Wine Cellaring 101

If you're prepared to store your wine in your first wine cellar, here’s three vital tips:

Wine bottles should be stored in a place where the temperature doesn't fluctuate wildly. Also, relative humidity around 70-75 per cent is ideal because it prevents corks from shrinking.

Wine bottles don't like vibration. This moves the sediment that often lies at the bottom of aging bottles; making for murky wines.

Store them in dark places. Ultraviolet light is a wine bottle's worst enemy. If it shines on bottles, it penetrates the glass and produces a nasty reaction in wine. (NOTE: Never buy a wine that’s been sitting on display in a window or under ultraviolet light).