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What UT said - the moisture is to preserve the corks, but that is not as much an issue with a lot of the companies going with synthetic and or having the bottles properly tilted. Put a thermometer down there and track it a bit. Unless you are storing some really expensive wines you should be fine.

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

... You want trophy bottles? ...
http://cellar.org/2008/cellarwine1.jpg

How many hands do you have?

Nice stock of bottles. - Yes, the stock tends to overflow the available rack space.

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot (Post 495739)

Sriveyn, I'm curious about the temperature of your cellar. Is it constant year round or does it fluctuate as you move from summer into heating season? Ours is where our boiler sits and is considered "semi-conditioned space" It is a bit warmer in the winter than it would be if it were not home to the boiler, but it isn't heated so to speak.

Temperatures are well above outside in winter and well below in summer. Maybe 10C in winter and 15C in summer, but not sure if I remember correctly. I haven't measured humidity, but there is a dry earth floor and corks are keeping well.
As you and UT mentioned, the main thing is that temperatures don't undergo shortterm changes.

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Originally Posted by monster (Post 495751)

Sind Sie Deutsch?

Yep, that's me

the good stuff is on the bottom shelf

and I had a bottle of this the other day
Lamuri Tasca d'Almerita Nero d'Avola
OMG! I'm loving watching the Euro drop!:D

Oh and here's my own personal cellar

http://cellar.org/2008/emptycellar.jpg

This is what many years of no spare cash will do to a cellar. Seven years ago this was full :sniff:

Our "cellar" is in the kitchen pantry and never has more than 3-4 bottles in it. High turnover. We like our wine to be nice and fresh.

No cellars on the GA coast. Dig down about 15 inches and you have standing water.

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Originally Posted by glatt (Post 495922)

Our "cellar" is in the kitchen pantry and never has more than 3-4 bottles in it. High turnover. We like our wine to be nice and fresh.

Our cellar is the top of a cabinet in the dining room. All of the wine that is there has been given to us over past holidays and we weren't able to serve or regift it to others.

We do have a basement though. It's old and scary.

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Originally Posted by jinx (Post 495945)

We do have a basement though. It's old and scary.

We have a basement that is old and scary too. Probably not as old as yours.