Wine 101-How To Build Your Very Own Wine Cellar!

If you’re going to go through all the trouble and expense of buying wines to taste yourself and for your parties you’ll want to store them properly right?

Well I found this really cool book on how you can easily create your very own wine cellar in your home.

The Book is called “How To Build Your Own Wine Cellar“

If you’re as passionate about collecting wine as I am then you’ll want to know that you are storing your valuable wine collection in the best possible cellar conditions. Conditions that will allow your wines to age slowly and develop complexity …
This book grew out of the authors own research into building several wine cellars plus it answers all the questions I had about wine storage.

The author shows you photographs of the step-by-step construction of his wine cellar in a easy to read format.

I love selecting a bottle of wine from my wine cellar and this book really helped me with my plan of attack in creating my own wine cellar.

When you have your own wine cellar  you can purchase your wine by the case when you visit a winery or spot a bargain, knowing that you can store it at the correct temperature until it is ready to drink

It’s really not hard at all and with this book you’ll have your wine cellar up and running in no time.

Here are just some of the things you’ll discover in his book-

• Where to store your wine
• How to construct a basement wine cellar -
• Do-It-Yourself Wine Cellar -
• How to create a D-I-Y wine cellar in almost any space.
• How To Build Your Own Wine Racks
  
• The 5 insider secrets you MUST know to store your wine successfully -
• Which wines to cellar -
• Discover which wines have the best cellaring potential.
• The stages a wine goes through as it matures and ages in the bottle .
• Avoid the most common mistakes when building your wine cellar.
  
• The ideal wine serving temperature for different grape varieties.
• The ideal temperature to store your wine, and what will happen if your wine is subjected to wide temperature fluctuations.
  
• How humidity plays in storing your wine, and a quick trick to increase the humidity in your cellar!
  
• The wines that age best
• All about Cork, and the causes of cork taint.
• Wine  Racks
• How to cool your wine cellar -

So if you ever considered building your own wine cellar I highly recomend this book. You can pick up your copy of How To Build Your Very Own Wine Cellar Right Here!

Wine 101-Oak And Wine Storage

The use of oak in wine plays a significant role in wine making and can really have a strong effect on the resulting wine, impacting the color, flavor, tannin profile and texture of the wine.  When you use
oak, you can really have varying flavors and can truly impact all the components listed above.

It can be introduced to the wine in the form of free floating oak chips or as wood staves (or sticks) added to wine in a fermentation vessel like stainless steel. This can allow you to change the flavor and the texture of the wine.  You can adjust the wine more when you know as much about this process as possible.

When oak is introduced in the form of a wine barrel it can impart other qualities to the wine through the process of evaporation and low level exposure to oxygen.  This is what allows the entire process to be so successful when it comes to the flavor of the wine.

Many winemakers choose to ferment their wine in oak as oak barrels tend to soften the wine and this allows the flavor to be more suitable to the desires of the winemaker.

Some other differences to note are that American oak tends to be more intensely flavored then French oak with more sweet and vanilla overtones due to the American oak having two to four times as many lactones.  This is a difference that is often overlooked by winemaker, but really should be taken as a serious way to adjust the texture and flavor of wine.

The majority of oak flavoring is imparted in the first few months that the wine is in contact with oak but a longer term exposure can affect the wine.  So, if you want to change the flavor as much as possible, the longer you let it set the more it will change over time.

California Chardonnays are often aged in toasted oak for a long period of time, which imparts the intense vanilla flavor that many have grown to love.  This is a favorite wine of many folks because of its great flavor, but it is a very long process to get wine to taste so flavorful.

But the fruit flavor drops off almost as soon as the wine is swallowed, a problem which many call “overoaking” a wine.  So, you want to be certain that you know what you are doing when you attempt to use oak in adjusting the flavor or your wine to get the optimum taste from it.

Wine 101-Wine Tips For Vino Newbies

If you are a lover of wine, then you most likely will drink it in many different situations. It is a good way to help you unwind after a busy day or a great way to celebrate a huge event. It is always a good time to drink wine, unless you are driving and that is definitely forbidden.

Since there are many times you wish to drink wine, you may want to educate yourself as much as possible on the topic of wine. For instance, you should know the correct temperature to store is between 55 and 60 degrees Fahrenheit. This will preserve the flavor and keep it at its best.

The best place to store wine is in a cellar. This can really allow your wine to be stored at the best temperature possible. A refrigerator is much too cold for the wine, and keeping it room temperature is far too warm.

Be certain you have a wine storage box in a dark place because UV rays can break important molecules in wine. In addition, if you plan to keep your wine for more than a month, you should plan to keep it stored in a dark cool place.

When you are preparing to drink your wine, you should know the best temperature to serve it. If are drinking white wine, the best temperature is between 60 and 68 degrees. Many people prefer white wine at cooler temperatures coldness but if you drink the wine too chilled you can lose some of the valuable flavors it offers.

When serving red wine, be certain to serve the wine starting at 70 degrees. If you are serving wine that you have properly stored at 55 to 60 degrees, you will need to be certain to allot enough time for the wine to warm up prior to serving.

There are also different glasses that can enhance the flavor of the wine. If you are serving white wine, your glasses should be narrow, with the bowl barely wider than the rim of the glass. You want less air warming up the white wine which means you should have a narrower class.

Your glasses should have a wider bowl when you are serving red wine. When serving full-bodied Cabernet’s and Merlot’s, your glass should be taller than your glass for a lighter and fruitier Pinot Noir. The Pinot Noir glass should be a short glass but wide as well.

Some people may think it doesn’t make very much difference whether you serve their white wine at 50 degrees in a wide rimmed glass or if you serve their Shiraz in a narrow rimmed, tall wine glass at 63 degrees, yet it makes a tremendous difference.

To get the most flavors out of your wine of choice, you need to be certain that you serve it at the correct temperature and in the proper wine glass as well. You’ll be happy and you’re guests will love you for it.