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"  Building a wine cellar can be an intimidating task, even for a seasoned oenophile. How do you know where to start? Should you focus on a specific region\u2014or try to cover a range of terroirs? We enlisted the help of Antonio Galloni, the former chief wine critic for Robert Parker&amp;#039;s Wine Advocate who in 2013 launched Vinousmedia.com, which features 30,000 of his own reviews along with additional articles and videos about all things wine. Here are his four principles: 1. Divide your cellar into thirds: one third you can drink between now and 5 years out (near term), like a 2011 Sandhi chardonnay from Santa Barbara, a second third between five and 10 years out (medium term), like a 2010 Isole e Olena Chianti Classico, and the last third for 10-15 years out (long term), like a 2010 Comte Armand Pommard 1er Cru Clos des Epeneaux. Those that can age for more than 15 years are referred to as very long term in the list below. 2. If you want a diversified cellar, start with the classics. That would mean, from the United States, some Sonoma Pinot Noir, some California Chardonnay, and some Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. From France, you would want to have a little bit of Burgundy (white and red) and a little bit of Bordeaux (red). From Italy, a little bit of Tuscany and a little bit of Piedmont. And finally, some Champagne. 3. Although Galloni doesn&amp;#039;t think the point of collecting wine should ever be speculation or investment (it&amp;#039;s meant to be drunk and appreciated), he does have a few tips to preserve value. If you&amp;#039;re buying wine as an investment, focus on top names and vintages and buy in bulk, choosing large format bottles when available, and splitting your orders among a range of etablished retailers. Buy the big name wines because there&amp;#039;s always a market for them. Get full cases because there is always a premium for them (and if you buy a full case you never want to take a bottle out because if you do, you destroy 50 percent of the value instead of 1/12 of the value). And buy only from top retailers because a lot of investment wine is sold before it&amp;#039;s actually delivered, and there&amp;#039;s always a risk that a merchant will never deliver something you&amp;#039;ve paid for. That&amp;#039;s why you want to work with reliable merchants (where this happens less frequently and they are certain to reimburse you if it should), and to spread this very real risk, you want to divide your purchases over two or three retailers. 4. Save your receipts and store your wine properly. You should always be able to show when and where you bought something. It&amp;#039;s called provenance, and a lot of investing in wine has to do with record keeping. You also want to keep your wines in professional storage. There are companies that store it in temperature-controlled facilities at the recommended 55 degrees Farenheit and will take pictures of the bottles to document their inventory. If I can show that I bought a particular case of wine 10 years ago and it&amp;#039;s been in proper storage ever since then, my upside is much bigger when these wines get sold. Here, Galloni&amp;#039;s list of wines that would make a good, diversified introductory cellar, complete with links to tasting notes on Vinousmedia.com (subscription required), arranged from near- to long-term drinking windows: 2011 Sandhi Chardonnay, Santa Barbara, California, $35, Near Term Drinking 2011 Domaine Fran\u00E7ois Carillon Puligny-Montrachet, Burgundy, France, $60, Near Term Drinking 2011 David Ramey Chardonnay Hyde Vineyard, Sonoma, California, $60, Near Term Drinking 2011 Hirsch Pinot Noir Bohan Dillon, Sonoma, California, $35, Near Term Drinking 2011 Littorai Pinot Noir Mays Canyon, Sonoma, California, $70, Near Term Drinking 2008 Pierre Peters Brut Cuv\u00E9e L&amp;#039;Esprit Champagne, France, $60, Near to Medium Term Drinking 2010 Isole e Olena Chianti Classico, Tuscany, Italy, $30, Near to Medium Term Drinking 2010 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa, California, $60, Near to Medium Term Drinking 2008 Roederer Brut Ros\u00E9, Champagne, France, $80, Near to Long Term Drinking 2004 Dom P\u00E9rignon, Champagne, France, $160, Near to Very Long Term Drinking 2010 Vietti Barolo Castiglione, Piedmont, Italy, $50, Medium to Long Term Drinking 2009 Jadot Beaune 1er Cru 150th Anniversary, Burgundy, France, $50, Medium to Long Term Drinking 2010 F\u00E8lsina Chianti Classico Riserva Rancia, Tuscany, Italy, $53, Medium to Very Long Term Drinking 2010 Corison Cabernet Sauvignon Kronos, Napa, California, $135, Medium to Very Long Term Drinking 2008 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva Asili, Piedmont, Italy, $70, Medium to Very Long Term Drinking 2010 Comte Armand Pommard 1er Cru Clos des Epeneaux, Burgundy, France, $70, Medium to Long Term Drinking 2010 Terlano Sauvignon Quarz, Alto Adige, Italy, $55, Medium to Very Long Term Drinking 2008 Il Poggione Brunello di Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy, $85, Medium to Very Long Term Drinking "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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