FabSwingers.com forum: Can your wine cellar survive?

By *ophieslut OP TV/TS
over a year ago

Central

Wine harvests were their worst in 2017 for over 50 years, due largely to extreme weather. Prices are likely to rise - so it may be worth stocking your cellar.

If you have a plentiful stock in, how safe is it, so you wouldn't spend more, by drinking more?

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By *lem-H-FandangoMan
over a year ago

salisbury

Not sure there's much grape in the wines i can afford!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Appreciating the Spanish ones right now, so long as they have the authentication label and they are very good value for money.

Poor harvests mean low yield so probably the one I'd stick with.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Burgundy, Australia and Argentina have all had bumper crops .... weather conditions around the globe have lead to lower yeilds in other regions but consequently the quality of the wine will most probably lead to 2017 being a vintage year.

anyone else who pre ordered their crates could well have bagged themselves a very, very good investment

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By *ophieslut OP TV/TS
over a year ago

Central

"Appreciating the Spanish ones right now, so long as they have the authentication label and they are very good value for money.

Poor harvests mean low yield so probably the one I'd stick with."

Spanish, French and other regional wines have suffered declines in their production levels. Globally, the production levels are almost as low as they were nearly 60 years ago. The global top wine producing countries - France, Spain and Italy, all suffered catastrophic fall in their production.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Does this mean a bottle of wine will be more than a fiver in Asda now?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not in all areas or types of grapes in Spain. I don't know about the other countries.

Certainly, fewer grapes mean less wine but pick carefully and the quality can be just as good, or even better, than in lush years.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

El nino affected south American wines.However the quality is superb this year.

I'm a big fan of new world wines and Spanish Rioja.I can't afford the top end French wines.

Yields might be down but quality seems to be up so 2017 might well be an outstanding year.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Agree

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I only drink malbec or rioja, and only occasionally..

I doubt it will affect me too much

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By *ophieslut OP TV/TS
over a year ago

Central

No one going to keep an eye on prices, potentially stocking up if they start rising?

From El pais 'Frost in the spring destroyed between 40% and 60% of all wine production in areas with small but high-quality harvests in the north and northeast of Spain. In the Rioja Alta region, losses were estimated at more than 50%.'

Whilst wine quality may good, for that which could be produced from a limited harvest, it could mean that as 2017 wines increase in their market supply, that prices will rise, to help producers stem losses: not to mention that the £ is trading poorly internationally, in some instances.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Excellent Spanish wine can retail in the home market for less that €7 a bottle. The small, family winemakers are going to struggle.

I don't know enough about wine to know a keeper from a drinker- any tips?

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