Storaging problem

[Bigwinelover]

Resently I brought a bottle of 1998 Baron Philippe de Rothschild Mouton Cardet Red wine. My question are is it okay if I store the bottle for several year before drinking it and if it is okay where? (no basement)

[Bigwinelover]

Another question, is the fridge a good place to store wine for a long period of time (more than a year)?

I am a big lover of wine, but I know nothing about wine it so pls help.

[Innkeeper]

Hi Big, and welcome to the Wine Board. Mouton Cadet is a very nice $10.00 drinking wine made primarily from merlot. It does not have the complexity to age very long. It may improve a little over two more years or so. Like about 90% of the world's wines these days it is meant to be consumed upon release.

You can store white wine and dessert wine in the refridgerator for varying periods of time. Dessert wines and very full and complex whites for longer periods that the lighter whites that may already be fading when you bring them home. Find another place to store your reds.