Storing wine in a Vinotemp wine cooler can help your wine last longer and also keep it at the correct temperature that is needed to make it age correctly.

It is very important to store wine in a wine cooler or in a wine cellar as the temperature is stable and the humidity levels are at the right level.

Wien should be stored in a place that is not excessively hot or excessively cold. Great fluctuations in temperature are really bad for your wine.

If wine is kept at a temperature that is overly hot it will cause the wine to cook and the actual wine itself will contract and suck the cork down into the bottle. If the wine is kept in a spot that is too cold this can cause your wine to freeze and expand pushing the cork up and out of the neck of the bottle.

When wine freezes it is a mess, with corks and wine everywhere. Even just the smallest amount of freezing and heating or a fluctuation of 5 or 10 degrees will cause your wine to expand and contract moving the cork and ultimately allowing air to enter your bottle.

Humidity also plays a crucial part in the correct storage of your wine; your wine needs to be kept in a place that has a humidity level of around 60%.

If your wine is kept anywhere less than this and of course depending on if your wine is sealed with cork or not, but if the air is too dry then the cork will dry out and shrink. This will again lead the cork to move up and down inside the bottle and let air inside causing the wine to oxidize.

Sunlight is another very important factor to consider when you are storing your wine for aging. Do not leave your wine in the direct sunlight or under constant UV light for a long time. This light will cause the chemicals inside the bottle of wine to react differently and the wine will turn strange.

Many wine coolers like the vinotemp wine cooler have UV filters on their doors, which stop the harmful light from entering the unit.

So there you have it. If you are storing your wine make sure that you keep it somewhere that the temperature does not fluctuate and somewhere that has a good level of humidity and somewhere out of the sun. A vinotemp wine cooler can help you to look after your wine properly so that you can enjoy it in the years to come.