Wine Storage Techniques To Preserve Your Wine Collection Investment
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009By: Rebecca Lottridge
Storing wine that you will consume within 4-6 months still requires you to duplicate the same conditions that are required for long term storage. However, in some cases it might just be that storing your wine in a box in a coat closet is a satisfactory short term solution.
Short term wines will include the bottles that you just brought home from the store to be consumed or bottles that have been pulled from storage and you want them to be ready for consumption in the next few months.
Short term wine storage requires you to make sure that:
• The wine is kept in a location with stable (lower) temperature (what temp?)
• The area is free from vibration (keeping away from a TV on your countertop, microwave, or
electric can openers)
• The cork stays moist (how do you make sure this happens?)
• You keep the bottles out of direct sunlight
• The location is not a storage area that has a strong odor (do not use the pantry)
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