Comments on: Keeping Your Babies Safe: A Note on “Cellaring” Wine http://vinicultured.com/2009/09/08/keeping-your-babies-safe-a-note-on-cellaring-wine/ Tasting notes and anecdotes from a budding neo-oenophile Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:46:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: samwise http://vinicultured.com/2009/09/08/keeping-your-babies-safe-a-note-on-cellaring-wine/#comment-493 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:46:39 +0000 http://vinicultured.com/?p=324#comment-493 Go to wineenthusiast.com and check out their wine fridge selection. I got mine from there a few weeks ago (just in time for one of the last case of 2006 Soter vineyard North Valley Pinot Noir I can find in the country). Definitely worth the money. I would get something rather disposible (200-300 dollar range) for the time being. This way when you become a hot shot lawyer later on in life you can upgrade to a EuroCave… :)

]]> By: Shea http://vinicultured.com/2009/09/08/keeping-your-babies-safe-a-note-on-cellaring-wine/#comment-491 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:13:51 +0000 http://vinicultured.com/?p=324#comment-491 Thanks for the shout out :) . Battle of Sommes is a good description. Luckily I have a small wine fridge too – about 60 bottles – that I got from Costco for a good price. It was just not big enough to house the massive collection I had. And yes, given you are in DC wine storage is essential. Vancouver rarely goes above 85, so I am safe most of the year (except for freak heat waves).

]]> By: vinicultured http://vinicultured.com/2009/09/08/keeping-your-babies-safe-a-note-on-cellaring-wine/#comment-490 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:05:22 +0000 http://vinicultured.com/?p=324#comment-490 Hey Roger! Yeah, I will probably be getting a small wine fridge soon. The humble collection I wrote of in this post survived the cold Washington winter but could not make it through the horrible, horrible DC humidity and heat. It was held sideways, in cardboard boxes. I guess they never woke from their cryonic stasis!

]]> By: Roger Stockton http://vinicultured.com/2009/09/08/keeping-your-babies-safe-a-note-on-cellaring-wine/#comment-489 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:47:15 +0000 http://vinicultured.com/?p=324#comment-489 Most of us would love a chateau caliber wine cellar but those of us who work for a living are stuck with one of the cheaper alternatives. The little wine refrigerators work great, I have one that holds about 30 bottles. The rest gets stored in a closet using boxes stored on their side.

The important thing is to find a place where the temperature does not fluctuate dramatically.
Once I become a rich wine blogger, I’ll start digging. :)

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