Your Baumatic BWE40 Wine Cooler
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Things to keep in mind about Wine before you put it
in your Baumatic Wine Cooler
Wine is alive and temperature is the most important factor
when storing it. Left exposed to light, vibrations, or fluctuations in
temperature and humidity, all wines can spoil. When properly
stored, wines not only maintain their quality, but many will actually
improve in aroma, flavour and complexity as they mature. Wines
kept at higher temperatures will age faster but temperatures
greater than 70
°F (21°C) will damage a wine’s flavour and aroma.
Too low
a storage temperature (such as is found in a refrigerator) can
result in the development of harmful deposits. A humidity of
around 70% is ideal for keeping corks from shrinking.
Bearing this in mind, you should know your wine’s storage
history before storing it in your Wine Cooler. Ideally, you will have
either just bought it, or you will have kept it in a cool, dark place
with the bottle having rested on its side (except in the case of all
fortified wines, excluding port). Also make sure that your wine’s old
storage area was not subjected to heavy or constant vibrations (eg.,
being next to a busy road) and strong smells, as these can impair the
flavour of all wines. If your old storage area was very dry, the wine
may have leaked through a split cork. Also, make sure that your old
storage area had never dropped below 0
°C.
Remember to make sure that you keep your Wine Cooler in a
place where it will not receive much sunlight. Ultraviolet light can
penetrate even the darkest bottles and spoil wine.
Please note that you should not use your Wine Cooler as a
substitute for a cellar, as its humidity is not suitable for the long
term storage of corked bottles.
• The best temperature to set your Wine
Cooler at is 10-12
°C for white and red wines.
Note that white wine is particularly sensitive
to temperature when storing.
Never forget that all wine is alive. Although thankfully rare,
there are several problems with any kind of wine storage that should
be understood before you get to placing bottles in your Wine Cooler
(see below & next page):
Corking
– a tiny percentage (about 1%) of bottled wine will experience
this: essentially, the cork reacts with the wine and gives it a musty,
unpleasant taste. It is the most common wine fault and is caused by
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