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The Wine Cellar Chronicles Part IX: “Real World Tetris”

Featuredby Mark & Sonja Gudgel 6 Comments

My vision for the wine cellar has always surpassed mere storage. At this point, the capacity of the cellar exceeds what we can consume by a great deal, though it […]

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The Wine Cellar Chronicles, Part VIII: “Raise the Roof!”

July 25, 2019by Mark & Sonja Gudgel Leave a comment

By this point, I think I’ve more than adequately told and retold the tale of arriving home to Sonja, sobbing, because in the same day she all but simultaneously wrecked […]

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The wine cellar chronicles, part VII: “Earthquake Security”

April 23, 2018by Mark & Sonja Gudgel Leave a comment

Three or four days ago, on April 19, a magnitude 3.3 earthquake hit North Platte, Nebraska (you can almost hear my readers in California roll their eyes, can’t you?). When […]

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The Wine Cellar Chronicles, Part VI: “Elbow grease, know how, and biscuits.”

March 30, 2018by Mark & Sonja Gudgel 3 Comments

Dad and I working on the new rack in my wine cellar.  Over the past few years, my parents have given me another WSET exam for each birthday. That is, […]

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The Wine Cellar Chronicles, Part V: “Let there be light!”

September 27, 2017by Mark & Sonja Gudgel Leave a comment

I think I mentioned in a previous post that, of late, our household budget has come under review. In general, this means less money for things like building the wine […]

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The Wine Cellar Chronicles, Part IV: “But, wait… WTF… help!”

September 20, 2017by Mark & Sonja Gudgel Leave a comment

I’m a self-confessed luddite with something of an agenda when it comes to technology. The short version of it might be that if it weren’t for Vivino, I’d get rid […]

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The Wine Cellar Chronicles, Part III: “Inventory”

September 9, 2017by Mark & Sonja Gudgel Leave a comment

With about 80% of the insulation nestled in overhead, I had hoped that suspending the ceiling, installing vintage light fixtures, or perhaps building a massive table from crude bridge planks […]

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The Wine Cellar Chronicles, Part II: “Nice Rack!”

August 9, 2017by Mark & Sonja Gudgel 1 Comment

Months passed after the installation of a small, portable system, and the climate in my wine cellar remained consistently between 62 and 68 degrees, despite the scorching hundred plus degree […]

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The Wine Cellar Chronicles, Part I: “Assessing the situation.”

July 14, 2017by Mark & Sonja Gudgel Leave a comment

Sonja and I shopped around Omaha for the better part of two years, looking for the perfect house. On multiple occasions, we thought we’d found it, from a ranch with […]

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