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re: Do you really need to store wine on its side?
Posted on 1/23/19 at 7:51 am to List Eater
Posted on 1/23/19 at 7:51 am to List Eater
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Most wineries are using rubber corks now.
Not the wineries I buy wine from.
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Posted on 1/23/19 at 7:52 am to Tigertown in ATL
It's also a more efficient use of space to store wine on its side.
Posted on 1/23/19 at 9:54 am to Chicken
Not sure about the science, but I tend to trust years and years of practice over one guy from Portugal.
Obviously light and heat will be bigger threats to the wine, but if storing on the side even protects one wine from cork taint, I'm all for it. That smell is nasty.
Obviously light and heat will be bigger threats to the wine, but if storing on the side even protects one wine from cork taint, I'm all for it. That smell is nasty.
Posted on 1/23/19 at 10:08 am to Mo Jeaux
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What’s wrong with twist tops?
Nothing; those just aren't intended to be stored at all
Posted on 1/23/19 at 10:32 am to BugAC
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Has a small amount of headspace. Humidity in that headspace is 100%. Pretty common sense really.
tell that to the flakes of dry wine on the cork form a bottle of nice wine i kept upright. 
Posted on 1/23/19 at 11:43 am to Martini
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I buy wine by the case all the time and it is shipped to me upright after it was pulled from a warehouse or cellar sitting in a cardboard box upright. I don’t worry about corks drying out. I just try to keep them out of light and climate controlled. Heat and light do more damage in my opinion. I have dark closets full and haven’t had a dry cork that I can remember.
I'm pretty sure he's talking about over a lengthy amount of time. The wine you're getting in cases isnt sitting for years at a time right side up
Posted on 1/23/19 at 12:13 pm to LSUcdro
Plus nicer wines ship from the winery with the bottles inverted. Makes it a pain in the arse at store level with all the top heavy cases.
Posted on 1/23/19 at 4:27 pm to TH03
Everyone in this thread is only is half right. It has to do with the sediment, it needs to settle in the smallest space. Filtering wasn't as good years ago.
Posted on 1/23/19 at 4:34 pm to Chicken
delete duplicate post
This post was edited on 1/23/19 at 9:57 pm
Posted on 1/23/19 at 4:34 pm to Chicken
actually, it will dry out from the outside in if left upright for a very long time. i've seen it with my own eyes.
Posted on 1/23/19 at 4:35 pm to Chicken
over time they all have a bit of sediment that settles so however you store it there will be that. the laying on its side is mainly to keep the cork from drying out
Posted on 1/23/19 at 9:45 pm to Martini
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I have dark closets full and haven’t had a dry cork that I can remember.
Seriously? I'm not even a heavy wine drinker (maybe a 2-3 cases a year) and I've come across several dry corks. Usually they just crumble a bit but occasionally they're destroyed by the corkscrew and the only solution is to push that motherfricker into the bottle and pick shite out of your glass. Super frustrating.
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