The Cellar of All Cellars

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In the limestone and shale beneath the weekend house that he and his wife, Linda, share in this little New England town in northwestern Connecticut, Mr. Smith has constructed a cellar of thousands of fantasies, covering almost 8,000 square feet and holding more than 65,000 bottles. As if that weren’t enough, more than half of Mr. Smith’s collection is in magnums, twice the size of normal bottles, and the count doesn’t include the 14,000 bottles auctioned off by Sotheby’s last November, which raised almost $5.33 million for his alma mater, the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass.

And the $15 (or so) bottle winner is...

The second somewhat monthly meeting of the Wine Commoners was a success, it would seem. Not that everyone has terribly clear memories of it.

• #1 - 17 Points (out of 20)
  2004 Coppola Blue Label Merlot
  Steve and Carol, special guests, claim top prize
  Purchased at Binny's
  http://www.wine.com/aboutwine/basics/winerydesc.asp?winid=2879&ct=1925
• #2 - 16.1
  2003 Cloverdale Ranch Cabernet Savignon, Alexander Valley
  Maureen
  Binny's
  http://www.pellegrinisonoma.com/pellegrini/page/ranch.jsp
• #3 - 15.3
  2003 2 Up Shiraz
  Katie and Mark
  Sam's
  http://www.clickwinegroup.com/cwg/portfolio_2up.htm
• #4 - 14.8
  2000 Hanna Merlot, Alexander Valley
  Jen and Josh
  Binny's
  http://www.hannawinery.com/
• #5 - 12.7
  2001 Dalwhinnie Shiraz, Pyrenees
  Ginger and Marty
  Cab & Co.
  http://www.dalwhinnie.com.au/