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Where do you find good wine to buy that will keep for 10 years or more? I have a basement with a temperature range of 40 - 50 degree range. primarily interested in red wines.

Are you asking for stores?

Where do you live?

Welcome, Don! Hope you like what you see here.

As Rahsaan indicated, more info would be helpful. What kind of wine do you like? There are quite a few different types of wines - both red and white - that will age extremely well in a cool basement. They can be bought at local stores or (depending on where you live) through the internet.

There are a lot of people here with a lot of experience with aged wines, so I'm sure that you'll get some great suggestions if you can provide them with just a little bit more to work on.

[David M. Bueker]

I think Don is in Alaska. There is a good store in Anchorage, and I hope to remember the name...

Welcome, Don! I Iove this forum and have so much more to learn. Where are from and what are the wine shipping laws in your state?

[Jenise]

Don,

Welcome! I used to live in Alaska. Although I grew in California where wine is most plentiful, it was actually in Alaska that I got bit by the wine bug and began building a cellar so I can attest to the excellence of what's available there--one has to do something during those long cold winters. I highly recommend the Brown Jug stores for most knowledgeable staff and best selection of 'serious' wines--those that will age--but it's been a few years since I was on the ground there. I'll check with a friend who has quite a solid collection himself who lives in Wasilla, as well as another acquaintance in the Matsu who used to own a wine store, and see where they shop these days.

In addition to what the Ex-Spurts here say, I'll suggest that buying wines that can improve significantly with, say, 10 years of storage is a crapshoot.
A lot depends on your budget. French Bordeaux and Burgundies that you hear about may be a relatively good bet for aging -- but it will also be an expensive bet! Whites generally aren't as likely to improve with age as reds, but you said you're more interested in reds. The mass-production wines that are arrayed in serried ranks in the stores are generally not as likely to improve with age. The bottles of which there are only a few, on the shelf way up top or down by the floor, may be either wonderful or horrible. There's where the fun is!
If you're buying wines to lay down for a while, you need to buy several bottles - three at least, half a dozen is better. What you do is buy something that piques your curiosity and open one right away (within a year or so). If it's not what you wanted and you don't think it will ever become what you want (that's a subject that's endlessly hashed over here and elsewhere!) then drink up or put in the vinegar barrel or donate to the guys who live under the bridge. Whatever. If it seems Ok, open another bottle in a while (whenever you remember, or when you notice it again, or after 3 to 5 years, or...). Rinse and repeat.
Your tastes will probably be different from those of many who post in forums or write columns. Mine certainly do! And your tastes will probably be different in 2020 than they are now. Your experience will tell, and as you get older your tongue and nose will change. It's an adventure; enjoy it!!

John