Wine Cellar Game Review

Play is a fascinating concept. If at the evening’s outset I explained that we were going to engage an exercise in which we will bid to arrange numbers into an 8x8 grid so that the diagonal from A1 to H8 scored as highly as possible, a few strange birds might jump at the chance, but many would crinkle their noses with a heartfelt, “No thanks…what do you have on tap?” 

If instead I said we were going to bid to secure a series of wine bottles according to their aging process so as to unleash the richest palette at the right moment, I venture to guess I would have more takers. And by the time folks realized they were actually just arranging that 8x8 grid after all, they would realize they were having fun and they wouldn’t care. 

Primary Aromas

As an auction experience, Wine Cellar is thoughtful. Players begin with 8 elongated bottle cards, numbered one through as many as are necessary (up to 72, the eight-player limit). The bottles are also marked with a type— white, red, rosé (instead), and sparkling— and countries of origin, which widen in number and distribution as the deck size increases. 

The heart of the information, however, and the part that requires the greatest use of player gray matter, is the aging table…

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