Winston-Salem does have some wineries, and you may not know about them. You can find a full list of great local wineries right here. But how do you store wine properly? Have no fear, Custom Self Storage is here to help!
When storing wine, it’s called “Laying It Down”, simply means that unlike other spirits, when storing wine, you must lay the bottle on its side. Why? Keep reading.
Wine is very, very sensitive to the elements and its important that you have the temperature in your unit controlled. What temperature do you want it to store? Between 7 and 18 degrees is perfect, it prevents the wine from cooking and the corks drying out. Never let your wine freeze, when the bottle freezes, the wine inside expands and pushes the cork out, resulting in a giant mess and ruined wine.
Wine doesn’t like the light, UV rays can spoil even the best wine. Wine bottles are made to be dark to help keep out some UV rays, but not all. Allowing wine to sit in the sun for extended periods of time will ruin it. Wine is expensive, keep it from spoiling.
Humidity is a huge reason for corks drying out, you want to keep your unit from between 50% to 80% humidity. When storing for a long time, think 10 plus years, It’s important to keep the humidity constant.
The term doesn’t come from just the act of laying the bottles down, yes its good and efficient for storing lots of wine, but it also has another effect. It keeps the corks moist! Its very beneficial even with plastic or wax corks as well.
Leave it and forget it, once the wine has settled its bad to move it about. Particles float to the bottom and if moved around it will cause a grainy taste when drinking.
Now you know how to store your great Winston-Salem wines! Custom Self Storage has plenty of storage space for all your wine bottles!