Monday, September 17, 2012

Guide to a Proper Wine Cellar Lighting

The lighting option of your wine cellar,  aside from humidity, vibration and temperature, is one of the most important that will determine the quality of your cellar condition as well as your wine collection, either hindering or helping achieve your desired result.

Not only does your wine’s ability to age well, bringing out its best bouquet or aromas, characteristics, flavors, and balance, depend on your management techniques of these factors, but also does your wine’s value, visual appeal and the marketability.


Improper lighting is known to have an adverse effect on the room temperature and consequently on the wine's quality and aging process, promoting premature aging of wine. It can also ruin wine labels as well as detract from the presentation of the wine bottles and the aesthetic of ornamental wine racks.

It is necessary to have a good light in order to stack and organize the wines properly, select the bottles you need, read labels properly and find your way through the wine storage. For commercial purposes, a proper lighting system will enable you to optimally showcase your wine collection to your prospective customers, enhancing the wines’ visual appeal and the marketability of your product.

That’s why the selection of wine cellar lighting must be done with utmost care. So, here are some tips on how you can manage wine cellar lighting well and avoid spoiling/destroying the quality of your wine collection.

To be functional and effective, make sure that your cellar lighting only emits as little heat as possible, while still adequately lighting the space. You can do this by making use of incandescent bulbs or other products which have UV protective coating as they produce less UV lights over fluorescent lights and prevent harmful UV damage to your wine.

You could also use a recessed halogen lighting system with a frosted, tempered glass lens. This can add a dramatic flair to your wine cellar. Use a system with a 12V/20W bulb and a polished aluminum reflector.

Also another ideal wine cellar light is the phantom linear strips. This type of lights can be mounted in many different positions that produce both direct and indirect cove lighting effects such as on the rear interior of the doorway of the wine cellar. From the concealed strips, light then shines back into the room, creating a luminance that appears to grow out of the corridor and intensify as it reaches the bottles. Also, this type of light can function as the main light source in smaller wine cellars and in bigger cellars can be used to make ambient wine cellar lighting that adds an essential element to romance, mystique, and relaxation.

Overall, you must pay close attention to the lighting of your cellar or even your wine fridges. Too much light can actually cause heat, which can stimulate your wine's stable organic compounds thus damaging your wine.


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