Buying and storing wine for a wedding

[Cathy]

I am purchasing wines for our wedding next summer and I would like some suggestions for chardonay, or white table wines I already have 2 cases of reisling I have stored in my basement up right at 50-60 degree range and some 1.5l bottles of merlot & cabernet sauv. Is this the best way to store and will it keep for one year.

[n144mann]

Cathy, the temperature is great, but I would recommend that you lay them on their sides, to make sure the corks remain moist, there by preventing air from entering the bottles and ruining the wines.
Nancy

[Jerry D Mead]

Most commercial quality wines will certainly keep for one year, especially with your ideal temperature range of storage. A few may even improve.

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JDM