Howard
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Important! Need something to store my wines in!
Do any of the "big box" stores in Ensenada or La Paz or ?carry electric wine coolers? Maybe holding at least 24 bottles and not costing an arm and a
leg. Would rather buy it down here rather than lugging it down.
Anyone, anyone? Don't make my wine spoil in the heat!
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we grow old because we stop playing
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QuesoBueno
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That is a longshot. Perhaps the commercial appliance stores in La Paz may have one but expect to pay more than it sounds like you are looking to do.
I hope that you and your wine will be comfortably cool and happy in Loreto.
Luckily for me, my wine does not whine, it just goes with the flow here in BCS.
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bajaguy
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Wine or Whine
You shouldn't store it, you should drink it.
Save your money and buy a small dorm size refrigerator, get a thermometer and try and keep the temp at around 54 degrees
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karenintx
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Got ours at Costco in CSL...does Ensenada have a Costco?
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bajaguy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by karenintx
Got ours at Costco in CSL...does Ensenada have a Costco? |
Yup
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Hook
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You're not going to do any damage to 99% of your red wines, unless you are buying REALLY good wines, by storing them in a conventional fridge. The
vast majority of red wines simply do not improve in the bottle with age. And, of course, the same holds true for most all whites.
So, I would agree with a previous poster; just get a dorm type fridge, set the temp as high as possible and dont worry about it. The problem will be
finding one that is deep enough to accommodate bottles laying on their side. Otherwise, it's not gonna hold too many bottles.
I'll let you all in on my little smuggling secret........... I line the bottom of an ice chest with my good, "expensive" wines (really, only 15-25
dollar range), then cover them with ice and put conventional ice chest items on top. They never go through your ice chest at Aduana, IME. The wines
are fine, even after 6 hours at 32º or so.
Basically, from TWO good sources (one a wine retailer in Mexico and one a consumer who got caught with an excess of wine) Aduana will allow 9 bottles
of hooch (wine, hard stuff, whatever) per vehicle before they decide to slap the 90+% tariff on the excess. And apparently it could be 9-1.75 liter
bottles; they really dont discriminate.
Yeah, there is decent wine down here already. But Zins are almost unheard of, as well as good Pinot Noir or any Napa style Cabs, which I love. So, the
occasional customs running becomes important for me. I generally am only bringing about 6-8 bottles over my legal limit.
[Edited on 10-8-2011 by Hook]
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Martyman
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I know this goes against common knowledge but...I left a case or so of wine in Bahia de Los Angeles and the wine spent two summer there! One of the
bottles of homemade Pinot Noir aged to perfection! Others varietals had gone bad or unchanged but I knew my homemade and that was the best bottle of
the 5 cases I made!
I better get back down to baja and continue with my important research!
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by karenintx
Got ours at Costco in CSL...does Ensenada have a Costco? |
I've seen wine reefers at Costco, Ensenada.
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Cypress
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Got a 5 gallon bucket full of concord grape juice fermenting. Gonna be done around Christmas or a little later.
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elizabeth
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Hard to believe, but there was a wine refrigerator at the tianguis in Loreto just last week, didn't notice it yesterday, but wasn't really looking.
It might still be around.
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GC
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There is a Sanyo 48 bottle cooler at Costco in Ensenada for 3700 pesos.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by GC
There is a Sanyo 48 bottle cooler at Costco in Ensenada for 3700 pesos. |
WOW....That sounds like a lot for a small refrigerator without a freezing unit. Is it endorsed by the Punta Banda Wino's Association?
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Hook
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It's not so outrageous. pricewise. It's larger than the average under-counter wine captain. It's probably 4-5 feet tall, to accommodate that many
bottles.
Figure 13.3 pesos right now, so its about 278 bucks. Mine only holds half that much and I think I paid about 130 bucks for it in the states. It's a
Magic Chef. That was about 4 years ago.
Oh Captain, my Captain...................
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Cypress
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Put it in a bottle and cork it off. Be sure you clean the bottles first! Enjoy!!
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Santiago
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Martyman
I know this goes against common knowledge but...I left a case or so of wine in Bahia de Los Angeles and the wine spent two summer there! One of the
bottles of homemade Pinot Noir aged to perfection! Others varietals had gone bad or unchanged but I knew my homemade and that was the best bottle of
the 5 cases I made!
I better get back down to baja and continue with my important research! |
Dude, I ran short of one bottle of red last week; where do you hide your key?
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