2. When You Buy More Than 1
Bottle Of Wine At A Time
You Need To Be Concerned
About How You Store Your
Wines
3. If You Store A Small Number
Of Bottles For A Short Time…
Consider A Small Wine Rack
4. As Your Wine Collection Grows
And You Store Bottles For A
Longer Period Of Time..
Consider A Small Wine
Refrigerator
5. Small Wine Refrigerators
Store wines at a
temperature that prevents
premature aging
Keep wines at the right
serving temperature
6. The 7 Most Important Factors
To Consider When Buying
A Small Wine Refrigerator
7. 1. Decide How You Will Use It
If you store good to high
quality wines for longer
periods of time at 55
degrees F
Get a refrigerator with
1 cooling zone
1
8. 1. Decide How You Will Use It
If you store wines for an
intermediate amount of
time at the right serving
temperature
Get a refrigerator with 1
2 cooling zones
• White Wine – 47 degrees
• Red Wine – 63 degrees 2
9. 2. Decide On A Budget
Small refrigerators start
around $50
Small wine refrigerators
start at $150
Plan on spending $250 to
$400
10. 3. Determine How Much Wine You
Need To Store
For 1 zone units how
much wine will you store
on a long term basis?
11. 3. Determine How Much Wine You
Need To Store
For 2 zone units how
much white wine and how
much red wine do you 6
drink? bottle
zone
Consider if you will need
equal size zones or 12
different size zones bottle
zone
12. 3. Determine How Much Wine You
Need To Store
It makes the most sense
to buy a refrigerator that
stores at least 18 bottles 6
bottle
zone
12
bottle
zone
13. 4. Determine Where You Will Put The
Refrigerator
• Counter top
• Built in
• Floor standing
Measure the space twice
to make sure the unit you
buy will fit
14. 5. Select Your Preferred Cooling
Technology
Compressor Cooling
• less expensive
• noisier
• more vibration
Vibration is bad for wine
storage because it
disturbs sediments in the
bottle
15. 5. Select Your Preferred Cooling
Technology
Thermoelectric Cooling
• no moving parts in cooling
• virtually no noise
• virtually no vibration
The preferred choice
16. 6. Look For Sliding Shelves And An
Interior Light
They make it easy to find the
particular bottle you want
without disturbing the wines
17. 7. Consider The Door Construction
Solid doors cool the best and
keep out ultraviolet light.
18. 7. Consider The Door Construction
Glass doors turn your
refrigerator into a decorative
conversation piece
19. Keeping These 7 Considerations In
Mind Will Ensure You Get A
Small Wine Refrigerator That Meets
Your Needs For Years To Come
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