Wine storage,I received a kit for xmas and have bottled the wine now. During the clearing stage the instructions said to refrigerate to help with the clearing. Now that the wine is bottled, should I continue to refrigerate? Seems like once it is in there it would be wrong to take it out. If I should take it out, what is the proper storage procedure?
moelsk // Aug 23, 2010 at 5:40 am
Red bordeaux varietals (Cab, Merlot) should be stored between 50 and 55 degrees farenheit. The warmer a wine is the faster it will age. Remember, heat and light destroy wine. Actually, I store all of my reds (burgundian, rhone, loire, langudoc, spain, italians, californians, oregons, etc. at 55 F. My whites I store at 45 F.
If you have a cool dark place, it would be safe outside of the refrigerator
spinman21 // Aug 23, 2010 at 5:40 am
drink it. it won’t go bad in your stomach!!!
David // Aug 23, 2010 at 5:40 am
store it at a temperature of 50 -55 degrees farenheight and let it into the light for about 2hours every day
Ps i am a professional brewer
MasterPython // Aug 23, 2010 at 5:40 am
Keeping wine in the frige causes the cork to dry out. And it’s too cold to serve red wine. If you don’t have a wine cellar a cool dark place in the basement or a closet should work.