Six Principles of Proper Storage

In principle, as long as you pay attention to the six points of temperature, light, taste, vibration, and flat, you can save wine very well.

Principle 1: The temperature is less suitable for changes.

Preserving wine requires proper temperature. Generally speaking, the best temperature for storing dry red wine is 12°C-14°C, slightly lower dry white, 8°C-10°C. For home-made wines, keeping the temperature at about 20°C is the best temperature for the fermentation of wine.

Storage temperature is too high will cause the wine too fast aging, when the temperature exceeds 25 °C, the wine's aging rate becomes fast, reaching 30 °C, the wine's aging speed can be increased up to 50 times. As a result, many good wines with aged value will be “cooked”, and they will not be able to evolve into a rich and delicate taste, losing the value it deserves. Of course, for wines that do not have their own collection potential, a slight acceleration of maturity will not change the taste too much in the short term.

Storage temperature is also a problem for wines. When the temperature is below zero, wines may be frozen. Once frozen, wine will also accelerate aging. When the wine is frozen and returns to normal temperature, there will be massive sediments in the wine. This is not the precipitation of tartrate precipitated in the aging wine due to chemical reactions, but the tannin, pigment and part of the wine. Tartaric acid is forcibly discharged due to physical reasons, and thus precipitated from condensation. This sediment will greatly affect the aging potential and collection value of the wine.

Therefore, storing alcohol at home not only avoids overheating, but also avoids overcooling. Reducing drastic changes in the temperature of the wine environment is more effective than keeping the temperature.

Principle 2: The standard humidity of stored liquor is above 70%.

The standard humidity for storing wine is generally more than 70%, and this humidity is the best. If the humidity of the storage environment is too high, cork stoppers and wine labels may be easily rotted. If the environment is too dry, cork stoppers may lose their elasticity, and they will not tightly seal the bottle mouth, resulting in oxidative deterioration of the liquor, so the surrounding humidity is around 70. It is the best environment for wine preservation. If your wine is not stored with a cork, pay attention to my changes in humidity.

Principle 3: Keep away from light.

The storage of wine needs to be protected from light, especially daylight, incandescent lamps, spotlights, and neon lights. Irradiated by light for a long time, the wine may produce a reduction reaction, and the so-called "light taste" occurs. Therefore, when storing in the home, you should also pay attention to the dark place. If there is lighting need in the place where wine is stored, soft light can be used.

Principle 4: Keep the air in the wine storage environment clean.

The odor of the Tibetan wine environment is crucial. A friend who is familiar with wine will understand that during the storage process, the wine will suck the flavor of the surrounding environment into the bottle. Therefore, during the storage of the wine, the external environment should be ventilated, and at the same time, it should be ensured in the storage environment. Do not place anything that is too heavy.

Principle 5: Avoid vibration or shaking.

Preserving wine is a long-term process. This process can be seen as making the wine rest quietly like a sleeping beauty until you “wake up” (open the bottle). Therefore, in the process of wine storage, the bottle should avoid frequent shaking, so as to avoid "sleeping beauty" is often awakened and can not take a good rest. This is more evident in the handling and transportation of wine. Sometimes, after a long period of transport, the wine will produce a "halo-bottle" state, which means that the aroma is closed and the taste is not good. At this time, the wine is not suitable for drinking. The “bottle” wine needs to stand still for a while to rejuvenate it. This shows that the harm of vibration to wine is also very large.

Principle 6: Keep it flat.

The wine was preserved with a cork and kept flat to ensure that the liquid surface is in contact with the cork and the cork is kept moist and inflated, thereby tightly sealing the mouth of the bottle. If stored upright, bottle stoppers will gradually shrink due to drying, lose their elasticity, and voids will appear between the bottle mouth and the bottle, causing the air to evaporate and causing the wine to oxidize. A bottle of wine stopper no longer sealed may be Before it was opened, it became a bottle of grape vinegar. This was something that no one wanted to happen. Therefore, it was said that for wines bottled with cork stoppers, it should not be ignored.

The above mentioned six principles for the preservation of wine, so where in the home can save wine and what are the wrong place to save it? Let's analyze it one by one.

Suitable places for preservation are as follows:

Kitchen: There are also many cases where wine lovers store wine in the kitchen. The kitchen often cooks, fumes rises, smells cluttered and the fridge has a fight. Of course, if your kitchen never cooks, cooks, smokes or smells, the temperature is right, it's more like a storage room, or you can store wine.

Under the bed: If the room area is limited, there is no storage room, under the bed can also be considered, here and the storage cabinet is similar to avoid light, not too much of the taste, can be flat, the temperature change is not large, but also easy to save the whole box. If you use the original wooden box to store alcohol under the bed, it is even better.

Storage rooms or lockers: Nowadays, there are storage rooms or lockers in the average home. Although the temperature in the rooms is usually not low, it is relatively balanced and will not change drastically. The storage room or locker is relatively quiet, there is no vibration, can avoid light, less taste, can be flat, but also ensure that the wine infiltration cork, is a good place to store home.

The following places are not suitable for preservation:

Refrigerators: This may also be one of the most common places people use to save wine. Although the refrigerator provides the low temperatures needed for wine preservation, it is certainly not a good place to store. The storage of various foods in the refrigerator creates a small environment with very confusing odors, as discussed above, which is very unfavorable for wine; the refrigerator needs to be turned on constantly, and the compressor is constantly vibrating, which affects the wine. So that it will not rest. In summary, the refrigerator is not a good place for long-term storage of wine. Of course, if a bottle is not intended for long-term storage, white wine or sparkling wine that is prepared to be consumed in the refrigerator at any time is stored in the refrigerator without any problem.

Balcony: There are quite a few wine enthusiasts who often store their whole boxes of wine in their own balcony. On the balcony, wine can indeed not be disturbed for a long time, but this practice ignores the damage caused by the temperature on the wine. Usually the temperature of the balcony changes greatly. The warming of the day, the cooling of the night, the heat of the summer, and the freezing of the winter have caused the wine on the terrace to be like a mountain of flames, devastated, and there will be light on the balcony. Therefore, we do not recommend storing it on the balcony.

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