Storing Vintage Red Wine

Sadly, many excellent vintage red wine collections are damaged because of moisture and temperature instability. High temperatures can cause a bottle of wine to age more quickly than it is meant to, losing its balance and its flavor in the process. When it is chilled to be too cold, wine can also lose its aromas and its flavors. You need to take care to keep your vintage red wine away from sunlight as well as heat exposure by storing your bottles in wine fridges, wine cellars or rooms that are temperature controlled. If there is a wide fluctuation in the temperature then you could end up damaging not only the wine, but the cork protecting the wine as well.

The ideal range of vintage red wine temperature should be between 50 degrees and 55 degrees Fahrenheit, which translate to 10 degrees to 16 degrees Celsius. White wines, on the other hand, can be stored at lower temperature ranges climbing down as low as 45 degrees Fahrenheit. There are different storage and serving temperatures for different types of wine and so it is important to know what your collection consists of so that you can set your wine fridges or wine cellar thermostats to the proper temperature and keep your vintage red wine and other types of wine in excellent condition while you age them.

• If you have a wine collection and you do not want to ruin it, then it would be well worthwhile for you to invest in the purchase of a wine fridge or possibly a wine cellar to keep your vintage red wine at the right temperatures.
• Alternatively, you might be able to rent wine storage service from a local winery or wine store if you cannot store your wines at home.
• Never leave a bottle of any type of wine in your freezer. When you freeze wine, it will expand, and subsequently the bottle of wine will explode inside of your freezer.
• It is really easy for a vintage red wine label to become ruined in an environment that is too humid. To keep your wine labels safe you are going to want to put plastic wine protectors on the labels to keep them safer in all temperatures and levels of humidity.

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Originally posted 2009-10-15 03:38:08. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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All wine that you keep needs to be kept in a place that is cool and has the right level of humidity, and that is why the idea of a wine cellar collection is so advantageous. You need to make sure that your wine is never exposed to the direct sunlight ever, because if they are exposed to too much sunlight or heat, the entire wine aging process can be affected in a negative way. When you create a wine cellar collection, you are ensuring that your wine will be kept at a proper temperature and will be safe from the sunlight. What this means is that your wine cellar collection will be allowed to age properly, and when you do drink it, it will be just as delicious as it is meant to be.

Your wine cellar collection should be kept at a constant temperature, which is generally around 55 degrees Fahrenheit at all times, though the temperature adjustment is going to depend on the wine you are storing. Your wine temperature should never been fluctuating because this is going to have a negative impact on the aging of your wine cellar collection. If your wine cellar collection experiences too many fluctuations in terms of heat then your wine is going to taste different than how it is meant to taste, and then you will have wasted an investment.

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The two most important things that you need to know when it comes to proper wine collection storage is that you need to have the right temperature and the right humidity where you store your wine collection in order for it to benefit the most. Everything really just comes down to temperature and humidity when it comes to your wine collection.

Temperature - Between temperature and humidity, temperature is the more important consideration that you should be making. The ideal temperature for red wines is going to be 55 degrees Fahrenheit. The best temperature for white wines is going to be between 45 degrees and 50 degrees Fahrenheit. If your wine is kept at a temperature that is colder, the aging process will actually be slowed down. This will prevent your wine collection from being able to age correctly. On the other hand, if your wine collection is stored in a warmer temperature, then your wine collection will be caused to age faster, but not actually in a good way.

Humidity – The other factor that you really need to be careful about when it comes to your wine collection is the humidity of the place where you are storing the bottles. The humidity in the areas of wine storage should be approximately 80 percent for the best results. If the humidity is too dry, then the cork will dry out. This could let oxygen into your wine, or it could put cork in your wine, and neither of these things are going to be pleasant in any way.

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