supermarket they are standing up?
2006-09-26 05:58:02 · 11 answers · asked by lasalle_1986 4 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
Well a lot of wine has cork in it. And the cork will dry out and crack when you try to open it. So you lay it at an angle where the cork stays moist. But now adays the wine bottles have a lot of rubber corks.
2006-09-26 06:00:26 · answer #1 · answered by Ben H 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wine is known to be stored for long periods of time at home and given enough time the cork becomes dry and does not provide a seal for the wine. It is not expected to stay on a retail shelf for long so there isn't fear of dry cork. You should notice in a wine shop that the nicer bottles are down. I do not think there is a reason to lay down bottles with synthetic corks.
2006-09-26 06:02:58 · answer #2 · answered by c.arsenault 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The retail store has them standing up because it is efficient shelf management and they hope the wine will sell through and turn fast so they can recoup their return on investment. At home, you may be keeping the wine for a longer period of time and you would want to keep the cork moist to prevent oxidation.
2006-09-26 10:06:48 · answer #3 · answered by Groucho 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are not supposed to lay wine on it's side, if you do that eventually the cork will soak and the wine will leak and possibly since the cork is soaked all the way though the wine can become infected. Sort of on it's side perhaps a 5 degree incline, so that the back of the cork stays wet...but not enough to soak the whole cork
2006-09-26 07:03:21 · answer #4 · answered by manx4080 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason is to keep the cork moist. If the cork dries out, the seal is destroyed and germs and bacteria can get into the wine causing it to go bad.
Many wineries have changed to rubber-type corks to avoid this. This allows for the shipping and storing of wine bottles upright.
Below is a site if you want to see the different types of corks available and when they would be used.
2006-09-26 06:11:03 · answer #5 · answered by kittysmile 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are keeping it for a long time, it is best to keep it laying down. That is because some wines like the France wines do have resinated in them. So once a few week, the wine is turn to keep them in play. But when you buy wines now-a-days, you could just open it there and then and enjoy it. So drink it and not keep it. Happy Drinking....
2006-09-26 07:21:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You only have to do this if you aren't going to drink it right away. It will keep the cork moist so it won't crack into the bottle and you can get it out (had one that apparently wasn't on it's side and the cork stuck to the sides of the bottle hard to open) If you are planning on opening it up the same day or the next day after purchase I wouldn't bother.
2006-09-26 09:14:29 · answer #7 · answered by kna0831 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because wine sells quickly from shops, compared to the length of time you keep it in your house. In my hotel we store it laying down too to keep the cork moist so that when we serve it at a table, the cork doesn't snap.
2006-09-26 08:58:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The store is not expected to have it one the shelves for too long, but at home, you want to keep the cork moist
2006-09-26 06:00:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When on it's side it keeps the cork moist
therefore it seals it better for long time storage
2006-09-26 06:01:41 · answer #10 · answered by Tom S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋