Hi guys,
I’m kinda new to this forum but I got a question straight away about cellar conditions!
Recently we’ve bought an old farmhouse dating back from 1890. It has a small 3m x 4m cellar where I want to keep my wines.
Our farm is located in Holland, below sea level, which makes it challenging to keep the water out, our cellar is no exception. Everytime it rains there is a little bit of water on the cellar floor, not much, maybe half an inch/1,2cm at most. It’s usually gone within 1 or 2 days. This is on the list of things we have to fix.
What concerns me most is the somewhat black mold that has build up on one of the walls (the one suffering the most from the water). It smells like… well, like corked wine really.
Today I’ve cleaned the whole wall with disinfectant and to keep any more mold from growing I’ve placed a de-humidifier in the cellar, this will keep it around 60% humidity. This is a temporary solution, we obviously want to completely seal the cellar, but until then…
My question is; is it safe to keep some wines in the cellar at this point? Considering the mold (that’s hopefully gone now) and the de-humidifier. And if you have a possible solution to water coming in the cellar, I’d love to hear that too… eventhough this is a wine- and not a DIY forum
Thanks guys!
Julian