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