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From Deborah Brown "I am pleased to present you with the latest edition of the DEBORAH BROWN TEAM NEWSLETTER, Fine Homes & Estates edition. The Fine Homes & Estates edition is designed to give you luxury real estate information that is important to you. In this issue you will find practical articles related to buying, selling and owning luxury properties, as well as the latest local real estate news. If I can be of any assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me." Inside This Issue
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Wine enthusiasts have always indulged their taste for the expensive hobby of wine collecting. Only now, it is trendy to not only own expensive wine, but to also harvest a personal vintage. However, the pursuit of a perfect wine from the backyard is a very time-consuming and costly pastime. When immersed in farming methods and plant diseases, the viticulturist soon discovers more challenges than profit in the production of wine. The oenophile (a collector of wine) prefers to acquire wine rather than cultivate it. This hobby has fewer complications but it is no less expensive. Storing a wine collection requires a great deal of knowledge and planning. Gone are the days of cobwebbed racks and dust covered bottles, today's wine collector has a variety of options available to help store their gilded_grapes. Extravagant tasting rooms equipped with climate control machinery regulating the temperature and humidity, free standing temperature controlled wine cabinets or custom racks that cradle each bottle are not only "in" but they are available in a wide array of designs and price ranges. The sky (and wallet) is the limit when it comes to wine cellar design. Environmental Impact The average basement has the right temperature and humidity for wine storage. Some wine experts feel a passive cellar, one that has no artificial cooling units and maintains the proper temperature and humidity range, is the best place to store wine. Optimum conditions to store wine are temperatures around 55 degrees and humidity readings between 60 and 70 percent. Be careful, as basement conditions can vary and heat causes wine to age quicker - conversely, cold conditions can stop the aging process. Along with the temperature issues, wine does not hold up to light, and vibrations. Furnaces, clothes dryers and lighting affect the cellar environment and can harm wine collections. |
