The wine storage

Freshly bottled wines as soon as possible to provide at its future location. The cork should be saturated with wine (hence flat storage), it remains constantly moist inside and closes well. For this reason, all the wines (including champagne) is absolutely lying to store. Actual bottled wines reach only after several months or several years of storage their full maturity.

The bottle storage of natural light may not be exposed to the action and all, no big changes in temperature have before. An average storage temperature of 13 degrees Celsius to prevent the early aging of the wines. At low temperatures are also to be avoided. Wines stored in such kind of risk are exposed, they lose their dyes and tanning agents and Weinstein retire.
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It is a bit exaggerated, but useful simplification to say that wine is a “living being”. What is meant is that the finished wine is a continuous process of development conceived in, first in the barrel, then in the bottle.

But be careful: The aging of wine is not normally give a more qualities than those he already possessed from the beginning.
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March 2011
Three wines produced in the hill Asolana, just before the Dolomites. Of the three, the point is the Asolo Prosecco Superiore vintage, with a typical fruity aroma, and good freshness and flavor. Valid for the remaining wines: the curious Manzoni Bianco, varietal Merlot.

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Passage yesterday unexpectedly at Jean-Daniel Giauque, the field of Signolet, The Neuveville. Traditionally, local wineries are open two or three hours on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. I did not risk disturbing. The man is there, the phone in front of his cellar. This seems a good start.

He prepares his cellar open operation (which starts in less than an hour), responds to telephone calls, bottled a wine with his staff. I leave the office and told him that I’m going to take some photos in the town and pass again later.
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Very warm welcome Chautems Francis and his son. I have not tasted the full range of wines, because I wanted to arrive on time in the cellar below. Bad luck for the cellar Chambaz, because Christian Vessaz, Cru Hospital played overtime before the crowd arrived home at the time of closing.

Chasselas Two: The Cotelines In Chambaz and selection:

The Cotelines 2009: A fresh wine, fruity with good length, ideal for an aperitif. Nicely balanced palate. Beloved.

In Chambaz: A slightly more discreet fruity nose, mouth but a denser structure, and most importantly, an additional fine wine that offers a great nobility. Nice length. Much appreciated.
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There is a not so rare but still relatively unknown enemy in the wine cellar, the Korkmotte (Nemapogon cloacellus “). The caterpillars of these moths are also called Korkwurm. The Korkmotte lays its eggs in moist places like the cellar, especially at the cork. The moth is 7.5 mm long with a wingspan of 10 to 14 mm.

How to recognize the Korkmotte?

One can recognize the attack on the cork or to Korkbrösel eroded under the capsule or on the ground. Sometimes there are also direct the caterpillars of the moth on the cork.
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The storage for the purpose of maturing for every wine lover an important issue.

It is necessary to make some thought, because it is usually impossible or at least very expensive to buy wines ready to drink. Therefore, it is usually relatively soon after they buy bottled wines and even store until the optimal drinking time is reached. I speak here not of a storage for several weeks, but over years or decades.

Temperature

Again and again spoken in the literature and wine lovers on the optimal storage temperature. This is my conviction after a relatively unimportant as long as a region is observed from 8 degrees to about 18 or even 20 degrees.
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Like the wineries in Burgundy, christophe Blachère built a beautiful vaulted space under his garage. a place to share with friends.

Based on this principle makes good sense: “if you love wine, you’d better keep it properly,” Christopher Blachere, firefighter and avid wine, rolled up their sleeves to build a magnificent vaulted cellar, which houses six hundred bottles ” French wine only, a lot of maroon, white Burgundy, wines from small vineyards in the Southwest, but few thought of as prestigious chateaux Yquem. “Until that vintage champagne itself on a small hill in the valley of the Marne!
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Even though Edward and Debbie Wallo had traveled and lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for several years, they had never visited Mendocino County until one day in 1988 when they went wine tasting in Yorkville (Population 25). When the heard that the property was being put up for sale the young couple took a giant step and became the new proprietors of the 110-acre piece of land that included 10 acres of organically farmed vineyard. Additional plantings since then have brought the vineyard acreage to a bit over 30.
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