Some wine cellars come standard with an air (sometimes charcoal) filter. These filters will help to keep the air clean within the cellar, and in some instances will limit the amount of air that is allowed into the cellar. If there is too much air that enters the cellar, it can lead to...
Wine cellar in a Tuscany domain© 2007, by David Porter, (license)The drier the cave, the faster the corks will dry out. If the stopper lets too much air pass, it will ultimately spoil the wine. Aging wines for ten years requires a minimum of 60 percent humidity. Wine racks Bottles...
Follow along to see how red wine is made, step-by-step, from grapes to glass. Surprisingly, not much has changed since we started making wine 8,000 years ago.How Red Wine is Made: Follow Along Step by StepRed winemaking differs from white winemaking in one important way: the juice ferm...
Set up racks in a cool, dark area of the house, such as the basement, cold storage room or closet that have the bestconditions for wine storage. Basements are often the best places, since concrete heats up and cools down slowly, which are close to the ideal conditions to cellar wine. ...
Like Callahan and Leverenz, O’Brien had cut his teeth at Grill 23 and had a natural allergy to all of the stupid money sloshing around the wine industry, though unlike the other two, he wasn’t much for sitting on appreciating assets for the sake of a tidy profit down the line—he’...
Picking a wine by the glass can be a great option if you and your dining companions have opted for different menu choices, if you want to taste a few different things, or if you want to pair your wines with each course without drinking too much. ...
Whether consumer or trade, when it comes to making a wine sale, aesthetics go a long way. No matter where in the world or what side of the industry, any given wine consumer's first interaction with a bottle ironically begins with their eyes. So how much purchasing power does a wine lab...
Heat Damage …aka cooked wine (“madeirized” wine) What it is: Wine ruined by exposure to too much heat. Imagine a pallet of wine cases cooking in the sun in the parking lot behind a wine store in Phoenix, AZ. Yep, this happens more commonly than you might think! How you can tell...
Not surprisingly, the more customization a client wants, the more expensive a cellar will be. "So much depends on the efficiency of design," says Cash. "How efficiently our cabinetry arrays within the space, the wood species used. For example, there's a lot demand for walnut right now, ...
How much wine is in a pipe of Port? My friend Helen said she was expected to buy a pipe of Port for her son as a gift for his christening. She ended up buying six cases of Port (1963 Dow, not a bad selection) 40 or so years ago. Is this truly a pipe of Port? I think she...