I have a question on wine storage, plz help me?!
I have a question on wine storage, plz help me?
Why is it important to store wine as carefully as possible?
Answers:
The big thing is that heat kills! Heat a bottle to 100 degrees even briefly and it could be ruined.
Beyond that it really depends on how long you plan to keep it.
For a few months or even a year it really doesn't matter as long as the cork doesn't fail. Remember that most of the entire distribution channel (warehouses - trucks - stores - restaurants) is not particularly climate controlled. A sealed wine bottle will not spoil if you set it on the counter or your side table for some time.
It you have a wine worth keeping (aging) for years and years; then temperature changes, poor humidity which could dry out the cork, and vibration are the big things to avoid. You are looking for long term subtle changes, and bad storage will not allow that to happen properly.
One way to think about it is this: If you want to preserve a car you drain the fluids, take off the tires (put it on blocks), cover it and store it in a climate controlled garage. Even then the most loving care won't in and of itself make the vast majority of cars collectible. There is no loss keeping your family car in the driveway day after day for the 5 years you plan to drive it, just don't plan on just parking it there out in the weather for 20 years and expect to have a priceless "classic" instead of a rusted pile of depreciated junk. On the other hand a car is meant to be driven not parked, and wines are meant to be enjoyed.
One difference however, unlike the car that you can see rusting away, you really don't know what is going on in that bottle till you open it, so take proper care of it.
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My cellar is several thousand bottles
You are supposed to store it lying down so the cork stays wet
1) You want to store it in a way that none of the bottles break. Why buy it if you are not going to drink it right?
2) Keeping the wine bottles on the side keeps the sedement in the wine from staying in the bottom of the bottle, and to keep the cork from drying out.
3) Keeping the tempature of wine right stops the wine from changing flavor and losing taste and value.
Most of it is because wine is delicate, it changes flavor as it matures, and it changes flavor as it is exposed to different things. It's important to perserve that quality that you paid for.
If you didn't pay for quality, keep it in a cabnet in your kitchen, it will not matter. :)
I didn't read all of this, but I hope it helps you!
IF IT HAS A CORK IT MUST BE KEEP UPSIDE DOWN TO KEEP THE CORK WET WE A COUPLE OF BOTTLES THAT ARE OVER 500$ AND YOU DON'T WONT THAT TO GO BAD OR YOUR MONEY IS GONE!!! IF AT ALL POSSIBLE KEEP THEM ON A WINE RACK THEY JUST TASTE BETTER
Always store wine laying on it's side so that the cork dosent dry out. If you try to pull a dry cork out of a bottle it will break apart and you will be drinking little cork floaties in your wine.
Wine is one of the more volatile products and it's easily ruined by heat, light, thermo shock and oxidation.
Most people buy wines with the expectation that it will get better with time for either consumption or resale. Without care and proper handling, it can just as easily turn out to be money flushed into the gutter if the wine ended up as vinegar, or worse.
Think of wine like a spoiled movie star, it needs pampering for best performance.
i make my own wine and i keep buying a bottle of wine with the a screw top on. i have found they keep the wine as good as corked wine. less hassle than corking, and you can store it upside down or back to front. the only thing you need do is stand it up for a few hours before drinking to allow the sediment settle.