Hello all, I'm in the final planning stages of a new and exciting business venture that should interest some of you who have succeeded in collecting large amounts of wines and you're finding that you're running out of room to store them. Like my friends in Menlo Park I will offer the best state-of-the art facilities for storage of your collections but unlike anyone else in our geographical region of the greater Bay Area, I will ensure that not only temperature and humity levels are met but also that light and vibration are eliminated from the equasion. My purpose of this announcement is first to let you know this is coming very soon to the East Bay where I'll target the communities from Martinez in the North all the way to Gilroy in the south. Some of the ammenities to be offered are; State-of-the-art environmental protection including not only the HVAC systems but the total elimination of ultra violet light as well as vibration from the facility. As far as I'm aware there are NO FACILITIES in Northern California that totally address ALL of these aspects for safely storing your investment. These systems will be monitored 24 x 7 through web based systems and backed up by remote monitoring facilities which are manned 24 x 7. Safe and secure 24 x 7 access to your investment via CCTV monitored card access systems. Once again monitored as mentioned above. Other services offered will include Fine affordable tobacco product sales and storage (cigars) into the mix with a sealed smoking room with WiFi Internet access. (Closed at 10:00 p.m.) Weekly tastings co-sponsored by any number of the 31 wineries in the Livermore Appelation District as well as those from the Gilroy area. Quarterly special events such as wine/food paring dinners, harvest party dinners/events, port/chocolate parings.....the list is endless. Wine appreciation seminars for the novice wine lover as well as advancced wine making techniques and events (bottle your own wines) Consignment wine sales Retail area which will market wine & tobacco accessories as well as my own line of scented custom made candles and luxury items Buying co-ops that will focus on our active membership as well as commercial proprieters such as bars, restaurants and local merchants Reserved storage space for local wineries and winemakers. Well I suppose I've let the cat out of the bag so I should get my big ol butt in gear and get this place opened. Initially we'll offer just the storage facility until such time as the clientle warrants adding the additional features. I'm currently seeking start-up capital and I welcome any and all inquiries from private investors as well as more traditional sources. Franchising inquiries are also welcome. Currently under negotiations for the initial facility which will be near the 580/680 freeway interchange, most likely in the Dublin/Pleasanton area. I wish to remain as accessible to local freeways and major highway and city routes as possible. If all goes as planned this facility will be operational by EO1Q2006. Please feel free to contact me directly at [email protected] or via my direct business line, 925-699-8659. I hope it is ok that I included these contact interfaces???

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Can anyone give me the dimensions of a typical cardboard case of wine? Thanks! -Q

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I am a new user and want to catalog my growing collection in the easiest way possible. I see your information about scanning the UPC bar codes, but it seems quite out of date as the cuecats are only available on ebay. Some have been modified to operate as a regular scanner. Should I get one of these? Should I get a different one? Is the functionality still the same? Can't wait to get organized on bottlecount!

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I received 5 bottles of wine in barter for some computer consulting services I performed last year for an individual. I�d like to go ahead and fill out my 1099B and get it out of the way, and for that I need to get a reasonable idea of the value of this wine. Can anyone tell me a reliable place to look for this information? Girard Napa Valley 2000 Morisoli Vineyard Cabernet 1998 V. Sattui Madeira (can�t find year) Grand Archer Chardonnay 2001 Clos du Bois Merlot 2000 I enjoy wine, but I don�t know much about it. Many thanks to anyone who can help me locate this information. I want to get the taxes over with ASAP. The quicker I zap this stuff to Taxbrain, the better. Linda

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I have an autographed bottle of Legends Estates Gridiron Cuvee,Series 1. Does anyone have a value on this item?

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