This includes mold on all your wine corks hence.
Humidity controlled wine storage.
Wine storage humidity and wine cellar cooling systems importance of wine cellar humidity.
Even when bottles are stored on their side corks will dry out if the humidity level is too low.
Don t forget about high humidity and the issues it brings.
Storage humidity levels should ideally stay between 50 to 70 not much higher nor lower.
Relative humidity rh is the percentage of vapor in the air at a given temperature.
Too high and you risk mold or mildew growth damaging your labels as well as corks.
Your entire wine collection could ruin and turn into a major business disaster.
Excessive humidity does not affect the wine however.
The relative humidity level in your wine storage space should range between 50 70.
Florida has a constant 50 70 humidity so i am able to simply recycle this humidity in the room or use a drip pan that catches water keeping it in the room.
When it s too high mold can form and bottle labels will be ruined.
Consider your environment and ensure the cooling system with the capacity to maintain the ideal conditions.
A wine cellar cooling system should be designed to control temperature and humidity in order to preserve your wine collection.
Winemaking has long been more of an art than a science as wineries look for the perfect combination of grapes processing aging and storing to make the best wine possible.
How to measure humidity in a wine cellar.
Passive control is only recommended when your wine room is in a tropical or semi tropical high humidity environment.