When the Wine Gal (my wife) and I made the decision to put our house on the market, our intent was to make a move to Oregon’s wine country, either Dundee or Newberg. We were looking for a home that either had a daylight basement or a 2nd residence that we could rent out to people visiting Wine Country for a holiday. It would be the first step to our new wine country lifestyle. Sadly, the perfect place slipped out of our fingers and we couldn’t find another place that suited our wants. Rather than settle on a place, we opted to look for a good deal that could (hopefully) build some equity over the next few years and give us some additional leverage to make the leap when the time comes again. And we did find a great place that we are very excited about, and are confident that it will take us to where we ultimately want to go.
Over the last week as we packed up, neither of us had any regrets. The new home is a better layout for having a toddler, and for the way we live. But, as some of you know, I spent over a year finishing out our 950 square foot basement, finishing it about a year and a half ago. The basement had some great space, and it took a lot of work, both from myself, and with the help of many friends and family members. That became the hardest part of the move…so many people helped create this great space and we only got to enjoy it for a short time. The hardest thing for me to leave behind was my wine cellar, designed and built by my older brother. It was an amazing room, with the coolest cellar door you’d ever see..
The night before we moved out, I had my older brother over to enjoy a nice bottle of wine in the cellar he built. We opened a 2002 Truchard Vineyards Zinfandel, which proved to be a perfect way to close the room. The Wine Gal made Parmesan chicken with pesto noodled, which paired great! We just enjoyed the wine and food, and the room. When we moved in, I owned 24 bottles of wine…all “special” bottles. On the way out, I have a collection of over 300 bottles, and now, no cellar to put them into! I know that there will be another great wine cellar in my future, even if it isn’t for a few years. In the meantime, I left with a bit of a heavy heart.
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