Comments on: Adios 2008, Hello 2009 http://jasonswineblog.com/2009/01/14/adios-2008-hello-2009/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=adios-2008-hello-2009 adventures from the glass of a professional consumer... Fri, 18 May 2012 20:28:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: jason http://jasonswineblog.com/2009/01/14/adios-2008-hello-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1218 jason Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:14:05 +0000 http://jasonswineblog.com/?p=873#comment-1218 @Bob Dwyer Certainly had more than my fair share of help (host lots of dinner parties) but for the most part they were by the bottle. As to the debate, interesting. For me it comes down to my wine club membership. My average cost at Trader Joe's is $5.40 so you can see they drive a good share of the cost. I'll likely trim those back and see if I can find some more unique selections in the retail space. My balance is close to right for me, just need a little more variety when I am digging deeper into the wallet... @Bob Dwyer Certainly had more than my fair share of help (host lots of dinner parties) but for the most part they were by the bottle. As to the debate, interesting. For me it comes down to my wine club membership. My average cost at Trader Joe’s is $5.40 so you can see they drive a good share of the cost. I’ll likely trim those back and see if I can find some more unique selections in the retail space. My balance is close to right for me, just need a little more variety when I am digging deeper into the wallet…

]]> By: Bob Dwyer http://jasonswineblog.com/2009/01/14/adios-2008-hello-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1201 Bob Dwyer Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:30:05 +0000 http://jasonswineblog.com/?p=873#comment-1201 That's very cool that you were able to track that data so well, and thanks for sharing it. 313 bottles! Surely you must have help drinking them, or some of them were just tastes and not full bottles consumed, right? I used Corkd for tasting notes last year so I can't compare data. I just started using CellarTracker instead and I've been very pleased with it so far. I believe I could pull similar data with CellarTracker so I'll check back at the end of 2009 to let you know how I did. An interesting debate, I think, for any value minded wine drinker is this: If your average spend is $10 per bottle and you're thinking of which 3 bottles to buy, would you be rather drink two $2 bottles and one $26 bottle? Or 3 $10 bottles? I've gone back and forth on that myself- I'd be interested in hearing what your thoughts are. The site redesign preview looks snazzy- looking forward to it. -Bob That’s very cool that you were able to track that data so well, and thanks for sharing it. 313 bottles! Surely you must have help drinking them, or some of them were just tastes and not full bottles consumed, right?

I used Corkd for tasting notes last year so I can’t compare data. I just started using CellarTracker instead and I’ve been very pleased with it so far. I believe I could pull similar data with CellarTracker so I’ll check back at the end of 2009 to let you know how I did.

An interesting debate, I think, for any value minded wine drinker is this: If your average spend is $10 per bottle and you’re thinking of which 3 bottles to buy, would you be rather drink two $2 bottles and one $26 bottle? Or 3 $10 bottles? I’ve gone back and forth on that myself- I’d be interested in hearing what your thoughts are.

The site redesign preview looks snazzy- looking forward to it.

-Bob

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