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The Perfect 24 Bottle Wine Cellar.*

• 2 Cabernet Sauvignon (one that you are cellaring)
• 1 French Bordeaux (for that special meal – also could be a Spanish Rioja or Italian Brunello di Montalcino)
• 1 Merlot
• 3 Pinot Noirs (one from France, one from Oregon, one from New Zealand)
• 1 Zinfandel
• 2 Syrah/Shiraz (one from Washington, one from Australia)
• 1 Chianti
• 1 Salice Salentino (remember, for that spaghetti with red sauce)
• 2 Sauvignon Blancs (one from France or California, one from New Zealand)
• 1 Riesling
• 2 Chardonnays (one from California - oak, one from France - apple)
• 1 Pinot Gris/Grigio
• 1 Malbec (for that charcoal grilled meat)
• 1 Statement (something unusual that is your signature wine)
• 4 House wines (some relatively inexpensive but tasty quaffer that you serve when folks drop by – white or red is up to you)

Now, here are the wines that would make up my
Perfect 24 Bottle Wine Cellar**

• Whitehall Lane Winery Cabernet Sauvignon
• Concha y Toro Don Melchor Cabernet Sauvignon
• Chateau LaGrange or Bodegas Muga Gran Riserva or Castella Banfi Brunello di Montalcino
• Duckhorn Merlot
• Domaine Serene Evenstad Reserve Pinot Noir
• Amisfield Central Otago Pinot Noir
• Bouchard Pere & Fils Burgundy (Pinot Noir)
• Seghesio Zinfandel
• Mollydooker The Boxer (Shiraz)
• L’Ecole No. 41 (Syrah)
• Marchesi de Frescobaldi Chianti Classico
• Taurino Salice Salentino
• Merry Edwards Sauvignon Blanc
• Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc
• Chateau Ste Michelle/Dr. Loosen Eroica Riesling
• LaChablisienne Chablis (French Chardonnay)
• Argyle Nut House Chardonnay
• Elk Cove Pinot Gris
• Bodegas Norton Malbec
• Orin Swift – The Prisoner (Zinfandel based blend)
• 4 bottles of Bogle Phantom (red blend)

*You can have a very nice 24 bottle wine cellar for $350.00 and an amazing 24 bottle wine cellar for $500.00.  My perfect 24 bottle wine cellar is about $750.00…and you can spend a whole lot more than that if you want.

**This list will change this evening when I discover a wine that I now like better than one of these.  This list will change again tomorrow night.  Within a month, this cellar will be completely different.