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If you are just starting out on your wine collection, you must be hungry to know more about every aspect of wines; and storage is a very important factor that you would have to keep in view at all times. Regardless of whether you are storing wine for the short-term or the long term, it’s important that you store it in the right manner. If you are planning on buying wine as more of an investment strategy, you would be even more concerned about making the proper arrangements as you will be storing the wine for a number of years.<\/p>\n

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The ideal way to store wine<\/h2>\n

While some homeowners do consider storing wines in a wine cooler or refrigerator, building a wine cellar is the best way to store wines. Even before we start on discussing what the ideal wine storage conditions<\/a> are, consider this – Our ancestors always stored wines in dark and deep wine cellars or in deep dark caves and there were some distinct reasons for this.<\/p>\n

Wine doesn’t really behave well, when it’s exposed to motion, heat or light. Many people store wine in their kitchens, above refrigerators and that is absolutely one of the worst ways to treat your wine. The thumb rule for storing your whites, reds and sparkling wines is to find a dark, cool place and store them sideways there. Take a look at why these are the ideal wine storage conditions and things to know about wine storage<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n

Cool<\/h3>\n

Wines dislike heat and anything above 21\u00b0C will completely damage the wine. You should ideally store your wines at a temperature of 12-13\u00b0C and try to maintain it in this range. Humidity is the other important factor as the right level of humidity helps prevent the wine bottle’s cork from drying out; consequently, it also prevents the oxygen from seeping into the bottle and oxidizing it.<\/p>\n

Dark<\/h3>\n

If you prefer, wine can be likened to a vampire and it just can’t stand light (especially UV light); as this will only cause the wine to age prematurely. Whites tend to get more affected than reds; but the latter are also susceptible to getting damaged from exposure to sunlight. It’s also why wines are sold in coloured glass bottles – these filter out the UV rays.<\/p>\n

No motion<\/h3>\n

Too much of vibration or shaking will cause the wine to age prematurely (in a negative manner). If red wine gets shaken, the sediment that’s settled at the bottom of the bottle gets disturbed and moves all through the liquid and will make the wine go bad.<\/p>\n

Sideways<\/h3>\n

There are 2 distinct reasons for storing your wine bottles on their side; when it is stored this way; it helps prevent the cork from drying out. In addition to this, storing wines in a horizontal position also helps save space and you will be able to store more bottles in a much smaller space.<\/p>\n

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The kind of storage that will suit you best<\/h2>\n