I have made a few memes about my wine fridge and thought it could be fun to do a blog post about what is in my fridge right now.
Here is the wine fridge meme I made a couple years ago:
So let’s dive into these categories!
1. Chonker Bottles - Wide bottles that only fit in top or bottom rack of my fridge
Tasty Example:
Ampeleia "Unlitro" IGT Costa Toscana Rosso Ampeleia 1L
2. Wine that you got as a gift that you don’t like
Example:
14 Hands rosé 2017 (omg, I forgot this was in there)
3. Value wine for your friends & family that don’t care about wine
I always like to keep some tasty value wines on hand.
Examples:
Oliver Gessler, IGP Côtes de Gascogne & Ercole Barbera del Monferrato
4. Geeky Wine
I love trying wine from regions that I have not tasted a lot from.
Example:
Clai Baracija Rofošk Western Istria, Croatia
5. The Good Shit
Example: Maryam + Co #2 + Massican Muscat Blanc 80%, Cortese 20%.
Next to it are more examples
Iruai Savagnin Arcana
Pithon-Paille Anjou Mozaik Chenin Blanc
6. The really good shit that you know will taste better if you age it but you are impatient and probably wont…
Examples:
Domaine Milan Clos Milan 2019
Next to it are other wines I will try and wait a bit longer before drinking
Paolo Bea Pipparello Montefalco Rosso Riserva 2015
Yves Cuilleron Côte-Rôtie Madinière 2016
7. Long Bois
8. Sweet Bois
9. More Chonker Bottles
The bottom of my fridge has long bois (long bottle), sweet bois (sweet style wine in 375ml), & chonker bottles (magnum 1.5L & wide bottle)
Long bois
Example: Weingut Martin Muthenthaler Ried Bruck Riesling
Sweet bois
Example: Kracher Cuvee Beerenauslese 2011 (375ML half-bottle)
Chonker (Large Format)
Example: Bonny Doon Le Cigare Volant 2010 (1.5L Magnum)
Chonker (Wide Bottle)
Example: Villa Sparina Gavi
10. Bubbles
One thing I learned is that it is always good to keep some bubbles ready or you will end up at the wine shop again fast!
Examples:
Sommariva Prosecco Superiore Brut
Weingut Scheuermann Blanc et Noir Brut Nature
Voirin Jumel Tradition Brut
Hope you enjoyed!
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