Comments on: Building Your Own Home Wine Cellar http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/wine/wine-cellars/ You Have To Eat, So Learn To Cook & Eat Well Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:24:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: RG http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/wine/wine-cellars/comment-page-1/#comment-85067 RG Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:00:55 +0000 http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/?p=1223#comment-85067 Now that's an interesting idea. I wonder if the wild animals can sniff out wine through the bottle. I guess if you see some funny acting raccoons and ground hogs running around you'll know the answer. I don't think a small dorm refrigerator hold more than a case of wine but some of the larger units hold 150 to 400 bottles and many of them have very good reviews. I would do some more research and check out one of these larger units and I'm sure you will find what you need. Living in Texas and the hot weather you get, it would be a shame to lose any of those Italian wines because of storing. Now that’s an interesting idea. I wonder if the wild animals can sniff out wine through the bottle. I guess if you see some funny acting raccoons and ground hogs running around you’ll know the answer.

I don’t think a small dorm refrigerator hold more than a case of wine but some of the larger units hold 150 to 400 bottles and many of them have very good reviews. I would do some more research and check out one of these larger units and I’m sure you will find what you need. Living in Texas and the hot weather you get, it would be a shame to lose any of those Italian wines because of storing.

]]> By: Ken http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/wine/wine-cellars/comment-page-1/#comment-85044 Ken Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:01:39 +0000 http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/?p=1223#comment-85044 I would not consider myself a collector. However, I just returned from Italy and while in Montalcino I bought several, various houses 2004 Brunellos and a case of 2004 Rosso di Montalcino. I would like to properly keep these for several years but the number of bottles hardly justifies the expense of a cellar. We don't tend to have basements in southeast Texas. All the small dorm refrigerator looking wine coolers have terrible reviews for failing to maintain temps and for short lives. What should I do to protect and age the most expensive wines I've ever bought. I'm considering putting them in a big igloo cooler and burying them in the woods out back. I would not consider myself a collector. However, I just returned from Italy and while in Montalcino I bought several, various houses 2004 Brunellos and a case of 2004 Rosso di Montalcino. I would like to properly keep these for several years but the number of bottles hardly justifies the expense of a cellar. We don’t tend to have basements in southeast Texas. All the small dorm refrigerator looking wine coolers have terrible reviews for failing to maintain temps and for short lives. What should I do to protect and age the most expensive wines I’ve ever bought. I’m considering putting them in a big igloo cooler and burying them in the woods out back.

]]> By: RG http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/wine/wine-cellars/comment-page-1/#comment-83164 RG Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:31:08 +0000 http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/?p=1223#comment-83164 That works for a lot of my friends who have basements that stay at a constant temperature and I am doing it now for my wines but I also know people who don't have basements or the temp in their basement fluctuates wildly. If you are buying expensive wines to lay down for 10 or more years, it's important the temperature stays constant. That's why I am going to build a cellar this year because I purchased some 2005 Bordeaux to lay down. That works for a lot of my friends who have basements that stay at a constant temperature and I am doing it now for my wines but I also know people who don’t have basements or the temp in their basement fluctuates wildly. If you are buying expensive wines to lay down for 10 or more years, it’s important the temperature stays constant. That’s why I am going to build a cellar this year because I purchased some 2005 Bordeaux to lay down.

]]> By: Cooking Student http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/wine/wine-cellars/comment-page-1/#comment-83137 Cooking Student Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:09:41 +0000 http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/?p=1223#comment-83137 That is, indeed, an amazing wine cellar. But it would cost so much to build that I would have no money to spend on wine! Better to buy the wine and just keep it in the basement. Cheers! That is, indeed, an amazing wine cellar. But it would cost so much to build that I would have no money to spend on wine!

Better to buy the wine and just keep it in the basement.

Cheers!

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