Wine cellars are such beautiful places; mostly dark, quiet,
peaceful places. Sometimes decorated. Sometimes neat. Sometimes messy. But always likely to present a surprise.
A wine cellar is the repository of the owner's past, present and future endeavors. Maybe it holds the wine that was inherited, or collected for old friends to share and reminisce over. On the other side a cellar whispers the aspirations of the future and places yet to have arrived at.
Stepping into my own wine cellar, the room has a clean floor and polished walls of refrigeration panel. The wines are stacked in neatly positioned racks. Not obsessively ordered - not far from it. I feel it needs some more work; to make it authentic. But the space was previously a hen house - how more authentic does it need to be?
When the weather is cold and you need to find something to warm the cockles of your heart, accessing wine requires commitment. A trek through the garage, out to the back of the yard, through a shed and into the cellar. 2 sets of keys are required to get through this labyrinth as well as exposure to the elements - it takes commitment.
What to drink? With a large cellar, sometimes the choices are too difficult. But heading to the Pinot section is always fun. You get down on your knees searching for something elusive, something that probably disappeared long ago.
Hold on. What have I got? Rub the dust and a little bit of mould too.
You beauty... 2008 Giant Steps Gladysdale Pinot Noir.
3 comments:
Sounds like an adventure. Unfortunately I drink my wine too quickly to cellar it.
Sounds like an adventure. Unfortunately I drink my wine too quickly to cellar it.
That means you haven't bought enough.
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