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In an ideal world we would all have lovely big wine cellars with heat regulators and air circulation systems. This would provide the perfect environment for best aging and you’ll could rest assured their conditions would be stable. Sadly, not many people can afford this option and so have to make do with the facilities we have. Outlined here are the top pieces of advice for the storage of wine.

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 perfect temperature to maintain your wines at is 10° to 16° C (50° to 61° F).Anything higher than this will lead to a decrease in wine quality but anything higher than 25° C will seriously damage the wine’s flavors and body. The wine can change colour if left in direct light and also increase in temperature. The level of humidity in the room can cause the cork in the bottle to expand or contract. This can cause air to enter the bottle and cause oxidation, a problem that occurs when  wine is in contact, for a prolonged time, with oxygen.

Positioning. You should lay the wine bottles on their side or slightly elevated when in storage. This is because the cork will dry out and shrink if there is not liquid in contact with it at all times. This can cause the wine to suffer from oxidation, a mentioned previously.

Display. You’re not going to want you wines to stay out of site forever. occasionally you have an urge to bring them out and show them off. A good choice is often a wooden wine cabinet because these tend to maintain a steady temperature and you can also store your decanters, dinnerware and other glassware etc in there too. Don’t use one that has a glass covering as this can lead to the greenhouse effect and warm the wines up.

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