| So you have learnt a lot about health benefits of wine | | | | properties of wine. It can promote premature aging of |
| and want to try it out. Great! So, you are into the | | | | wine. If wine is stored at a place where there is an |
| process of purchasing the best wine that's available | | | | access to a lot of light, it may 'turn' the wine.c) Angle of |
| around. You have made an expensive investment and | | | | the bottle: |
| are happy to bring home the treasure. Now that you | | | | Always store wine at a horizontal position against the |
| have brought your favorite wine home, you need to | | | | upright one. This will not dry out the cork. In case, the |
| know about how to store it properly to make sure that | | | | wine comes into contact with the cork, it will not dry |
| you do not ruin it. Storage of wine is an important topic | | | | out. If you don't store the wine bottle at a horizontal |
| and one requires to know a lot about it in order to | | | | angle, the cork will dry up. This facilitates the air to |
| keep the wine in good and drinking conditions. | | | | come in contact with the wine earlier than it actually |
| Are you aware that the major factors affecting | | | | should and ruin it.d) Vibration: |
| storage of wine are present in the environment? Yes, | | | | You should never store wine in a vibration free |
| it is true. You need to know about how you can | | | | environment.e) Humidity: |
| actually store wine to retain its original quality and taste | | | | About 70 percent of humidity at a facility is acceptable |
| that made you fall for it at the first place. | | | | for storing wine. Higher amount of humidity will destroy |
| Here are some of the factors you need to consider in | | | | the label and lower amount of humidity will sped up the |
| order to store your wine in a perfect manner. | | | | process of oxidation and end up in ruining the wine.f) |
| Understand the factors given below and follow the | | | | Temperature: |
| instructions so that you don't end up wasting your hard | | | | The optimum temperature to be maintained at a wine |
| earned money.a) Proper hygiene of the facility: | | | | storage facility is between fifty and forty five degrees |
| This is a vital factor that affects wine storage. It is | | | | Fahrenheit. Lower temperature than this will delay the |
| very important to maintain the cleanliness of the place | | | | nature aging process and higher temperature will |
| where the wine is stored. Never store wine in a poor | | | | speed up this process. |
| ventilated place or a place full of grime or dirt. Poor | | | | You should work towards maintaining a healthy |
| ventilation transforms the taste of the wine and the dirt | | | | balance between all the above mentioned factors. This |
| will spoil the label on the bottle. Thereby, affecting the | | | | will help in proper storage of wine. The taste will be |
| overall resale value of the wine.b) Lighting: | | | | maintained. Wine storage is an art and you need to |
| Light is known to have a great impact on the | | | | learn it before you actually practice it. |