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Originally Posted by livwire68
With it being a wine cellar also, will the wines be kept at a proper temp? Our kitchen is becoming a wine based theme and was going to put a large wine cooler in there, but it will be bigger than I would like to fit the area. So in the home lounge I am slowly working on, I am converting the closet into a humi and It may work out better to build a rack in there off to the side. Maybe even just shelves for all the liquor.
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The ideal temperature to store wine is 55-58 degrees. This provides the best development of the wine. A temperature between 40 to 65 degrees is satisfactory. The higher the temperature the faster the wine will mature. It is also important to keep the temperature constant while the wine ages.
Because most of the wine I purchase is "ready to drink" and I'm more concerned with my cigars, the temperature will be kept at 65 degrees.
The room is being designed however to maintain 55 degrees if desired. I figured when we sell the house it is much more likely the buyer will use this solely as a wine cellar.
Humidity is also a factor. There are not many real corks left these days (at least not on the bottles of Ripple I buy
) but for the ones that exist the recommended humidity is 60 to 65% to keep the cork from getting brittle.
In addition, will not be using cedar in the room, over time it can add flavor to the wine much as it does to a cigar.
So 65 degrees and 65% humidity will keep the cigars and wine happy!