What does Your Cellar look like? - Page 3

classicman · 10-20-2008, 11:59 PM

What UT said - the moisture is to preserve the corks, but that is not as much an issue with a lot of the companies going with synthetic and or having the bottles properly tilted. Put a thermometer down there and track it a bit. Unless you are storing some really expensive wines you should be fine.

Scriveyn · 10-21-2008, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

... You want trophy bottles? ...

How many hands do you have?

Nice stock of bottles. - Yes, the stock tends to overflow the available rack space.

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Sriveyn, I'm curious about the temperature of your cellar. Is it constant year round or does it fluctuate as you move from summer into heating season? Ours is where our boiler sits and is considered "semi-conditioned space" It is a bit warmer in the winter than it would be if it were not home to the boiler, but it isn't heated so to speak.

Temperatures are well above outside in winter and well below in summer. Maybe 10C in winter and 15C in summer, but not sure if I remember correctly. I haven't measured humidity, but there is a dry earth floor and corks are keeping well.
As you and UT mentioned, the main thing is that temperatures don't undergo shortterm changes.

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barefoot serpent · 10-21-2008, 10:56 AM

the good stuff is on the bottom shelf

barefoot serpent · 10-21-2008, 10:59 AM

and I had a bottle of this the other day
Lamuri Tasca d'Almerita Nero d'Avola
OMG! I'm loving watching the Euro drop!

Undertoad · 10-21-2008, 11:37 AM

Oh and here's my own personal cellar

This is what many years of no spare cash will do to a cellar. Seven years ago this was full

glatt · 10-21-2008, 12:09 PM

Our "cellar" is in the kitchen pantry and never has more than 3-4 bottles in it. High turnover. We like our wine to be nice and fresh.

jinx · 10-21-2008, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Our "cellar" is in the kitchen pantry and never has more than 3-4 bottles in it. High turnover. We like our wine to be nice and fresh.

Our cellar is the top of a cabinet in the dining room. All of the wine that is there has been given to us over past holidays and we weren't able to serve or regift it to others.

We do have a basement though. It's old and scary.

glatt · 10-21-2008, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by jinx

We do have a basement though. It's old and scary.

We have a basement that is old and scary too. Probably not as old as yours.

TheMercenary · 10-21-2008, 01:21 PM

No cellars on the GA coast. Dig down about 15 inches and you have standing water.

10-20-2008, 11:59 PM	#1
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	What UT said - the moisture is to preserve the corks, but that is not as much an issue with a lot of the companies going with synthetic and or having the bottles properly tilted. Put a thermometer down there and track it a bit. Unless you are storing some really expensive wines you should be fine. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-21-2008, 10:56 AM	#3
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	my meager rack the good stuff is on the bottom shelf Attached Images __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

10-21-2008, 10:59 AM	#4
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	the good stuff and I had a bottle of this the other day Lamuri Tasca d'Almerita Nero d'Avola OMG! I'm loving watching the Euro drop! Attached Images __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

10-21-2008, 01:21 PM	#9
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	No cellars on the GA coast. Dig down about 15 inches and you have standing water. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

10-21-2008, 11:37 AM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Oh and here's my own personal cellar This is what many years of no spare cash will do to a cellar. Seven years ago this was full

10-21-2008, 12:09 PM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Our "cellar" is in the kitchen pantry and never has more than 3-4 bottles in it. High turnover. We like our wine to be nice and fresh.

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