Having a wine cellar is not as easy as building it with some bottles of high-quality wine. Wine is alive. It grows and changes slowly every day, just like a baby, so it also has high storage environments requirements. A qualified wine cellar must meet the following basic requirements:
1. Avoid light: choose a cold light source to avoid direct sunlight.
Sunlight is easy to accelerate the oxidation of wine; incandescent lamps will generate heat, fluorescent lamps will have invisible ultraviolet rays, which will destroy the wine body's structure. Generally, the best light condition is soft light and a cold light source.
2. To be shock-proof: reduce access and vibration.
A wine cellar does not allow people to come and go frequently. Because vibration accelerates the chemical reaction of wine, which has a significant influence on wine's maturation process. As indicated above, the wine cellar design, the site selection, the cabinet design, and the selection of equipment in the wine cellar must follow the principle of shock absorption and try not to interfere with the natural process of wine as much as possible.
3. Constant temperature and humidity
The idealist storage temperature for red wine is between 12℃-16℃, while for white wine and champagne, it is 10℃-12℃. When the temperature is too high, it will affect the acidity of the wine; when the temperature is too low, it will lock the aroma and affect the growth of wine. As a qualified wine cellar, the wine cellar temperature should be stable between 8℃ to 18℃ all the time.
The storage of wine also requires highly in humidity. A dry environment will cause the loss of water in the cork, and the air can easily enter the wine, which causes the oxidization and leak of wine. Humid environment, significantly when the humidity exceeds 70%, the corks and labels are prone to damp, mold, and rot, which will germinate bacterium and affect the wine's quality. Generally, 60%-70%RH is the most suitable storage humidity.
People used natural cave cellars to achieve constant temperature and humidity, shock, and light protection in the past. However, nowadays, there are few such perfect natural conditions. To achieve suitable wine storage conditions, it is necessary to resort to the professional wine storage climate control systems.
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