We may be moving in the next few months. I have about 500 bottles of wine in various stages of ageing. Will moving the wine permanently damage it or will it just need a few more months of ageing added?
Moving the wine cellar
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If you don't drop it or expose to oxygen, you'll be fine. Let it rest for a month before racking again. I would also hit it with a heavy dose of meta BEFORE moving.
"If you don't drop it or expose to oxygen, you'll be fine. Let it rest for a month before racking again. I would also hit it with a heavy dose of meta BEFORE moving. "
I appreciate the reply, but the wine is already in bottles, not carboys, so no racking or adding Kmeta!
I appreciate the reply, but the wine is already in bottles, not carboys, so no racking or adding Kmeta!
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Well, if it would hurt your wine, don't you think that we would have no wine in stores? After all those are shipped around on trucks that bounce around all over the road.
Id say you are good.
Id say you are good.
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If it gets too hot you risk blown corks.
Thanks for all the replies! Nope, won't be moving through any hot climate. My only concern was that some of it is not fully aged and I wondered if that would screw up the ageing process. But, it looks like I'll find out eventually. I sure am not going to leave it behind!
