How To Keep Your Wine In Good Condition
Author: artmaraut13 // Category: Wine Spirits ArticlesAs a nation of wine lovers Britain consumes a vast amount of the stuff on a yearly basis with imported wines from the likes and New Zealand, Argentina and California being some of the most popular to grace our tables along with other dinnerware, weve become very adept at drinking the stuff but when it comes to storage we remain pretty clueless as to the best ways to preserve the taste and aroma, so here is a quick rundown on the key points to remember when storing wine to retain all the qualities of its best condition.
One of the first things to do is establish a comfortable environment for the wine bottles to be stored, you should be looking to maintain a temperature that isnt too hot or too cold as extremes at either end of the thermometer can cause the compounds in the wine to break down which will affect the overall taste, top optimum temperature is somewhere between 10 and 14 degrees, a humidity level of 70 percent is ideal to stop the cork from shrinking. One other environmental factor worth considering is light, try to avoid exposing your wine bottles to both sun light and artificial light as both will disturb the organic compounds in the wine resulting in poor taste.
Buying a wine rack can go a long way to preserving the life of you wine buy storing the bottles horizontally which will keep the liquid in contact with the cork preventing it from shrinking and letting oxygen in to the bottle, an alternative to the traditional wine rack is a wine cooler which will store the wine horizontally and also keep the wine at the correct temperature and humidity. Finally, the length of time you can store a bottle of wine for depends greatly on the type, most modern wines sold in shops are not made to be kept for long periods of time so should be consumed relatively soon after purchase, always read the label when considering storage and consume within the recommended guide lines.
