| A wine refrigerator may seem like a frivolous | | | | and served at between 46-57 degrees. |
| expense that only rich people and "wine snobs" | | | | Champagne and sparkling wine should not be |
| would concern themselves with. But, in truth, if | | | | stored at all, but should be served at 43-47 |
| you enjoy entertaining and you enjoy wine, it can | | | | degrees-think of the ice bucket. |
| be a great addition to your home appliance | | | | Light red wines should be both stored in your |
| collection-especially if you are someone who likes | | | | refrigerator and served at 55 degrees. |
| to collect and serve vintage wines. A "wine cooler" | | | | Full-bodied wines should be stored at |
| as this refrigerator is sometimes called, keeps the | | | | temperatures below 55 degrees and served at |
| wine at an ideal storing and serving temperature. | | | | 59-66 degrees. |
| It is a lot less expensive and takes up a lot less | | | | What About A Wine Cellar? |
| space than a wine cellar, so it is affordable for | | | | A wine cellar is actually a room in your home that |
| even beginning wine enthusiasts. | | | | acts as a big refrigerator. It does not necessarily |
| Is It Different Than A Regular Refrigerator? | | | | have to be in the cellar, but it should be dark and |
| A wine refrigerator is different from your regular | | | | also it should have humidity. A wine refrigerator |
| refrigerator in many important ways. This is why | | | | does not provide the humidity for storing wine |
| many people choose to get a special refrigerator | | | | that a cellar does. The ultimate wine cellar will |
| for their wine. Your food refrigerator is kept at | | | | have different "climate zones" for different types |
| well below 50 degrees-this is well below the ideal | | | | of wine and when a connoisseur is storing and |
| temperature for storing wines. Also the | | | | serving wine he can bring a bottle from one zone |
| refrigerator in your home is opened and closed | | | | to another to prepare it for serving which you |
| several times each day which alters the | | | | cannot usually do with a wine refrigerator. |
| temperature many times which is bad for wine | | | | Although all of this may sound very appealing to |
| storage. A wine refrigerator maintains the | | | | some, it is very expensive to carry out. The |
| temperature at the perfect level for wine and it is | | | | construction of the cellar itself is expensive and |
| not opened and closed several times every day. | | | | unlike a wine refrigerator, you also need to have |
| Size | | | | the extra room in your home to build a cellar. The |
| When you are shopping for your first wine | | | | refrigerator is much easier to accommodate. |
| refrigerator you may wonder what size you | | | | Where To Purchase |
| should get. There are models which hold only six | | | | When you are ready to buy a refrigerator for |
| bottles and will fit nicely on your countertop, and | | | | your wine there are several places that you can |
| also models that hold twenty or more bottles and | | | | look to for purchase and also for information. You |
| would not fit on your countertop, but would allow | | | | can go online to a manufacturer's website and get |
| for different temperatures in the different | | | | particulars on different makes and models. Many |
| sections of the wine refrigerator for the different | | | | home improvement stores and appliance stores |
| types of wines. | | | | now offer wine coolers as part of their regular |
| Temperatures | | | | inventory. Comparison shop for size and storage |
| To guide you in what temperatures you should | | | | capability to find the cooler that will best suit your |
| store and serve wines here are some basic | | | | needs. Don't let a sales person talk you into |
| guidelines: | | | | something that you can't afford and don't need. |
| Blush, rose and dry white wines should be stored | | | | Once you have found your perfect cooler, |
| in your wine refrigerator at around 55 degrees | | | | celebrate with a glass of perfectly chilled wine. |