| Having trouble trying to find where you | | | | cabinets and wine refrigerators and all doing |
| should store your wine collection at? I have | | | | about the same thing and that is storing and |
| some tips that may help you with this task. | | | | cooling your collection. |
| Ask yourself the following questions before | | | | |
| we begin. How many bottles of wine do you | | | | If you plan to store 5000 bottles of wine or |
| own or do you want to store? Where exactly | | | | more you might consider either renting space |
| in the house will I be storing my wine | | | | or building a wine room. You can build a |
| collection or outside the house if that | | | | wine room yourself or hire someone to do it. |
| applies to you? After asking yourself those | | | | A wine room does not need to be elaborate it |
| two questions you'll be able to figure out | | | | just needs to accommodate your collection and |
| what is the best wine storage option for you. | | | | have a cooling unit or large wine cellars |
| | | | installed into the room. If you use a |
| You can store wine in a cool basement, a | | | | cooling unit (much like an air conditioner |
| rented facility or in your own customized | | | | for wine) you may set up racks throughout the |
| wine room. If you decide to store wine in a | | | | room to provide enough storage space. |
| rented facility make sure you are storing an | | | | |
| ample amount of wine otherwise it could be | | | | Here are some final tips for wine storage to |
| too expensive for what you want to do. Once | | | | remember. Always store your bottles of wine |
| you have selected a location simply choose | | | | laying on their side and this applies to the |
| the amount you want to store. If you are | | | | bottle being on a wine rack or in a wine |
| storing 100-1000 bottle I recommend storing | | | | cellars or similar type of storage etc. |
| the wine at home in a cool basement using a | | | | Storing wine up right may cause any sediment |
| pre-standing wine cellar. They can be | | | | to form and harden at the bottom of the |
| expensive but also inexpensive depending on | | | | bottle. This holds true especially in |
| your needs. If the amount of wine you are | | | | expensive bottles of red wine. Keep your |
| storing is a very small portion you can just | | | | collection in not only a cool place but dark |
| set up wine racks in a cool basement and | | | | and avoid the sunlight at all cost for it may |
| store them there. Keep in mind that if you | | | | age your wine or disrupt the balance of the |
| plan to store wine for a very long time | | | | wine making it taste different. If at all |
| anything over 5 years I recommend a wine | | | | possible avoid storage your wine near or |
| cooling storage unit so that it will preserve | | | | around strong vibrations because this to may |
| the wine longer by keeping it cooler. These | | | | disrupt the balance of the wine and change or |
| units can be called wine cellars, wine | | | | distort its taste. |