Expert Advice

Whether you like to drink your wine young or let it age gracefully, it is a well-known fact that you must store it in a climate-controlled environment if you want to protect it from spoiling.

We are often asked what the best refrigeration system is when looking for a wine cabinet: compressor technology or thermoelectric cooling?

Widely discussed but often misunderstood, cork taint is a single, specific wine fault. Here’s how to identify corked wine – and what you can do about it. Without realizing it, you have probably tasted corked wine. You might have eaten corked bananas too, or even drunk corked coffee. In each case, the same culprit is responsible, a malodorous chemical known as TCA, or trichloroanisole.

As with any household items, housekeeping is essential for the long-term efficiency of your wine cabinet. It’s also the perfect opportunity to reorganise your cellar based on your “drink now” and “drink later” wines, and to update your Vintec Club virtual cellar management tool.

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