Follow our instructions and your bottles will be preserved in the best possible way.

How to store wine at home

The best solution for storing bottles of wine at home is to equip yourself with air-conditioned wine cellars or air-conditioned cabinets designed specifically for storing wine. These are professional devices that ensure ideal conditions, especially in terms of temperature and humidity, for storing and preserving any type of wine. They are commercially available in many shapes and variations depending on your economic and practical needs.

Buy them if you are a great wine enthusiast and if you usually buy wine frequently and in large quantities. These wine cellars will satisfy every storage request and need. If you buy wine occasionally and store modest quantities of wine bottles, there are other solutions that we can define as do-it-yourself, which can be obtained by identifying and organizing the spaces in your home as best as possible.

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If you don't have an air-conditioned cellar, to store wine at home you should find a suitable place specifically dedicated for this purpose. A place that can guarantee some essential environmental conditions.

➡️ the bottles should be placed horizontally, in a dark room, at a temperature of around 10-12 °C, with 60-70% humidity, away from sources of heat and vibration and away from any food and object with strong aroma (food, perfumes etc. etc.).

Exposure to light, a temperature higher or lower than the standard, temperature changes, a humidity level that is too high or too low and continuous vibrations are all negative factors that favor or accelerate the deterioration of wine. In short, it is necessary to find a space in which these conditions or situations cannot occur.

➡️ If you have an underground cellar, that's the right place.

In these rooms you can easily find the temperature and humidity conditions required for wine conservation.

If you live in a house without a cellar you don't have to worry because there are some alternative solutions. The secret lies in identifying, case by case, the place that can guarantee compliance with the standard rules we have just listed.

Refrigerator, kitchen, dining room or living room are certainly solutions to be avoided as they are rooms usually exposed to light, in which temperature and humidity are certainly not constant, potentially subject to external influences (food and odorous substances above all), as well as vibrations.

Many recommend using the garage, for those who have one available, as long as it is not occupied by cars or other vehicles, whose exhaust fumes are not good for the wine! The environmental conditions of a car-free garage are similar to those guaranteed by a cellar. But not everyone has a garage or garage available for uses other than usual, i.e. hosting and storing motor vehicles.

We need more simple and accessible solutions.

➡️ Use a special storage room inside your home.

It is essential to create a space dedicated ONLY and EXCLUSIVELY to the storage of wine bottles. With some tricks, we can try to recreate the ideal temperature and humidity conditions to preserve the wine.

The ideal room should be without windows. In any case, make sure to cover any sources of sunlight, so you can isolate the environment. What to do about temperature and humidity? An air conditioner or dehumidifier can be of great help in regulating the temperature and humidity, maintaining the recommended or standard ones in every season. Finally, to keep the wine horizontally you should obtain or build shelves, avoiding the use of metal platforms, which are more subject to dangerous vibrations. Wood would be perfect!

These are our tips for preserving wine at home in the best possible way.