118 THE AMERICAN VINE-DRESSER'S GUIDE. 

 OF WAREHOUSES AND CELLARS. 



IN temperate climates, wines may be kept, 

 especially daring the first years, in very cool 

 warehouses ; indeed, the latter are more suit- 

 able than cellars for young wines, on condition 

 that too much air be not admitted into them. 

 But in very warm or very cold countries, cel- 

 lars are absolutely necessary. The latter, 

 though cool, must not be too damp, nor 

 should the air be renewed in them, except 

 when unavoidable. The thicker the roof is, 

 the more suitable the cellar will be. In ex- 

 tremely cold weather, the outlets should be 

 plugged with manure, and in very hot weath- 

 er they should be opened as seldom as possible, 

 in order to keep up an almost uniform tem- 

 perature. The casks are to be placed in hori- 

 zontal rows, and, when the wines are new, not 

 placed one upon another. As soon as the 

 bungs may be placed at the side, you can pile 

 up four or five upon each other. 



