Comments on: Ask Unclutterer: Too much wine!

By: Charles

Charles — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:08:33 +0000

This is a non-issue. How could it be difficult to give away wine? Just e-mail your friends or bring it to work, and it will be gone in a matter of days. Who says no to free wine?

By: Mountain Humanist

Mountain Humanist — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:06:29 +0000

There is a charity called Wine to Water that gives wine parties and uses the proceeds to dig wells in developing nations. Perhaps they would accept the wine as a donation.

Web link: http://www.winetowater.org/

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:57:28 +0000

I’m a bit of an oenophile, and one of my best parties ever came when I was facing a substantial move and had more than 8 cases of wine stored up. For my going-away party I invited a bunch of friends over and corked the finest bottles, many of which I’d brought back with me from international travel.

It felt so wonderful to share all those phenomenal wines with people who’d meant so much to me and who I was so sad to be leaving. Plus, I substantially reduced the amount of wine that I needed to move.

Friends had a blast, too, and still refer to it as my “liquidation party.” Of course now that I know what it feels like, I try to open those special bottles with friends more often.

By: Teresa

Teresa — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:33:56 +0000

Oh my gosh, I wish I had that problem.

By: OogieM

OogieM — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:56:52 +0000

I can’t imagine this as a real problem. Use the good wine in cooking, drink a glass with dinner every night, have a couple small parties. I mean from the looks of it you have something like 5-6 cases of wine max. We try to keep 3-4 cases in the house on a regular basis for 2 people. Surely you can consume 5 cases before the wine gets too old, depending on the type you’ve got several years!

By: Enjoying Wine and Cooking

Enjoying Wine and Cooking — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:34:33 +0000

On the ones that you keep try to narrow them down by category in what you enjoy. Do you prefer red or white wine? What varietal do you like most? Or how about what pairs well with food you enjoy often. For me I would keep mostly red wines and lean towards Cabernet Sauvignon. For the ones you don’t want to keep try to give them to friends or a family member who likes wine. They may even take all them off your hands for you. I certainly would. If you have function to attend on the 4th of July perhaps the host would appreciate you bringing a few bottles.

By: Beth

Beth — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:56:04 +0000

Problem – I think not! I usually have about 40-60 bottle in my wine rack and another 10-15 in the wine fridge.

We have alot of BYOB restaurants in my area so I always have bottles to grab to go out to eat with friends. In fact, we almost exclusively eat at BYOB’s – you would be amazed the amount of money you save. Many BYOB’s now provide wine lockers for customers so you can store a couple bottles if you have a spur of the moment inclination to dine out.

I love the wine tasting party too. It is a great way to get together with friends.

By: Sharon Rowe

Sharon Rowe — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:43:06 +0000

I like the icecube suggestion!

By: JC

JC — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:54:16 +0000

Could you give bottles of red wine to a church?

By: Ann Marie

Ann Marie — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:47:58 +0000

If it’s summertime (as in right now), you can make some sangria with extra red wine. A couple of citrus fruits and some ginger ale will make you a really refreshing summer drink. Bonus – if you’re worried about your friends having hurt feelings when they recognize their wine as a re-gift, they’ll never recognize it in sangria form (plus this effectively hides less than stellar wine), so you can feel free to invite them over to drink it!

By: erin

erin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:39:44 +0000

Thank you for the idea of what to do with the leftover wine in a bottle! Not that we have much but I could never figure out what to do with the wine that didn’t taste great anymore but most certainly wasn’t bad. Freezing it and using it in recipes is a great idea. I will just have to keep the kids from thinking they are popcicles!

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:12:56 +0000

If i was nearby id take some off your hands!

By: Kathy

Kathy — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:52:11 +0000

The first thing I’d do is call friends and family and ask them if they’d like a bottle or three.
You’ll have it cleared out in a week or two.

By: Michelle J.

Michelle J. — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:32:39 +0000

We had about 6 cases of wine left over from our wedding. I just stacked them in the living room! A few bottles to drink every week was easy when I had to look at those boxes every day. When people would come over and comment about the crazy amount of wine we had, I would offer some bottles for them to take home. You wouldn’t believe how fast it went. I wouldn’t worry about it if I were you. Free alcohol has a way of disappearing.

By: Erin Doland

Erin Doland — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:29:11 +0000

@Chris — That is why it says “Most” in the article. I think there are three states that don’t let you return alcohol.

By: Megan

Megan — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:23:07 +0000

Whenever I have leftover booze from a party or something, I find that my younger brother and his roommate are always up for “re-homing” any extras that I don’t want.

Just find your neighborhood broke college student!

By: Rue

Rue — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:16:17 +0000

The problem is stated in her email – she doesn’t have enough room to store it! That’s definitely a lot of wine.

I think using several of these suggestions is great. Have a couple of wine-tasting parties, ask your friends if they want some, etc. Then anything you have left over (that you don’t want yourself or want to save for future parties or regifting), call around and see if you can donate it to someone.

By: Winbender

Winbender — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:11:06 +0000

You can send them all to me! My liver and I provide a a nice home for any extra libations you may have lying around the house. This includes, but is not limited to, beer, wine, whiskey, scotch, tequila, vodka, etc. No gin. I hate gin.

By: Rosie

Rosie — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:01:25 +0000

If I were in this predicament, I would donate the ones I didn’t want to keep to my college alumnae association. They are always hosting cocktail parties and it would help defray costs for them.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:27:20 +0000

Careful, Erin… every state is different with regard to returns of alcoholic beverages. Here in New York, returns are not permitted unless “the merchandise is defective in quality”. Ref: http://www.abc.state.ny.us/fre.....ompliance7.