The main thing that you need to know when it comes to wine storage is to place your bottles on their side somewhere relatively cool and free from direct light. However, learning a little more than the basics is advisable, and that’s what we’ll look at now.
Temperature is an important factor when you’re dealing with wine. Wine should ideally be stored between 50-60 degrees farenheit, although a range of 45-65 degrees farenheit is considered OK. A lower, colder temperature causes the aging process to slow down, preventing the wine from aging properly. A higher, warmer temperature causes premature aging (not in a good way).
The worst thing that you can do to your wine is subject it to varying temperatures – a steady temperature at either acceptable extreme being better than subjecting it to large variances within the ideal temperature range. The temperature should never fluctuate more than 5 degrees a day; this is especially important for red wines, which are more susceptible to damage from temperature than white wines.
Humidity is also important as, unless it’s properly maintained, it can cause the cork to dry out, and this allows air to come into contact with the wine (which damages it). You want to aim for a humidity level of around 70 – 80%, and can purchase a hygrometer to track this.
A wine cellar is the ideal place for storing wine because it maintains the optimal humidity and temperature; however, they aren’t practical for most people because of their size and cost. If a wine cellar isn’t practical for you, place your bottles in a garage or basement to achieve similar conditions. Making some space in either and purchasing a wine rack and temperature / humidity gauge are highly recommended if you intend on storing more than a few bottles of wine at a time.
Is your wine collection getting to large to store at home? Maybe you should consider professional wine storage services to protect your investment in your wine collection.
Wine requires special storage conditions. Using wine storage services is important because they have areas specifically designed for wine storage. Each storage unit has lockable private vaults with controlled conditions. Temperature is regulated at around 55 degrees Fahrenheit and there is low light exposure. This would what a home would do.
They also maintain humidity levels of around 60 percent to ensure your wine stays at its optimal condition. Wine, unlike other alcoholic beverages such as vodka, is perishable since it does not contain enough alcohol to serve as a preservative. It’s common knowledge that wine gets better with age. However, some wines do not follow this pattern. Every care needs to be taken to avoid any kind of problems later.
Using wine storage services is one of the surest ways to help your wine get better. Just Like living organisms wine has its maturity point that once reached cannot be reversed. Wine stored at home is more likely to reach this stage faster than when using wine storage services.
It would be a waste of money to spend $200 or more on a bottle of wine only to let it deteriorate due to poor storage. Wine is very expensive and hence people will really want to preserve it at all costs, which is very important.
Normally the most important thing is the light, which create a problem for the wine and can really damage it badly and also the ultraviolet rays, which are very dangerous and can create a major problem for the wine. The ultraviolet rays can spoil it, which certainly is not what you want. You should always take proper care to preserve the wine and keep it good shape and people should keep it stored properly, which is the most important thing for preserving your wine.
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Buying wine can be a tricky proposition for many of us. In this article, we take a look at a basic checklist of subjects that need to be considered when determining if a bottle is worth your hard earned money.
Importantly, this article is not about the merits of a particular wine. Instead, we are focusing just on what to consider when standing in a and looking at various bottles of wine. Obviously, you can’t tell if a wine is good or bad per se while just standing there, but you can determine if there might be a problem with the way the winery packaged the bottles or the store treats them.
The first thing to consider is temperature. Wine usually sits out on the shelves or racks in a store. Wine needs to be stored in a cool environment. I’ve been in a few places selling wine that were uncomfortably warm. Wine will go bad under such circumstances and you should strongly consider finding another location that keeps the temperature down.
The needs of wine contrast with the marketing needs of a . Wine is best when it is not exposed to light. Wine shops need to put wine on display if they hope to sell it. This catch-22 has led to situations where I’ve actually seen stores place wine in the long, tall windows that run down the sides of the place. Ah, wine boiling in the sun. I bet that is going to taste bad!
Assuming you’ve found a decent wine [most are], it is time to take a look at the bottle. Modern wine production has eliminated most of the issues that used to arise, but two still need to be considered. First, check the cork. It should be flush with the top of the bottle. If it is noticeably sunk into the bottle, it could be a sign of a leak which could make the wine go bad over time. Obviously, avoid such bottles. The other issue is cloudiness. Hold the bottle up and look through it. The only wine that should show any cloudiness is an older red. Anything else needs to be avoided!
Buying wine was much more of an art 20 years ago. Production values have risen dramatically during that time, so the only real issues that arise have to do with the quality of the store selling the wine. As long as the wine is out of the light and temperatures are cool, you should be okay.
Thomas Ajava writes for – keeping a with the labels from bottles and your tasting notes to develop a preferred wine list over time.
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Local premium cigar store owners who are small-business members of the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association are urging St. Louis County leaders to maintain their exemptions from the current smoking ban.
The Council is not required to give notice on amending a current law. Nonetheless, word got out that an amendment was being considered and proponents of both sides were represented at Tuesday night?s Council meeting.
?It?s too late to save all the businesses that were hurt, the scores of jobs that were lost, and the hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes that won?t be collected due to enactment of the current smoking ban. But only less than 200 establishments fall within the exemptions to that law and, because of the nature of their businesses, they should be allowed to remain exempt,? said Chris McCalla, legislative director of the IPCPR.
McCalla said that prohibitionists? outrageous claims regarding the alleged negative health effects of secondhand smoke based on junk science are to blame for misleading the public and causing the economic and other unnecessary challenges to the of legal tobacco products.
?The levels of secondhand smoke that might cause potential issues to interior air quality are 25,000 times higher than might be found in normal restaurants and bars where smoking is permitted. That?s not just us saying that. It?s the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ? OSHA ? a division of the United States Department of Labor, which set these standards,? McCalla said.
Some business establishments which are forced to comply with the ban feel that those exempt should be bound by the same restrictions.
?We firmly believe that there should be establishments for smokers and others for non-smokers. However, it should be up to the business owners to determine whether or not their establishments are smoke free or not. Just because one business owner is forced by law to do so doesn?t mean another business should be forced to do so, as well,? McCalla pointed out.
?We are urging out members and their customers to notify their council representatives to tell them that the smoking ban is damaging enough to local businesses and that removal of the handful of exemptions that remain is adding insult to injury,? he said.
We await the final analysis of the Christmas season. Did retailers meet objectives or were the economic situations as dire as the foreseers of gloom and doom predicted? We do not know. Even when the scrutiny is complete, it will not include the micro economics that are each of our own lives.
What will all of this wailing and gnashing of teeth mean for you personally, or your neighbor, or me? We wonâ??t know until we get through to the end of this crisis. Even then our own personal stories will not be complete. That is because we live the newly written parts every day, whatever the outcome.
In speaking to several small business owners in my town, I received a cautious, optimistic determinism. The newsletter from my local quilt contains the following passage:
As the year draws to a close, we want to sincerely thank you for your support. We know that this has been a difficult year for many and while we donâ??t know what the future will hold we are looking forward to the new year with a positive attitude. While we arenâ??t ignoring the happenings in the wider world, we want you to feel that Luellaâ??s Quilt Basket is a place of refuge, where you can come and enjoy some peace and quiet for an hour or two, either in a class, shopping for a new project or just breathing the sweet scent of new fabric! And as you make choices about where to spend your money this season and next year, we want to encourage you to support your local small businesses: the dry cleaners, the gift , the local cafe and the quilt .
Luellaâ??s Quilt Basket is everything I love about small business. It is a small, woman owned born out of a love of a favorite pastime, but it is so much more. It is a refuge. Its customers develop a club membership sort of feel. We belong and we encourage and support each other and any newcomers. It is so much more than just a fabric and sewing machine . It is somewhere friends meet and share and participate in a favorite hobby.
When my husband went to cigars for a Christmas present, he wandered into a small cigar with three men sitting together watching TV, smoking cigars and â??shooting the bullâ?. The sort of environment portrayed in the movie â??Barbershopâ?. They were more than willing to help the neophyte without the experience and knowledge to really make good decisions. Laughing, discussing life and engaging in their interests, small business customers all over the country, indeed all over the world, share a belonging and a membership that cannot be found in the national chain stores. The big box stores can never develop a small town atmosphere.
I am definitely not someone opposed to large business. There are so many instances where our lives are enhanced by the products and prices that large corporations provide. Not to mention that these large corporations all began as small business. As in most of life, we need a balance.
Large businesses have an economic advantage. They have the advantage of bulk purchasing, large support systems and the ability to offset poor economic performance by diversification. We benefit by what they provide. We would not have available to us the cars and washers and dryers and refrigerators that make our lives simpler if the corporations did not exist. I appreciate that we have those options available to us. There is a time and a place for the â??big boxâ??.
What they donâ??t have is the personal touch. You cannot be a necessary part of Home Depot. If I walked into JoAnneâ??s (where I do make regular purchases) with a half finished project and asked for advice on the best color for my accent fabric, I would be laughed at. I went once to JoAnneâ??s to cording for some reupholstering I was doing. Asking the closest teenager working there, she responded with a flick of her hair and a disdainful, â??We donâ??t sell pipes here.â? She didnâ??t know, Luellaâ??s ladies would have.
I love my membership to Costco but it does not compare with my membership to Luellaâ??s, or to my membership to my auto mechanic or to my husbandâ??s new membership to the cigar , or to Normâ??s membership to Cheers.
We find community at the neighborhood small businesses that formulates who we are. The same folks go out every Saturday morning to their favorite local golf course. I wouldnâ??t change dry cleaners on a dare. We prefer the small local restaurant to give us the flavors of the area. And when I walk into Luellaâ??s (like Cheers) I hear, â??Hi Karen, what are you working on?â?
Times are very uncertain right now. There are many reasons to support the local economy. The best reason I can think of, though, is that they deserve our patronage. And that I donâ??t want to lose my membership in my local shops.
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Karen Dennison is widely recognized as the stateâ??s leading authority in the area of regulatory expertise. In addition to providing education to business owners, she had been instrumental in putting those owners together with exactly the right professional they need to revamp their systems, bringing them into alignment with local, state and federal requirements. She gives them the piece of mind that they can withstand examination by the most diligent bureaucrat.
Being the founder of icancomply.com, Karen lives her passion of helping the small business community, many of whom have no idea of the precarious positions their livelihoods are in until it is too late and they are closed down. They have no way of knowing whether they are breaking the rules or are in complete compliance.
With over 25 years of experience in marketing, business planning, executive coaching and executive search, Karen has worked with law firms, information technology companies, banks, retail outlets, manufacturing concerns and others. Her clients have included multinational corporations, privately held small businesses and sole proprietor consulting companies.
Karenâ??s zeal and enthusiasm combined with her compassion for the small business community and her thorough knowledge of the perils of compliance ignorance makes her an outstanding interview.
BIGGER THAN ELVIS (voted Indianapolis’ best rockabilly band) covering THE CIGAR STORE INDIANS’ “Hot Rod Concerto”. Band members: Big Danny Thompson: guitar, Mark Cutsinger: drums, and Tufty: bass. The video was directed by comedian Lord Carrett and edited by Tufty. The name “Bigger Than Elvis” reflects not only Big Danny’s size, but the band’s desire to put across that “rockabilly” encompasses Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Gene Vincent, Roy Orbison, and many others… not simply “Elvis”. See “www.biggerthanelvis.com” for band info and “http for info on Lord Carrett.
Premium Cigar Store Owners Unite to Fight Proposed St. Louis County Smoking Ban Vote
Clayton, Missouri (PRWEB) July 26, 2009
A countywide smoking ban may be on the November ballot if some St. Louis County council members have their way, over the objections of premium cigar store owners, members of the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association.
“We want to go on record as being against this proposed ban and any legislating smoking ban, for that matter. Government should stay out of private business decisions like this. If a business owner decides to forestalling smoking on the premises, that’s fine. It’s his single right to do so. If government gets involved, jolly soon you’ll have bureaucrats linear whole industries wishing banking and finance, automobile, energy and healthcare,” said Chris McCalla, legislative director of the IPCPR.
St. Louis County council members are expect to continue discussing the issue at their meeting on Tuesday, July 28. Council member Barbara Fraser has proposed putting the issue to a referendum. McCalla makes the point that minorities have rights and smokers are a minority.
“The only thing a smoking ban would do is lead the way in increased unemployment, failed businesses and deprivation of individual rights,” said McCalla.
McCalla says anti-smoking forces often use misinformation and biased research based on junk science provided by organizations that are rarely challenged regarding the source, quality and truth of that research.
“For example, they say there are no safe levels for secondhand smoke. Not true. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is the federal agency supercharged with maintaining a healthy and safe served environment. OSHA has set safe levels for secondhand smoke that are exponentially higher than the air quality found in average restaurants and bars,” he said.
McCalla explained that IPCPR members are, by and large, small, family-own businesses who done or sell premium, hand-made cigars, pipes and premium loose tobacco and associate accouterments and whose businesses comprise less than five percent of tobacco sales. Nearly 40 of the more than 2,000 IPCPR members live and operate businesses in Missouri.
“Our members pay millions in sales, payroll and excise taxes. Their neighborhood businesses employ thousands of people. Not only would these businesses be put at risk, but employment and businesses like restaurants and bars will suffer, as well, when patrons go to smoker-friendly establishments elsewhere. If smoking is banned – and we certainly are not saying it should be – then fattening foods, drinks and snacks must be banned because obesity is America’s number one health problem,” McCalla said.
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