When to store wine on it's side.

[onslowthegunner]

Just started making wine (cantino red)- as I intend to cork, do I stand bottles upright for a week or so and then lay down. Also, do I seal bottles straight away or leave for a while.

 

[graysalchemy]

I used to seal them straight away and lay them on their sides so as the corks don't dry out. :thumb:

 

[fermentall]

Most people let them stand upright for a week or so them lay them in racks : ken.

 

[BrewDan]

Whenever I bottle wine, I cork them, and leave them to stand upright for a day or two, then I stick a shrink wrap on them and store them on their sides.

I seem to remember reading leaving them to stand upright after corking, will allow any gas to escape before sticking it on its side.

To date I have not really had any problems, other than when I first started wine making a few years ago. I used to bottle too early, this left me with cloudy wines and some of the corks used to start to bulge out of the bottles

Good luck

 

[oldbloke]

I've been sticking them on their sides in the rack straight away, but after reading the above I think i'll start giving them a couple of upright days first.

 

[oldjiver]

Bottles that havent finished fermenting, stored on their side, in a wine rack in the kitchen will give quite a big area of coverage when they go off (my friend tells me!)

 

[oogaboogachief]

The idea of letting stand upright for a few days is to let the air you compress into the bottle from corking to escape. I read where it only works if it is a natural cork. Mike