Temperature is an unseen factor when it comes to collecting vintage red wine, and so it is a factor that is often neglected. Unfortunately, it plays a very, very large and significant role in bringing out the best or the worst in a bottle of wine, both when it comes to storing wine and also serving it.
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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