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Whether your wine collection is growing or you just made a run to the grocery
sale and found a couple solid bottles on sale, wine racks are a must-have. They
make great eye candy for any home, not to mention become a conversation piece!
With the variety of wine rack styles to choose from, you will be faced with
different styles, choices and designs when purchasing a wine rack.
Home wine racks may be made of many types of materials including glass, wood,
metal, and stone. While choosing a wine rack, careful attention should be paid
to where it will reside in your home, and what style will compliment it?s
surroundings the best. Are you looking for a cabinet, counter top rack, or
perhaps a hanging rack.Modern, vintage, eclectic, or artistic. All of these
variables are important in finding the right wine rack for you.Buying the best
home wine rack to display favorite vintages or to simply have a bottle handy for
serving guests at a dinner party can be confusing with so many styles on the
market.
1. Careful attention should be paid to sunlight, U.V. rays can ruin a wine, and
while bottles are engineered to block some light it is best to store in an area
that is not directly in the sunlight.
2. Humidity plays a large roll in storing wine as well. Controlling the humidity
will lessen the chances of the cork becoming contaminated ( what we call being
corked which imparts a mothball or musty character ), or oxidized, meaning the
cork has allowed oxygen into the bottle and turned the wine into sherry. This is
evidenced by a vinegar like profile to the wine. We want the cork to stay nice
and supple, not to dry and not overly moist.
3. Temperature should be kept somewhat cool. Heat will age a wine faster and
plays a roll in the effects of humidity. If your wine rack has a temperature
control we want it at 55-60 F.
4. Stability also plays a role in storage, we do not want the bottle holders
jostling around and disturbing it?s slumber, this is especially important if in
an area prone to earthquakes, make sure your home wine rack will be able to
withstand and protect your bottle holder in an extreme situation. Bottles also
should always be kept on there side while being stored which ensures that the
wine is always in contact with the cork maintaing it?s moistness. So now that we
have taken all factors into consideration we are ready to select are home wine
rack. Enjoy, drink responsibly and have fun.