The Quality of Wines

Herewith the factors that contributes to the quality of wines :-(will affect the wine products)

• Types of grapes - size, skin sturture, skin colour & thickness
• The soil - type of topsoil, subsoil, minerals & drainage
• Climate conditions - heat, rain, sunshine, rainfall, frost
• Viticulture - method of cultivation
• Vinification - methods of wine making
• Chemical composition of the grape - acid / sugar ratio & presend of other constituents yeast and fermentation
• Ageing & maturing process - stainless steel or oak
• Methods of transportation - by sea, plane, land, etc
• Storage temperature - how is it stored?
• Luck of the year - vintage?

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So, even the wine producer used the same grape, same method to produce the wine in different country, the wine might not taste the same. But, there's certain standard to maintain the quality of the wine.

How the wine producer stored their wines in cellar? After we purchased the wines, how we store it? Thus, we have to look into the cellar conditions. ^o^

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• Storage Temperature - while 11 c (52 f) is the the ideal storage temperature for wine, anything between 5 c and 18 c is fine, provided tehre is no great temperation variation. higher temperatures do, however, increase the rate of oxidation of a wine. So a bottle stored at 18 c will age more quickly than the same wine stored at 11 c.
• The Effect of Light - ultraviolet light is the most harmful to wine, but sunlight and artificial lighting should also be avoided. Darkness is of equal importance to temperature in the storage of wine.
• Physically Storing Bottles - Bottles and cases should be stored or stacked on their sides to keep the corks moist, thus fully swollen and airtight, avoiding oxidation. Humidity is harmless to wine and may accompany cellars with low temperatures. So you always can see wine bottle normally stored as lanting position (horizontal)

Cheers!! Vineyard @ France