Wine Storage: What is the best humidity for storing wine?

Last week we examined the importance of storing wine at the correct temperature, so today it’s time to talk about humidity.

The risk of low humidity to the ageing of fine wine has been discussed by numerous oenologists and with temperature; humidity is one of the most vital factors to control when ageing fine wines.

Insufficient humidity (below 50%) causes the cork in the wine bottle to dry out and decrease in volume allowing the wine to escape around the cork and evaporate. Air then invades into the space the wine has left causing an uncontrolled oxidisation process

Alternatively, at humidity’s of above 80% the labels on wine bottles are prone to damage, which can have detrimental effects on the value of fine wine.

To prevent these issues from occurring all of our wine storage rooms are kept at humidity 60-70%.

If you would like to learn more about our wine storage options please feel free to contact us.