How Wines Are Kept Before Purchase

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On the fragility tip:

Wine Scribe Dan Berger once bought two bottles each of three very highly regarded California cabernets, put one of each in his cellar and one of each in the trunk of his car for THREE MONTHS in the hottest summer in years in Sonoma. Then in September he let the car wines sit for a week with the cellar wines and then took them to the Vintner's Club for a blind tasting. The overwhelming favorites were the "tenderized" versions from the trunk of the car....

His conclusion in his column was that Pinot Noir is delicate but the prevailing style of Cabernet needs some tough love.

Roberto