A common belief is that a cellar is needed to properly store wines. Depending upon your situation, that may or not be true. Here are some basic rules to apply to wine storage:

Temperature: Both red and white wine likes to be kept cool. 55°F is perfect, but more important is not to have the temperature of a wine fluctuate. Better a constant 65°F than 40° one day and 80° the next.

Note to On Premise Accounts: Storing wine in your kitchen creates often overheats wine or creates a condition of fluxuation.

Light: Bright light and sunlight can damage wine as it ages in bottle, so the darker the room, the better. Total darkness is easily achieved by simply closing the lid of the case or the closet door.

Vibration: Areas subject to heavy foot traffic (or vacuum cleaners) should be avoided as wine, unlike martinis, should be neither shaken nor stirred.

Keep the cork wet: Lay the r bottles on their sides keeps the wine in contact with the cork, which in turn prevents the cork from drying out. Dry corks contract, allowing air to pass into the wine and wine to leak out. If air gets in, it will spoil the wine

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