Wine Storeage

[tomstevenson]

How cold is it? Does a cold room in a New Brunswick basement freeze? If so, then lining it on all six surfaces with 10" polystyrene blocks is the cheapest imperfect solution. To be frank, any temperature above freezing and below 12 Celsius is "ideal" to one degree or another, but constant temperature is more important than degrees. A constant 20 Celsius is better than bouncing from 1 to 12. Above 12, however, the effect on longevity, particularly of whites and sparkling, is increasingly noticeable - something I try to get over to those who have temperature controlled units set at 14!