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The Eurocave brand of wine cellar is widely considered to be the most technologically advanced wine cellar in the world.The Eurocave company was the first to develop a self-contained wine cabinet that recreated the natural cooling environment of a chateau cellar. This environment provides the optimal means of aging and preserving fine wines.
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Wine is like a living thing, always changing over time. The key to preserving wine in its best condition is to create a storage environment that will produce desirable changes and avoid harmful ones. The environmental factors that you need to control are air, temperature, light, vibration, and humidity.
The easiest way to manage all these variables is by storing your wine in a specially designed wine cellar.
A wine cellar controls air flow and allows the bottles to be stored horizontally. Too much air will spoil good wine. If the cork dries out and starts to shrink or crack, air will be admitted to the bottle. Storing a bottle on its side helps keep the cork moist so it maintains a good seal.
A correct level of humidity (70 percent) is also important to keep corks properly moistened — humidity that is too low will dry them out, but higher humidity levels encourage the growth of mold and mildew which harms wine racks and wine casks, and spoils cork tops.
A wine cellar controls the temperature of the wine. Proper temperature keeps the corks from shrinking (when too cold) and keeps wine from aging too quickly (when too warm).
Almost as significant as the actual temperature is the rate of change. A ten-degree change in temperature over a season is will not hurt your wine collection, but frequent and rapid changes can severely damage wine, even when it is stored within the desired range.
The higher the storage temperature, the faster a wine will age. Conversely, colder storage temperatures will slow the aging process. Different kinds of wine require slightly different temperatures, so the ambient temperature should be adjusted to suit the type of wine you are storing.
For these reasons, a reliable refrigeration unit with precise temperature control is an important element of a quality wine cellar.
Wine's exposure to light should be kept to a minimum. A wine cellar may be designed to shut out all light, or it may have a glass door with a UV filter to keep out damaging light.
 Vibration interferes with the wine's natural aging process and stirs up sediments. A good wine cellar will be sturdy enough to minimize vibrations. Additionally, you should try to avoid moving bottles until you are ready to pour.
Managing all the air, humidity, light, temperature, and vibration factors involved in preserving wine can be very complicated. A good wine cellar
solves these problems for you. People who love wine and want to build up a magnificent collection will consider their wine cellar an investment in their future enjoyment.
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