The challenge to preserve wine...

With the excitement of discovering these wonderful wines came the challenge of "where do I store all these wines?", and, more importantly, "how do I do so, without downgrading their quality?"
Till that time, I had never bought more than 2-3 bottles at a time, and I had not really paid a premium price for wines--didn't have the cash and couldn't distinguish low priced wines from expensive ones. Now all of a sudden, I was confronting with the challenge of having a large quantity, medium to high-priced wines in need of a proper home.
The solution to my dilemma wasn't very far. Under the stairs leading to the half-basement of my house there was an underutilized space where I built my first wine storage area. There in a cool and dark environment I could store horizontally most of my wines. I was happy to have found a decent home for my wines, but also excited about this new found hobby. I would go down the stairs and look at the bottles in their rows and columns and dream of having a real wine cellar some day…