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Wine Refrigerators

A wine refrigerator is a good investment, particularly if you are a wine afficionado, and or have a bar setting in your basement or outdoor kitchen its going to be a real step saver.
There are just a few things that you will need to consider prior to purchasing one, particularly if the wine will be staying inside it for more than a few days or a week at a time.

A better quality wine storage unit, holding about 30 bottles
A better quality wine storage unit, holding about 30 bottles

One of those considerations will be if you want to store red wines, white wines or both.
Each type wine has its own specific temperature requirement. Many people prefer one over the other, although there are people who like them both equally. Those who prefer one variety, will know well what temperature it is at its best in, and note the difference if you serve it or store it above or below that temperature.

Keep in mind the number of bottles you may be storing at any given time.
If its one or two then a smaller model will suit you fine, but most people, when beginning a wine setup in their homes will begin with about twenty bottles.

You can purchase a wine refrigerator which will offer you the luxury of two separate compartments, one for each variety of wine and will accommodate both of them with ease although they are a bit more costly of course for the purchase.

** When buying your cooler or refrigerator, check to be certain it closes well and has good quality insulation. Check it with a thermometer to assure that it keeps the wine at the correct temperature for any given setting.

Try to lways enquire on the specified ambient temperature that it will maintain in the separate compartments if your purchase will be one which houses more than one variety of wine and check the glass sections to be certain they are of a higher, shatter proof quality.

One of the dual storage variety of coolers
One of the dual storage variety of coolers

The Wine Cellar offers this advice as well:
If you plan to store high quality wines for long periods of time – it is always better to ensure that the refrigerator has a built in vibration controller so that the normal sediments in fine aged wines can settle as they are meant to.