The popular school of through suggests that it is good for wine if the bottle is stored horizontally. The cork remains damp this way, thus, restricting the air from entering through the cork and changing the flavor of wine. However, the distance between the cork and the air bubble causes expansion and contraction of the air bubble. When temperatures rise, the bubble expands; resulting in the wine being forced out between the cork and the bottle-neck. Have you observed the sugary deposits at the neck of the bottle? These are a result of such expansion; thus, affecting the taste of wine. Similarly, when temperatures drop, the bubble contracts, thus, create vacuum in the bottle. It then draws oxygen into the bottle. High levels of oxygen affect the taste of wine adversely.
Therefore, where temperature fluctuations are significant, it is best to keep the bottle of wine at a tilted angle in a way that the wine and air bubble both are in contact with the cork. Not only will the cork be damp, but any temperature variation will cause a change in air and not the wine.
Heating speeds up the ageing process of wine. However, wine tastes best when aged slowly. So, temperature fluctuations are certainly a big “No”.
So, to keep your wine best in a
wine box, store it at an angle, so as to keep the cork damp and air bubble in contact with the cork.
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