A Nice, Big Cave of Wine

[Thomas]

I have a fine cellar under my house, stone foundation, nicely insulated, and that is where the wine rests.

I must tell you, though, I am less a wine collector than a wine consumer, so most of my cellar rotates rather frequently. Only the rare few bottles that need long aging, or that have sentimental value, get to read the stone patterns on the ceiling for a long time in my cellar.

A refrigerator is fine for the short run. It is normally dry inside a frig, and that is not good for cork. Of course, laying the wine down helps, but there is something about dry air that manages to seep into even a wet cork--go figure.