Why is Bacchus the Premier Cellar System?
The greatest wines on earth can soon be found in your own home. Proper cellaring of your fine wines will preserve the vintages while they mature in the right temperature and relative humidity. Most experts agree that the perfect temperature to store your wine is 55 degrees Fahrenheit. Any higher temperature can prematurely age wine as the bottle expands and the wine passes through the cork. Later, when the bottle cools, a vacuum is created, bringing oxygen back into the bottle. This unwanted rapid oxidation process can quickly destroy the finest wine. There are many opinions in regards to optimal humidity for the cellar. Humidity is important due to the need for wine bottle corks to remain moist and elastic. Optimal humidity eliminates excessive ullage or angel’s share. Ullage is the amount of wine that has left the bottle through seepage or evaporation through the cork. When a cork gets dry, wine loss increases as high amounts of oxygen seep into the bottle, prematurely aging the wine
