"dick" > wrote:

> Wine laying down in my cellar is rarely disturbed. Someone
> acquainted to the wine business said I should be turning my
> bottles.

Total rubbish, another urban legend that seems to be unable to
die.

> Does anyone here actually turn bottles anymore that are in long
> term cellaring?

Nobody. Nor in short term cellaring, btw.

> Granted sometimes the sediment is collected on one side of my
> bottles after a number of years but that never seemed to bother
> me or the taste of the wine.

Sediment tastes bitter, and having it collected always on the same
place, i.e. on the opposite side of the label, just proves how
ridiculous the story of "turning bottles" is.

M.