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> "Anders Tørneskog" > wrote in message
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> > 45 makes for a slow development, 55 is a wee bit above optimal, but not
bad
> > at all.
>
> I wonder what people did before we had refrigeration? I have been in
> natural cellars, and it seems that the temperatures range between 55
> and 65F. Is long term storage at 45F a modern phenomena?
>
Hi
Do you speak of natural cellars in the southern U.S.? :-)
If we guess that the shibboleths of supposed favorable wine storage
conditions developed in Europe sometime during mid-late 19th/early 20th
century in Europe, the deep cellars of fine homes without central heating
probably were pretty cool all year round at that time.
The famous cache of wines discovered and sold from Glamis castle in Scotland
some 30 years ago had been stored at about 45F for about one hundred years
and the wines were in pristine condition, I've heard (did any bottle show
TCA, by the way?)
Anders