| There is a significant difference among the | | | | control, no matter what their advertisements |
| refrigerated cellars and the small wine bottle | | | | might claim. Some people have actually tried to |
| refrigerators you purchase to place in your | | | | use these unreliable methods, but none of the |
| kitchen. Because a real wine cellar is usually very | | | | manufacturers have really solved the problem of |
| deep underground and stays cool naturally, it | | | | humidity yet. A wine cabinet with a clear glass |
| probably won't need to be refrigerated. A wine | | | | door exposes your wine to damage. Even though |
| cellar has better light, humidity, and temperature | | | | it is very attractive, it is not a good idea. In |
| control than a wine fridge, regardless of whether | | | | particular, white wines will deteriorate if you try to |
| or not it is artificially cooled. You can keep your | | | | store them in clear bottles. If you keep your wine |
| wine table-ready for several months in a wine | | | | in a refrigerator that has a clear glass door, it will |
| bottle refrigerator; however, if you want to store | | | | be damaged by UV rays quite rapidly. It is |
| your wine for a long time or age fine wine, this is | | | | important to have a tinted door on your wine |
| not a good choice. | | | | fridge. It must block out UV light. |
| When you are looking for a wine storage cooler, | | | | Review sites such as modernwinecellar will tell you |
| keep temperature foremost in your mind. There | | | | that keeping wine in a wine refrigerator can cause |
| are two ways to cool, the compressor method | | | | problems. That is why they strongly recommend |
| and the thermoelectric method. Thermoelectric | | | | the use of a real wine cellar. You can keep wine in |
| refrigerators have few problems with vibration | | | | a real wine cellar for a very long time; however, |
| and keep temperatures that are more consistent | | | | you can only keep wine in a wine refrigerator for |
| because they do not have moving parts. | | | | up to a year. This appliance is only intended for |
| However, compressor based wine bottle | | | | short term storage and has a life of about 5 |
| refrigerator models actually cool better. When the | | | | years, so this is very good advice. Wine bottle |
| compressor cycles up and down, the temperature | | | | refrigerators are a great short-term solution for |
| internally fluctuates also. Because of temperature | | | | keeping wine handy and ready to drink. If you |
| concerns, neither is exactly right. | | | | want long-term storage, you can't beat a real |
| Wine bottle refrigerators simply do not hold a | | | | wine cellar. |
| candle to wine cellars when it comes to humidity | | | | |