Moving house

[tonym]

I have to move out to a new house and have to store my small wine cellar for about 6 weeks. I have about 50 bottles of white wine (chardonay ,reisling and a few saturnes) in a Vintec wine fridge which I have to empty and store. Will it hurt the wine for it to be boxed and bought back too room temp and stored for about 6 weeks till I move in to my new house the re stock it back to the wine fridge? I have not stored my reds in a wine fridge so there will be no change for them.

[mychurch]

Should be ok. If you are moving in the height of summer and you store them in front of a window that gets a lot of sun, then I'd be worried, but keeping them boxed up in the coldest room will not do them any harm.

Transporting in a van might be more of an issue. If you are travelling far and its being moved on a hot day, then temperatures inside can get pretty warm. I'd be moving them myself in that case during the evening.

[Chuck]

Should be ok. If you are moving in the height of summer and you store them in front of a window that gets a lot of sun, then I'd be worried, but keeping them boxed up in the coldest room will not do them any harm.

Transporting in a van might be more of an issue. If you are travelling far and its being moved on a hot day, then temperatures inside can get pretty warm. I'd be moving them myself in that case during the evening.

Yep, what he said. Screwcap wines are even better for storage at room temperature or warmer as an issue with cork is the cork is pushed out ever so slightly with warmth and then sucked back when cooling. This allow ingress of air which over time is a big killer of wines. Screwcap locks the door shut although there are some screwcaps designed to allow ingress of air to help hasten aging which is an issue with screwcaps.

[tonym]

thanks for the help, its only a short move but I have to wait for about 6 weeks as my house is sold and the new one not finished yet.

[A_Steady]

Where I live, depending on the time of the year, if I pull a bottle out of my wine fridge it can get lots of condensation on it, I have had a couple of paper labels crinkle up from it, and a Lamela label (wood) got a bubble under it - if I were doing what you, are I would turn the unit off a few days or a week or so before hand, so the bottles gradually come up to ambient in the fridge with the door shut, prior to transferring into boxes.

[Mike Hawkins]

Why don’t you set your fridge up temporarily at someone’s place and then put them back in until you actually move?

[TiggerK]

Why don’t you set your fridge up temporarily at someone’s place and then put them back in until you actually move?

This. Phone a friend! Free bottle of wine to cover the power cost.

Avoid the feeling on a really hot day of stressing that your precious liquid babies aren't safely tucked away at 12C.