Category Archives: Fine Wine Storage

A major study is under way to analyse the ageing of wine beneath the sea. The Basque Country University is making use of aquatic cameras and monthly checks by divers to track the wine’s evolution on the seabed off the … Continue reading →

With the snow and freezing temperatures we have been suffering here in the UK with I thought it timely to write about protecting your wine. I heard a horror story recently from a friend where wine froze in his back … Continue reading →

Ivan Simonic, a Slovenian winemaker, hopes to create a purpose-built deep sea wine cellar on the Adriatic sea floor. Simonic retrieved 600 bottles that he laid down on the sea bed six months ago in clay-made amphorae and if it … Continue reading →

I have written about weird and wonderful places to store your wine in the past – from the sea bed to caves – but storing your wine properly is a serious subject. If your wine isn’t cellared correctly then it … Continue reading →

Johnny Depp’s new movie, Sweeney Todd, opened on 25th January to a rapturous welcome and not surprisingly so. Tim Burton’s macabre musical picked up a Golden Globe at the 65th Award ceremony, and Depp picked up Best Actor. Depp has … Continue reading →

The fine wine market is growing. It’s worth £500 million a year in the UK and a sizeable part of that goes straight into the cellar. Decanter reported in January that investing in wine is bigger business than it ever … Continue reading →