Wine Refrigerators
Buying a wine refrigerator? Here are some buying considerations:
Questions and Answers About Wine Refrigerator:
What are the best selling wine refrigerators?
The top selling and highest rated wine refrigerators brands on Amazon are here.
Be sure to take a look at these brands:
Whynter
Sunpentown
NewAir
Frigidaire
Vinotemp
Haier
Avanti
Danby
What is the optimal size for a wine refrigerator?
As with any wine cooler, the first consideration before making a purchase is the size of your wine collection.
Is there a difference between a wine chiller and refrigerator?
Wine refrigerators or coolers are enclosed, temperature controlled, and usually have racks to hold the wine bottles. Wine chillers are open contraptions with a sleeve to encase the wine bottle for quick chilling before serving.
Is it okay to keep red wine in the refrigerator?
At what temperature do you store red wine in a wine refrigerator? Also what is the best way to store white?
Long term storage between 52 – 54 for both reds and whites. You can actually store both reds and whites together.
When preparing to serve, I stick the white in the fridge for about half hour to chill down to 41. For red bring it out and open it 30 min before serving to bring it up to around 62.
Maintaining a proper environment is important to having great tasting wine because too much fluctuation in humidity and temperature can cause both flavor and cork damage. If the cork becomes cracked, small amounts of air will creep into the bottle and ruin the wine.
Can I use a refrigerator as a wine cooler/cellar?
A refrigerator is too dry. You need some humidity to keep from drying out the corks.
Also, unless you are using the refrigerator only for wine (and thus adjusting the temperature), the standard 40 degrees F for food is too low to store wine. It can slow or inhibit maturation, and can precipitate tartrate crystals (although the latter doesn’t really hurt the wine).
Wine should be stored in a dark, quiet (free of vibration), 55 degree F, 60-70% humidity environment, with some air circulation. This enivronment should remain constant, not fluctuate.
Investing in a wine refrigerator makes sense for anyone who enjoys relaxing with a perfectly chilled glass of wine, hosting a party at home with friends, or takes wine collecting more seriously. Collecting and enjoying fine wine is certainly more pleasurable when your wine stays fresh and perfectly chilled!