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Article: When a wine collection is more than a fantasy
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- Daily Breeze
- Article date:
- February 16, 2007
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LAKEVILLE, Conn. -- All wine collectors, no matter how small their
hoards, have cellar fantasies. Whether they keep wines in hall
closets, in special coolers, at their parents' houses or spilling out
of basement corners, they harbor the dream of a cellar of their own.
For the true believer, a collection is no mere cache of bottles
but, even more than the eyes, a window into the soul. In the
imagination, a cellar is a sanctuary where the tactile act of
communing with one's bottles can border on the religious.
For most people, of course, the wine cellar remains a fantasy. A
select few maybe have achieved some portion of their dream, carving
out a room to serve as their vinous retreat. But ...