Install your wine cellar in the easiest manner possible

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Wine can be, and has often been, compared to a living organism so much so that a few rules are necessary to its good safekeeping.

• Rule number 1
  A constant temperature (it is absolutely necessary to avoid sharp differences of temperature, which might accelerate the ageing of wine and so shorten its life).
• Rule number 2
  A stable humidity = the perfect hygrometry is between 70% and 80%. A dry atmosphere (below 55%) is dangerous. Corks shrink and bottles start to leak. On the contrary, too much humidity is not bad to the wine. To prevent labels from getting damage, it will be necessary to cover them with a protective lacquer.
• Rule number 3
  Most important is the necessity for a total absence of smell. A bad smell is damaging to the ageing of wine which breathes through the cork. Smell denatures wine as it can be absorbed. It may be necessary to clean up the cellar by using charcoal plunged in sulphured water.
• Rule number 4
  Wine requires total darkness. Light is the enemy of wine. It perturbs the chemical and biological phenomena of ageing. White wines are the most sentitive.
• Rule number 5
  There must be no vibrations: wine needs perfect stability. It is therefore advised not to move the bottles too often.
• Rule number 6
  The storage is most important. Your bottles must be stored lying flat, that is to say that the wine must stay in contact with the cork, the labels facing up wards, the neck facing outside.