This background article, part of our extensive free Resources section, has been substantially updated from its 2005 original to take account of costs and conditions applicable in Aug 2007 but we...

  Factors affecting wine over time   Once it is firmly stoppered in a bottle, wine should be protected from it greatest enemy, the oxygen in the air. If, however,...

  Whether to store wine   Wine, like any fresh food, changes with time. But whereas most consumables deteriorate from the moment we buy them, wine is one of the very few...

Britain now has an answer to the self-storage wine stores that are the standard model in the US. On 13 May the Big Yellow Self Storage Company opened its flagship storage facility in Fulham,...

Randy See, Maitre d’ and Chef Sommelier of Les Amis restaurant in Singapore, kindly sent us this report on the current options for wine storage in the city. In the 80s and 90s, there...

David Rayer, French air-traffic controller and true amateur de vin (he is involved at Grains Nobles, the wine school set up in Paris by wine writer Michel Bettane), sent the following...

When Nigel Jagger bought an old mine-turned-munitions factory in Wiltshire in the late 1980s he considered the act “just within the bounds of sanity” and was so worried that he gave...

Please add any other suggestions via the Comments box at the end of the article. Vinkällaren Grappe    Grevgatan 3-5 SE-114 53 Stockholm Sweden tel +46 08 661 25 16,...

Wine writer Bob Campbell MW sent the following information about wine storage in New Zealand. Please send your recommendations via the Comments box at the end of the article. Wine storage is...

These are the details of someone who is constructing an underground wine centre in Korea, complete with wine storage lockers, education programme, restaurant, wine shop - although members of the...

Purple pager Debra Meiburg offered this news of a new service, now well established as Crown Wine Cellars. (See also comments written after the abolition of wine duty in HK in Feb...

Dean Taylor of Australia sent this. In order to expand this article, we would be very grateful for any updates, comments and suggestions sent using the Comments box at the bottom of this...

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This article has been substantially updated from its 2005 original to take account of costs and conditions applicable in Aug 2007 but we would welcome any comments from those with experiences of...

Here are the details gathered from various sources and at various times on professional wine storage options in the US. We would be very grateful for any updates, comments, suggestions...