Wine: Storage

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I can not believe this the fourth & final chapter of our Wine Series!

Kim, THANK YOU so much for all of your incredible insight into the world of wine! As someone who didn’t know anything other than a red wine & white wine when I started yachting, I’m always trying to learn as much as possible. If you would like to follow more of Kim’s adventures, then follow along on her Instagram page @Kimschmidtke 

 

On to today’s topic & it’s perfect for anyone who is a wine fan!

Wine Storage

This won’t come as a surprise to most, but a superyacht is not at all the ideal storage conditions for wine. There is for one the constant moving and rolling of the boat itself (no matter how amazing they say your stabilizers are!), the humidity, inability to temperature control and the main fact of complete lack of space on-board to do this all correctly. There are a few Masters of Wine that have looked into wines on boats and actually found that the wines onboard mature faster than their counterparts ashore, something to consider when doing large wine orders and orders of older wines that may be coming into the end of their peak drinking window 

Long Term Solutions

As for long term storage of wine on the yacht, look into locations towards the centre or the heart of the boat, where there will be less movement. And also hopefully where they won’t have to be touched or moved and stay somewhat of a constant temperature. When we talk about “laying down a wine” this does only apply to wines under cork. A wine that has a cork closure must lay down so that wine is in contact with the cork at all times. This is to ensure that the cork doesn’t dry out because when it dries, it shrinks, allowing oxygen into the bottle and oxidation will occur. If you have wines under screwcap then there is no worry and you can leave these bottles standing up which may help with storage space.

If you do have a charter coming up and they have ordered their own specific wines, don’t worry so much about the storage. They can be left standing up and not in perfect cellaring conditions with no damage done for up to a month, even sparkling wines. Saves on space and makes them a lot easier to access during busy times.  

Want to learn more about wine?

Part one: Corkscrews
Part two: Decanting & Serving
Part three: Wine Faults

I hope you were able to learn a thing or two about wine with this series!

 

Big hugs!

Gem xo

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