It was a relief when the Powis Road branch of Victoria Wine closed a few years ago; not because it was no good but because it used to upset me, every time I walked past, to see bottles of wine exposed in the front window to the afternoon sun. Exposure to heat and light will soon spoil wine. It’s something I worry about when I think of my own small collection of wine at home, even though it’s kept in an unheated north-facing room.

Conventional wisdom states that wine should be stored at between 10 and 15 degrees centigrade, in the dark. But does this matter when the wine is being kept for just a few months before being drunk? I’m not thinking of buying wine to lay down for ten or more years, just wine that you buy by the case and want to drink over the next few months.
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