Should you invest in a high-end wine fridge?

RESPONSE: It is time for all good wines to come out.

This is an issue in a timely manner, at least in some parts of the country. Room temperature paralyzes the wine, not only in the long run, but even for short periods during the summer. July and August can be brutal. Fluid expands faster than glass. A warm room will sometimes cause the liquid to push through the neck where the glass meets the cork, a sign that your wine has been overheated to the point of damage. (Feel for sticky residue on the outside of the bottle below the cap of plastic or metal that wraps around the neck.) Those fancy wine fridges are a good way to go, assuming you can afford it. Eurocave and Sub-Zero are trademarks respected. But your first action plan should be to the terminal that the wine down to a basement if you have one. Heat rises, so the lower you go, the better. But keep the bottles at least half a meter of a bare brick wall or you can find snow-soon as the mold on the labels and caps due to the high relative humidity.

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