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The Best Way To Store Wine At Home
If we always got what we wanted we would all wish for a lovely air-conditioned and air-circulated wine cellar. This would give the wines the best change of aging perfectly and we wouldn’t have to worry about them at all. Unfortanaly this is very rarely the reality and so we have to make the most of what we have to work with. Here is some top advice for storing your wine collection properly.
Location. Your bottles, both white and red wine, are best placed in a cool room, away from the light and with moderate humidity levels. The best temperature to store you wine at is between 10° and 16° C (50° to 61° F). Anything above this will cause a loss of wine quality and above 25° C will have serious adverse affects on the wines characteristics. leaving the bottle in direct sunlight can not only discolor it but also affect the air temperature inside the bottle. Moisture levels in the room can affect the cork and cause it to swell or shrink. This can lead to oxidation, a common problem where air seeps into the bottle and causes the wine (over a period of time) to react with the oxygen.
Positioning. You should lay the wine bottles on their side or slightly elevated when in storage. This is down to the fact that if there is no liquid in contact with the body of the cork for a sustained period of time it will dry out and contract. This can again cause oxidation as detailed above.
Display. You don’t allows want your wines tucked away in a dark room. Sometimes you want to display them and show them off. A good choice is often a wooden wine cabinet as these tend to maintain a steady temperature and always go for one that lets you store your wines on their side.Avoid any that have glass paneling as this can use the air temperature to increase due to the greenhouse effect.
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