I’m looking for an easy solution to protect wine labels on some of my bottles in cellar. One of my older bottles of Madeira dripped onto another bottle below it (I know - I should probably be storing Madeira standing up), so this isn’t a rampant problem.
Does anyone know of a product made specifically for this? I figured an open-ended thin plastic bag/sleeve that would go over the bottle (leaving the top of the bottle exposed) would work best, but haven’t come across anything yet.
Occasionally old wines I’ve ordered from retailers come in bags. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.
That may prevent stains from seepage, but also encourage mold or deterioration from trapped moisture.
A merchant in Italy I know uses a clear plastic wrap on older wines, which I assume is a standard kitchen wrap. It seems to do a good job.
I use kitchen wrap occasionally and it works great. If you use bin storage it helps the wine from sliding/slipping and for wines im saving for my kids I figure it keeps the labels in great shape.
I use pallet shrink wrap on all the wine in my cellar. I have a roll sitting by the door for all new bottles.
Good quality Saran Wrap type product is the perfect thing.
Store your bottles in racks, labels down. Keeps the labels clean and if there is seepage from above, it hits the glass.
Instead of Saran Wrap, try those neat magnum-sized Mylar wine gift bags…in stock at Premier Cru.
Each one can hide…er, uh…protect up to $70MM of the rarest (virtually too good to be true) wines from moisture, light…and even adverse vibration toward the direction of pike-and-pitchfork customers.
Thanks for the input. I found some 4mil Poly bags online at a paper/plastic distributor (Paper Mart) that I’m going to try. If these don’t suit, looks like the Saran wrap is a great option.
I don’t use it on a bottles, but do for those with a potential destination to auction. Great stuff, holds much tighter than saran wrap and comes off just as easily.