Storing Wine; Wine Storage Tips - Atag KA8074K1C Bedienungsanleitung

Storing wine

Wine storage tips

Natural wine cellars are the ideal place to store wine, because of the scarce light, the lack of vibrations
and having a special climate. A wine's temperature determines its flavour, and influences enjoyment.
Wine ageing depends on the environment conditions in which the wine is stored. By maintaining
constant optimum temperature, correct air humidity, and an atmosphere free from any odours, the
wine climate cabinet provides excellent conditions for storing your wine. It also provides an
environment free from harmful vibrations that could also affect the ageing process. Since every type
of wine has an optimum ageing time and climate, we suggest checking the recommended time to
open the bottle as advised by the winemaker.
Most people who drink wine, know you serve white wine and champagne chilled, and red wine on
room temperature. What people may not know that the "room temperature" that wine professionals
are referring to, is the temperature of wine caves in the Bordeaux region of France. Those caves are
about 13°C. A good wine climate cabinet, can keep your wines at a perfect serving temperature,
reducing the guesswork and sometimes the headache.
It is very important to maintain a constant temperature within the wine climate cabinet. In case of a
power failure, open the door as little as possible to maintain the temperature in the appliance interior.
A gradual increase in temperature will not have a negative impact on the wine.
The humidity should be between 50% and 80%. Too low humidity will result in a dry cork. Too high
humidity will cause mold. The Atag Wine Climate Cabinet provides excellent ventilation with clean
air which helps preventing damage to labels and corks during storage.
The humidity levels in wine climate cabinet are particularly important for long term wine storage and
ageing. Recommended temperature for wine ageing is between 11°C and 13°C. For that purpose,
the wine climate cabinet will maintain optimal ageing conditions and notify the user, if the conditions
deviate from them. Extremely high and low temperature settings are intended mainly for the wine
serving purposes. Wine is exposed to this conditions for shorter time periods and therefore humidity
should not have any negative effect on the wine. However, monitoring of relative humidity levels is
available regardless of the compartment temperature setting.
Major temperature changes can cause humidity levels to deviate from the desired levels and it may
take longer, e.g. about a week, for them to stabilize again. During this time, the notifications for
humidity out of zone will not appear.
Wine should be stored horizontally, especially corked wines. It will keep the cork moist and swollen
and prevent wine from unwanted contact with air. Short term storage, within some weeks, storing in
tilted position is preferred to keep the cork damp. If the position is too upward, the cork will dry out.
Screw and crown caps have less demands regarding the positioning.
The wine cabinet is fitted with an activated carbon filter which prevents odors that can pollute your
wines. The Activated Carbon filter is originally called HEGA filter (High Efficiency Gas Absorption).
It removes the gas molecules through a process of adsorption (not absorption). During adsorption,
the pollutants stick to the outside of the Activated Carbon filter.
By having your own wine climate cabinet in your house, this creates enjoyment of your wine on a
premium level like the wine came straight out of a real wine cellar.
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