"Hurricanes Andrew, Katrina and Sandy ruined tens of millions of dollars worth of fine wine." Storm-fuelled ocean surges are equally damaging when they flood wine cellars, peeling off signature labels and seeping into corks. "A lot of these bottles survived World War One, World War Two," he said. In Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., a storage facility with wine lockers built to withstand 253-km/h winds has turned away 10 potential new customers in recent days because it is filled to capacity, said Drew Feinberg, sommelier at Store Self Storage & Wine Storage. The greatest risk to the wine was human consumption, the founder of the Virgin group of companies wrote on its website.

Source: CBC News September 07, 2017 17:04 UTC