wine) in your cellars or wine racks, as we ask, "What do you keep in your wine cellar (besides wine)?" We've provided a list of a dozen common possibilities, but of course you're welcome to use the fill-in-the-blank option; better yet, drop by the WLDG to tell us more. Thanks to Joe Perry for suggesting this topic for our light-hearted, unscientific poll. Once you have cast your ballot, the software will immediately add your entry to the list. You can use this link to check the current totals. Weekly chat sessions We hope you'll check in for our regular, informal WLDG Chat sessions, which are scheduled three times weekly for the convenience of wine lovers around the world. Here's the schedule for Northern Hemisphere summer time: SUNDAY: Primarily for participants in the Western Hemisphere, Europe and the UK, this session begins at 4 p.m. U.S. Eastern Daylight Time, 1 p.m. Pacific, which is 2000 GMT (9 p.m. in the UK, 22:00 in Western Europe, and Monday morning in Australasia. WEDNESDAY: This session begins at 10 p.m. U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (0200 Thursday GMT), and is most convenient for participants in the Western Hemisphere, although folks in Asia and Down Under have been known to join in. WEDNESDAY: This session is intended for participants in Australia, New Zealand and Asia, and begins at 0900 GMT Wednesdays. If you're not certain about the time in your local area, try the World Time Server or the Time Zones of the World Page to check the conversion. Search Engine! http://www.wineloverspage.com/site_search Introduce yourself! Finally, if you're new here and feel that you want to hang around, we hope you'll visit our Biographies feature and introduce yourself. Your introduction will be posted to the forum as well as to the archive. To view the biographies of other participants and post your own, click here for the Biographies page. -- RG