Once you start making wine, you quickly become interested in storing it properly.   After all, when each wine kit makes anywhere from 25 to 30 bottles of wine, it is very possible to have a hundred bottles before you know it.  You will want to preserve your wine that you worked so hard to craft.  A Wine Cooler is a appliance that may be the answer to this need.

One popular way to store your wine bottles is the use of wine racks.  Wine racks come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, but they do not offer any control of temperature. If temperature is a concern, then you may want to consider a Wine Cooler.

Wine Coolers Like This One Store Wine At Optimum Tempratures

Temperature control is an important consideration for the storage of wine.  If wine is exposed for long periods of time in temperatures greater then 77 degrees according to Wikipedia, it can be ruined.   In addition, dramatic temperature swings can also degrade your wine.  Keeping wine at an ideal temperature without fluctuation can preserve the character and quality of your wine.

Wine Coolers are also referred to as Wine Refrigerators or Wine Cellars. They cool your wine to an optimal temperature for storage.  These specialized wine cellars are designed to preserve your wines and keep them at their best quality over periods of time.  These electrical refrigeration units come in various sizes to accommodate a wide array of wine bottles.

Wine Coolers – What are my options?

Some wine coolers are free standing, while others can be built into your kitchen cabinets, much like a dishwasher.   They are a stylish and beautiful way to display, preserve and store your wine.  But before choosing a wine cooler, you first want to ask yourself a few questions like:

• How many wine bottles to I plan on storing?
• What is the shape and size of the wine bottles?
• Do I plan on storing wines at different temperatures?
• Do I want to have a free standing Wine Cooler, or do I want to build my Wine Cellar into my furniture or kitchen?
• Do I just want a small countertop wine cooler?

Some wine coolers are single zone. This means that the entire unit is set to a single temperature.   Other wine coolers have dual temperature zones, to that you can set the temperature for storage of various types of wines.    For example, many people like their white wines chilled, where the reds closer to room temperature.

Here are a few popular Wine Coolers to consider:

Small Wine Coolers

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Avaniti 12 Bottle Wine Cooler	Haier 12-Bottle Dual Zone Curved Door with Smoked Glass Wine Cellar
Haier 8-Bottle Bottle Wine Cellar	HOMEIMAGE 8 Bottle Thermal Electric Wine Cooler

These small wine coolers are very popular.  They are considered countertop wine coolers and store a relatively small amount of bottles.  They work great and make great gifts for wine enthusiasts.   Many people place these units in either their kitchens or dining rooms.  Some of them are dual zones, while others are only one zone.   If you are a home wine maker, chances are you will want a wine cellar that is a little bit larger than the small units.   However, the convenience of having a smaller wine cooler like these is very nice.   Especially if you have a larger one in addition to these compact units.

The smaller wine cellars are also ideal for small apartments. I believe that some of them are also able to run in boats and campers, but if that is what you would want to do, I would research that based on your particular situation.

Medium Wine Coolers

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Danby 36 Bottle Freestanding Wine Cooler	NewAir AW-281E 28 Bottle Thermoelectric Wine Cooler
NewAir AW-181E Space Saver 18 Bottle Thermoelectric Wine Cooler, Stainless Steel	32 Bottle Dual Zone Thermoelectric Wine Cooler

There are larger wine coolers available, too. As the size of these wine coolers goes up, so does the price. (Surprise Surprise!) Depending on your actual needs, you may opt to get two or more medium sized wine cellars as opposed to one larger one.  It may actually cost you less to do so, and you will have the benefit of not having all of your eggs in one basket.

And example of a large wine cooler is here:

Liebherr WS17800 Freestanding 3 Zone TALL Wine Cabinet – 178 bottle capacity

This wine cellar, while excellent, costs around $5200.   You may be better of with a few smaller units that cost a fraction of the cost. It may be a better option to get two of these wine coolers:

Danby Designer 75 Bottle Freestanding Wine Cooler

This 75 bottle wine cooler costs $819 with free shipping.   One may be better off getting three of these wine cellars.  You would be able to store more bottles and save a few thousand dollars!  That would give you wine storage for 225 bottles of wine for less than half the price.

I think many folks would opt to have a combination of wine coolers and wine racks.   Hopefully, the wine racks are in rooms that have some kind of temperature stability.  I hope you have found this article on Wine Coolers informative and helpful.