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Le Cordon Bleu Matching Wine with Food
Le Cordon Bleu Matching Wine with Food

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 2010

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A more cost-effective solution may be to store your wine at a specialist storage facility such as a wine merchant, a wine club, or a wine storage warehouse. That way you can be sure that your wine is in the hands of professionals. Consider the following, however, before making your choice:
  • Visit the facility before you commit to make sure that everything is well organised. Verify the temperature, the humidity and the light. If the warehouse is near a railway or road, check that the vibrations are not too severe.
  • Ask how much notice you must give to release some or all of your wine collection. There may be restrictions on when you can pick up your wine. Some companies will deliver the wine to your door when you need it. Investigate delivery charges and whether you will have to pay a fee every time you withdraw wine.
  • Make sure that the warehouse looks secure. Windows should be barred, doors should be locked and an alarm system should be in place. Ensure, too, that all the wine cases are clearly marked with the owners’ names.
  • Be fully briefed on insurance conditions. If the company was to go bankrupt, there would need to be detailed records of your personal cellar.
  • Check the annual cost per case - there may be a minimum charge. Some companies provide you with your own “cage” or “mini-cellar”, which you can fill as you like. If your wine merchant has offered free warehousing, ask for how long it is free and what the charges will be thereafter.
  • In the attic or loft. The space directly below the roof can be very hot in summer and cold in winter.
  • Any room or cupboard with under-floor heating.
  • A room that receives a good deal of sunlight. Light and heat will work together to affect your wine adversely.

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