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Originally Posted by Hollyshiit
^ thank you all for the wonderfull inputs!
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No problem, one more tip, store the bottles lying on the side, so the corks don't get dried up, less likely for the wine to leak.
How to tell if a wine has gone bad? Lower fill, which means some liquid from the bottle has evaporated, i.e. too much oxidation as the bottle is not air tight anymore. Bottles with abnormally low fill will command much less in auctions and have to be disclosed in auction catalogues. Of course, it is perfectly normal for older wine to have a lower fill, just keep in mind, the higher the fill, or sometimes called the ullage, the better.
Screw caps don't have this problem as they're pretty air tight. They are fairly new in the game so screw top bottles may have this new problem, they may mature too slowly.
It also doesn't really matter whether you store the sparkling on the side or upright as they're pressurized. Most importantly, constant temperature at aroud 14C.