Myth #1: A great place to store your wine is in the kitchen.
When I walk into a friend’s kitchen and see the wine rack on their counter or above the fridge, my palms begin to get clammy. I try not to offer unsolicited advice, but in this instance I usually can’t help myself.
While there may not be a handier place to store wine than in the kitchen, it is the vinous equivalent of storing tomatoes in the fridge (this doesn’t apply if your wine is stored in a temperature-controlled wine fridge).
The biggest enemies of wine are heat, light and vibration—daily occurrences in any well-used kitchen. If you don’t have a wine fridge, the best place to store wine is in a dark closet away from direct heat or in a basement, if you are lucky enough to have one.