Every wine collector may not have the luxury of constructing a wine cellar that is likely to end up on the list of great Wonders of the World. Wine cellars and wine cellaring solutions can be very simple. They do not all need to be as elaborate as the wine tower at the Aureole Las Vegas restaurant. This wine tower is over 42 feet tall, glass enclosed, and feature ‘wine angels’ using acrobatics to retrieve bottles of wine based on the requests of diners.

For those collectors looking for a simple solution for wine storage, below are a few suggestions that will get the job done just as well, only with fewer bells and whistles.

Wine cabinets

Wine cabinets are a great way to store wines for private and even small scale commercial use.  Wine cabinets are economical and can store as little as 60 bottles of wine, to hundreds of bottles. Kitchener, a wine cabinet distributor in Australia, retails cabinets with a capacity of 250 bottles for approximately $2,800. Another distributor EuroCave offers for the same price, French made wine cabinets with a capacity of 48 bottles.

The beauty about wine cabinets is that they not only keep the wine bottles safe in individual slots, but they can easily blend into the decor of a room and are programmable to control temperature and humidity. Unlike other pieces of furniture however, wine cabinets may not be easy offload at a yard sale.

Wine refrigerators

Another alternative to building a wine cellar is the use of a wine refrigerator. Wine refrigerators are very compact and can be stored in the basement or the garage. Since standard refrigerators were not built to properly store wine bottles, a dedicated wine refrigerator is a must-have for the wine collector who is not able to invest in a wine cellar. Prices range from $100 to thousands of dollars depending on the capacity.

Dual zone wine refrigerators tend to be more expensive than regular wine refrigerators, and for individuals storing both white and red wines, a single zone refrigerator may not be the best solution. As the name implies this type of wine cellar has two controllers for both humidity and temperature, allowing you to store white wines and red wines better. The whites are usually placed on lower racks and the reds on top. Design and size fit your space and LED lights provide just enough illumination for you to retrieve bottles.

Under-counter wine coolers offer more affordable solutions for wine storage, particularly if there are less wine bottles to store or if the wine will be consumed shortly after storing. Limited space does not mean that you cannot store wines. If you have extra space under your counter you can buy one that will fit the space you have. There are under-the counter cellars that have multiple temperature controls for different types of wines, with racks of varied sizes for different bottles. This type of wine cellar can hold from 4 to 50 bottles.

Basement and underground wine cellars

A basement wine cellar is one of the best options if you have space in your home. It is below ground, the floor is firm and stable. It is shielded from temperature changes above ground and can be kept off-limits to most family members. It can be customized to any size and equipped with an active cooling system to keep temperature and humidity constant.

Storing wines in an underground wine cellar may be the best option if you live in a cool region, since the temperature will be constant, without installing additional equipment and taking advantage of passive cooling conditions. Of course you still have to see to it that the flooring is moisture-resistant ad the walls are insulated to keep the temperature at a constant 55 degrees Fahrenheit and the humidity level at about 67 percent.

A basement of approximately 25 square meters can be built out into a basement wine cellar to accommodate 500 bottles of wines for just over US$13,000.

Not every wine collector will have the basement space available, or the financial resources to do the wine cellar build-out. In this case, a wine cabinet or wine refrigerator may be the best solution.

Spiral wine cellars

Spiral wine cellars are phenomenal. They are arguably the easiest and most economical wine cellaring solution.  The spiral wine cellar is a pre-cast cylindrical structure that is literally submerged into an opening in the ground. The spiral wine cellar may be sunken into the floor of almost any room in the house, even the kitchen. These cellars are versatile and can be easily incorporated into a new property or integrated into the ground floor of an existing property.

For those with very limited space, a spiral wine cellar may be a good option is you have a lower level in your home and you have a wooden floor on the upper floor so you can construct a trap door. The spiral wine cellar looks like a tight spiral staircase where the racks are constructed on what’s supposed to be the spaces between the steps. This is a clever idea to store up to 1,600 bottles of wine in a space that looks like a deep, wide tube where ideal active temperature and humidity levels can still be maintained. Unlike wine cabinets and wine refrigerators, spiral wine cellars are not movable.

Off-site wine storage

Off-site wine storage involves storing wine at a location specifically designed for that purpose. Choosing this option saves the wine owner the trouble of having to spend exorbitant amounts to build and maintain a wine cellar. If you absolutely have no space at home to store your wines you can opt to contract with an off-site wine storage service. The service provider has the right wine storage facility that will keep your wine, keep an inventory and give you a report. They will deliver your wines when you need them. Some have the facility so you an access your own wine inventory online and some will provide you with insurance for your high-quality wines.

On the flip side, using off-site storage solutions will come with fees to access the storage facility and insurance related fees. As a trade off, the owner has to give up the right to have access to the wine collection any time of the day or night, since the off-site storage is likely to operate with certain restrictions.

Regardless of the choice of wine storage solution, under the perfect conditions, the wines will be preserved and the wine collector’s investment protected.

Wine cellar racks are the most common storage facilities for a wine collection. One of the reasons is that racks are cheaper, more flexible, and can hold a continuously growing collection of wines.

Besides flexibility and practicality, wine cellar racks are intended to hold wine bottles in a lying and angled position to preserve the taste of aging wines. With that position, wine bottles can endlessly keep the cork moist and prevent it from drying. A dried cork easily chips out, destroying the taste, aroma, and overall quality of aging wines.

Wine cellar racks vary widely on materials used, design, size, and capacity.

They are typically added in an existing wine cellar with its own humidity and temperature controller. The room has to have the ideal environment to keep the wines so that the wine cellar racks can also effectively do their main goal.

The temperature runs from 50F to 57F. As a general rule, this temperature is adjusted to mimic the temperature of caves in France, where the best wines in the world are kept. This temperature range is perfect whether for a short-term of long-term storage. Meanwhile, humidity for wine cellar racks should be maintained at 70%.

Size and Capacity of Wine Racks

Wine cellar racks can hold from one to up to thousands of wine bottles. The 4-bottle wine rack is usually used as a display item on top of another furniture piece like a table. The thousand-bottle capacity of wine cellar is typically custom-made. But the market carries wine cellar racks with up to about 400-bottle capacity.

The wine cellar racks’ bottle capacity is among the price determinants. A 3-bottle wine rack costs around $12 while a 384-bottle capacity is about $1,020.

Best Wine Racks

When choosing wine racks, it is important to always consider the size of wine bottles that can fit into each section. Most wine cellar racks are made for the common 750ml bottle. The design also varies widely – form the basic cube-like racks to the more sophisticated designs.

Another price determinant is the material used for the wine cellar racks. Wood, metal, wrought iron, and stainless steel are mostly used. Among these, wood is the easiest and also the cheapest while other materials are hard to make and typically incur higher price.

Although cheaper, what makes the wine collectors hesitant about a wooden wine rack is that the wood’s smell can penetrate into the bottle through the cork. Other materials are great replacements especially if the collector wants to preserve the wine’s taste.

Among the most recognized brands of wine cellar racks are Oenophilia, SEI, IKEA, Vintage View, Blomus, Florenz, and Perfect Fagerland.

Wine cabinets, like the usual cabinets, are box-like furniture pieces that were made to keep valuable items. In this case, these valuable items are bottles of wine. Wine cabinets vary in designs and features. But they can generally be categorized into passive and active wine cabinets.

Passive Wine Cabinets

Passive wine storage simply implies that there is no temperature-control used to store and cellar the wine. The passive wine cabinet is similar to a basic cloth cabinet. It is typically made of wood with transparent or non-transparent door and can hold about 24 bottles of wine. It is priced at $150 for a 24-bottle wine cabinet, which is about 38x13x19 inches. The larger the cabinet is, the more wines can be kept, but the more expensive it becomes.

There are still other factors that affect the price like the material used and other wine cabinet features. Steel, metals, and hardwood are typically costlier than veneers and softwoods. The basic enclosed cabinet is also much cheaper compared to a cabinet with the same bottle capacity but has additional features like drawers for wine accessories and wine glass rack.

Since the basic wine cabinets are passive, they should be stored in a dark room with the ideal temperature and humidity. They can be the best choice if the collector already has a room for a wine collection. It’s also a good choice for keeping consumable wines.

Active/Refrigerated Wine Cabinets

Another type of wine cabinets that are gaining more attention today is the active wine cabinets. This type works like a wine refrigerator only that it is better than the usual fridge.

A wine refrigerator or cooler is used only for consumable wines while the passive wine cabinets are specially made for valuable wine collections. Their temperature and humidity inside can be adjusted to the most accurate settings. The most ideal, however, is for the temperature to run from 55 to up to 57 degrees Fahrenheit and for the humidity to be from 50% to 70%.

Although with advanced features, the active wine cabinets are still using the same elegant materials and designs as the passive cabinets. They are hard to distinguish from the traditional wine cabinets without seeing the touch-on temperature-and-humidity control panel.

Active wine cabinets are rarely seen with 24 or lesser bottle capacity. Some can even go as much as holding 2,500 bottles.

With advanced features, the active wine cabinets are expected to have much higher price than the passive cabinets. A wine cabinet with 170-bottle capacity and 72x31x29 inches is typically priced at almost $5,000.

Whether passive or active, all of the wine cabinets have to be put in a stable and dark location. Among the best brands of wine cabinets are Marvel, Haier, Danby, Avanti, Le Cache, Vinoteque, and Howard Miller.

An off-site wine storage, as the name implies, is a storage facility that is located away from the wine collector. This is a separate facility from his house or any of his property. It is, therefore, a rented space, only that instead of people or other things, wines are being kept.

There are two general types of an off-site wine storage. One is the self-service locker and the other is a full-service facility.

Self-Service Off-Site Wine Storage

A self-service off-site wine storage is similar to renting a space for the wine collection. The rate is mostly based on how many bottles a space can hold. It is paid per block of that space; for example, $50 for a 50-bottle storage capacity every month. The fee never changes whether the renter has used up all of the space or not.

The self-service facility is more common because of its convenience to the provider and the renter. It offers privacy, as only the renter can get access to the rented space. Wines are secured by the renter’s fingerprint, selected secret code, a specialized key, or a combination of two or all of these security methods.

Full-Service Off-Site Wine Storage

Meanwhile, the full-service facility is a shared off-site wine storage. It is maintained and accessed by all renters who have wine deposits in the facility. Therefore, it is not a separate space like how the other type is set up. But the advantage of full-service is that it is paid not per space but per case.

Although more expensive, the self-service off-site wine storage enjoys more additional features than the full-service. For instance, self-service allows control of humidity and temperature while the full-service maintains their set standard refrigeration, which is typically the ideal for most wines in the specific region.

Generally though, all of the off-site wine storage providers offer the basic services that are extremely needed for wine storing like dark rooms, enclosed space, and stable location. Providers only differ on how better the offered basic services are like how dark the rooms are, how enclosed the spaces are, and how stable the location is.

Since services widely differ, it is the job of the wine collector to select an off-site wine storage that offers the most ideal condition and location for his wine collection. The reputation of the facility must be highly considered especially that they will be keeping highly valuable investments.

What makes an off-site wine storage the best for every wine collector is that it can be an extended space for keeping more wines for a short or long period of time. In one way or another, every wine collector will need a special facility like that.

Wine refrigerators are ideal for wine lovers who are into collecting vintage wines and serving them as well. They function to maintain the temperature of wine whether during storage or when serving to guests. They are much cheaper than building wine cellars and do not need as much space, making them ideal even for those who are just starting out. They also have marked differences from a standard refrigerator, which is the reason why most people will opt to own them specifically for their wine storage. While the average refrigerator goes through a series of opening and closing during the course of the day, a process that is detrimental to wine, wine cellar refrigerators are able to maintain the correct temperature ideal for wine storage as they are not subjected to opening and shutting numerous times in a day.

Additionally, wine fridges offer various temperatures for the different kinds of wines on each of their sections. A wine refrigerator basically duplicates a wine cellar’s specific conditions that include the 4 important elements in perfect wine storage. These include the proper temperature, the humidity factor, darkness, and the absence of vibration.

Size and Capacity of Wine Refrigerators

There are some models that can only accommodate 6 bottles and can simply be placed on top of a kitchen counter, while others could hold a lot more than that, though they would require additional space.

Best Conditions for a Wine Refrigerator

When purchasing a wine refrigerator, it is important to look for certain important features. First of all, it must be sturdy and well built. It must also be easy to maintain and clean, inside and out. The controls located on the interior of the refrigerator must be water-resistant. It should also be free from vibrations, which means that the wine refrigerator must feature thermoelectric cooling. Close inspection of controls for temperature as well as humidity must be done to ensure that they are accurate. Proper air circulation within the unit is another important factor. Should a wine refrigerator have glass doors, they must either be thermal or tinted to keep wine from being exposed to sunlight. Another thing to look at is the kind of insulation built into the unit. Fiberglass insulation is not recommended as it absorbs moisture and can cause problems later on. Instead, it is best to opt for a unit with a firm type of foam insulation for better storage.

Best Wine Refrigerators

The prices of wine cellar refrigerators vary, and the particular choice one makes depends entirely on personal requirements. For wine refrigerators that can hold up to 20 bottles, the usual price range runs from $200 up to $300. For those that can accommodate about 60 bottles, the going rate is about $1,000. One can expect to pay $2000 and more for units that are able to hold 100 to 500 bottles. Shopping for a wine refrigerator is not a difficult task as there are several sources to look into for purchasing a suitable one. Browsing through the internet can provide buyers with different websites on wine refrigerator manufacturers. From here, information can also be gotten regarding different models and designs. Appliance centers and home improvement stores are places to go to as well. The important thing is to make sure that the wine refrigerator chosen has all of the requirements needed for the best wine storage conditions, and offers good value for money spent.

Wine cellars that are built above ground that hold more than 500 wine bottles are often called wine rooms. The temperature of wine rooms needs to be monitored closely since any drop or fluctuation in temperature will spoil the wine. And for wine aficionados who love to collect and drink fine wines, it is of utmost importance to be able to store their collection appropriately.

Great-looking and well-appointed wine rooms take center stage in wine connoisseurs’ homes, with the right wine racks, temperature control units and other accessories that can make them double as walk-in tasting rooms. A perfect wine storage will allow the wines to be in their perfect environment – where lights are subdued, heat is absent and humidity level is constant. Building a wine room requires knowledge of some basic steps, careful planning and quite a sizeable budget, but the result can be fantastic.

Best Conditions for Wine Rooms

The most ideal location is your basement because the flooring is very firm and even. The temperature in the basement is better suited, with some modifications for a sizeable wine room. If you are living in a large house you can designate an area or a small room in your house as a wine room. Actually the size will depend on how many wine bottles you have in your collection and your plans for expansion or if you plan to use the cellar as a wine tasting room, too.

How to Build and Install a Wine Room

Insulation is essential in wine rooms to see to it that the temperature is maintained and humidity is at the right level. The inner walls should be insulated using R11 while the outside walls must be insulated using R19 insulating material. If you will be using your basement, you also have to create a vapor barrier with 6 millimeter-thick polyethylene plastic and apply concrete sealant for the basement flooring. Carpeting is not advisable in rooms you will use as wine storage areas.

Even if you are using your basement or a room in your house, you will have to replace the door of the wine room. It should be airtight, made of solid material and well-insulated to make sure that the cool temperature inside does not escape. There should be a lock on the door to limit entrance to the room.

Temperature inside the wine cellar should remain constant hence there is a need for an efficient cooling unit. You can choose a standard system that is cheaper and easier to install but it needs to be replaced within five or 6 years. If you have the budget, it will be better to install a split-type cooling unit, which will last longer. A professional should install this type of cooling unit.

Light should not shine directly on the wine bottles as this will spoil wines faster. But you still need to install indirect, subdued lighting to make your way around the wine cellar. You can either install a dimmer to control the amount of light and the heat the lights generate or use LED lights, which are cooler.

You can opt to have a custom-made wine room so you can have it to your specifications and design or you can search for an appropriate wine room kit that will provide you with everything you need to have a place to store your wine collection.

You may have a growing wine collection and are facing the problem of how and where to store them. You may be worrying that you do not have extra space in your home to build a wine cellar and have limited budget to do so. A good alternative is to consider one of the free-standing wine cellars and wine cabinets available in the market today. They provide the same conditions of a permanent wine cellar but cost less. Free-standing wine cabinets come in different sizes, colors and design to complement your home interior and store your wine collection in excellent condition.

Size and Capacity of Free-Standing Wine Cellars

Free-standing wine cellars can hold between 4 and 50 standard bottles of wine.

Best Conditions for Free-Standing Wine Cellars and Cabinets

Free-standing wine cellars or wine cabinets can hold more wine bottles and allow you to store your wines for longer periods just like permanent wine cellars, in contrast to wine coolers or wine refrigerators that will only store wines for about a year. Wine coolers or refrigerators are suited for wines that are ready to be served, whereas wine cabinets replicate the conditions needed for the wines to age beautifully, keeping the temperature constantly at 55 degrees Fahrenheit. They are designed to maintain that temperature without any fluctuation even if the weather outside changes.

They are also designed to maintain humidity at 70 percent, providing ideal conditions for the wine to age beautifully and maintain its full flavor and aroma. Maintaining the right humidity is vital since this prevents the cork from drying out and letting the alcohol content of the wine from escaping or letting in oxygen that can spoil the wine.

Free-standing wine cellars are very quiet, another condition needed for the proper storage of wines. They are made securely and solidly to prevent vibration and noises from reaching the wines stored inside. They are designed to provide the ideal dark environment needed by wines, as they are drastically affected by light. Lighting is controlled in wine cabinets, just enough for you to see what you are looking for when you need a bottle to two.

Musty odors are potentially dangerous where wines are stored. Wine cabinets are designed to have proper ventilation, a condition that will prevent mold build up and other odors from outside the wine cabinet to reach the stored wine bottles.

Free-standing wine cellars are installed with bottle racks in the right horizontal angle to see to it that the corks are constantly touched by the wine. This will make sure that the cork is kept moist at all times until the bottle is opened.

Wine cabinets give you great convenience to store your wine collection right in your own home even if you do not have a permanent wine cellar. This is a more economical and convenient way to enjoy your wine anytime, compared to having to use a wine cellaring service. Wines taste better the longer they are stored and you can achieve this by investing in a free-standing wine cellar.

One of the cleverest ways of owning a great wine cellar is by installing a spiral wine cellar. Spiral wine cellars were first designed by a Frenchman in the 1970s who saw an unique opportunity to use the space below ground in one’s home to store wine. This type of wine cellar is perfect as it can be built into one’s property despite any limitations on space as well as certain ground conditions. It is also a much more cost efficient way of installing an underground cellar that can easily be accessed from above.

A spiral wine cellar is basically an extension that is constructed downwards and is composed of concrete units that are built cylindrically. These units typically measure two meters in width and various depths measuring up to three meters. A trapdoor provides access to the cellar with a spiral staircase featuring a honeycombed wall lining that serves as storage space for wine. It is an incredibly efficient use of space – space that would not typically be used for anything else.

The great thing about spiral wine cellars is that they can be installed just about anywhere in one’s property, whether underneath the kitchen, the dining room, or the garage. It can be installed into an existing room on the ground floor, or incorporated as part of a renovation, extension or new property. It is also able to store over a thousand wine bottles with no need to utilize power for it to operate.

Size and Capacity of Spiral Wine Cellars

Spiral wine cellars typically hold anywhere between 600 and 2,000 bottles of wine. A small spiral wine cellar requires a depth of 1.35 meters whereas the larger spiral wine cellars require a depth of 3 meters.

Best Conditions for Spiral Wine Cellars

There are several essential factors to consider in the proper storage of wine. The most important is the environment’s temperature. When wine is kept in an area that is too warm, aging happens quickly and the wine loses its vitality, leaving it stale. Ideally, the temperature in a storage area must be around 13°C although around five degrees higher or lower would still be good enough. The important thing to remember is that abrupt fluctuations must be avoided as wine always prefers gradual changes. With proper ground insulation, wine is kept at a constant temperature by the spiral cellar so that it ages beautifully as wine should.

Humidity is also a vital aspect in the proper storage of wine. Wine bottles must be positioned horizontally in an area that is slightly moist so that corks do not dry up. When they do, shrinking follows and air is able to gain access into the wine bottle, which then oxidizes the wine. The suggested humidity in the area is 70%, equivalent to the spiral wine cellar level.

It is believed that vibration can also have a negative effect on wine, which is why it is best to avoid it as much as possible. The reason why wine bottles must be stored in dark places is because exposure to light can result in certain chemical reactions that are not good for wine. Dark, quiet, and damp – these are what make the perfect atmosphere for a wine cellar.

This is the great advantage of having a spiral wine cellar – the temperature and humidity remain at a constant level, vibrations are minimised and the cellar is kept dark.

How to Build and Install a Spiral Wine Cellar

Installation is not a difficult process as each aspect of construction is handled by professionals from spiral cellar companies. The first step involves conducting a site survey, followed by an application for the approval of buildings regulations by the engineer. Once approved, installation takes about 5 short days. With a spiral wine cellar, wine storage will always be in the best conditions, no matter the length of time they are stored.

It is important, however, that a spiral wine cellar is not constructed in a position that is more than 7 meters away from the nearest exterior wall, so that ventilation systems can be properly installed. Spiral wine cellars are also best placed in north-facing areas of the home (for the Northern hemisphere) or south-facing areas (for the Southern Hemisphere). This ensures optimal temperature and ventilation control. A waterproof lining is also required around the outside of the spiral wine cellar to ensure that there is no issue with underground water.

When building a spiral wine cellar, temperature control can be achieved by using a passive ventilation system. Cool air enters the cellar from a pipe at ceiling level which in turn pushes any warm air upwards and out through a second pipe in the ceiling. All warm air is fed out through the pipe to above ground and outside of the property. This creates an appropriate flow of air through the cellar whilst maintaining an optimal temperature and humidity level.

Best Spiral Wine Cellars

Spiral wine cellars can cost between $15,000 and $40,000, depending on size and installation requirements. While expensive, the total installation price of a spiral wine cellar is typically lower than a full-blown underground or basement cellar.

Spiral Cellars, based in the UK, are the current leaders in providing this type of underground wine cellar.

A wine cellar is one of the most important rooms in the house of a wine connoisseur. It is fitting that a wonderful collection of wines should be stored in a room where they can be stored and displayed to advantage and where they can be allowed to mature. While there are wine cellar kits that can be bought, there are also many companies that specialize in making custom-made wine cellars to showcase the wines, add a decorative and artistic flair to the wine storage and provide the most ideal condition for the wine storage space, according to the owner’s design idea, expansion plan and budget.

Today, a wine cellar is not just for storing wines. A custom-made wine storage room now is multifunctional. It can be used as an entertaining area or venue for home wine tasting. It can even be used as an extra living space. Be sure to let your wine cellar design consultant know if you plan to use the wine cellar for entertaining so that the design can be adjusted and they can present ideas on what will work best for you.

Best Conditions for Custom-Made Wine Cellars

The location of your residence, the climate conditions that prevail in your area and your design ideas will have a great impact on your custom-made wine cellar. The climate conditions will let you know what type of cooling unit you will need. Your location will help the designer suggest which room or part of your house will be the most ideal. The wine cellar should be away from heat, where you can have renovations that will go not affect the design of your house too much and where the flooring and the rest of materials and accessories will be most suited for the wine room.

Designing and Building Your Own Custom-Made Wine Cellar

When you have a custom-made wine cellar, you want your guests to be impressed not only by the interior but the exterior of the wine room as well. This means that you need to have an impressive door that will set the tone for the rest of the design. Of course you need to have a sturdy and well-insulated door that will not allow the cold to escape or light and outside temperatures to penetrate the wine room. Design on the look and feel of your wine room door that will set it apart from the rest of your home interior.

There are many designs available of wine racks, shelves and other accessories for the wine room that will be suitable for the design that you have chosen. Look for wine shelves and accessories made from quality materials and sturdy construction.

The size of your wine room and the number of bottles you plan to collect and store will definitely impact your choice of accessories, the cooling unit that will be installed and how the layout of the room will be designed. Lighting will be part of the design and the architect will plan on how best to provide adequate lighting without affecting your wine bottles if you are planning on a multipurpose custom made wine cellar.

Limited space at home should not prevent you from indulging in your passion to collect and store a few bottles of precious wine. You may not have a basement or extra room in your house that can be dedicated to wine storage, but you may have some storage space beneath one of your counters or benchtops. You can then have an under-counter wine cooler to keep a few wine bottles. There are several styles and sizes of small portable wine storage units that will fit the space that you have. You just have to learn what to look for when choosing one.

An under-counter wine cooler is a portable wine storage unit available in different sizes, shapes and designs to complement your kitchen, den or dining area. It is fitted with a glass door so you can easily see what is inside. Look for one installed with LED lights to provide enough lighting to survey your wine collection without opening the door and without generating heat that can harm the wine. All under-counter wine coolers and refrigerators have front ventings in order to release any of the hot air generated whilst cooling your wine.

Size and Capacity of Under-Counter Wine Coolers

Under-counter wine coolers can store between 10 and 50 bottles of wine. Selecting the right size of course depends on the space available under your counter or benchtop. Under-counter wine coolers can be bought as tall, thin units, or shorter, wider units.

Best Under-Counter Wine Coolers

There are simple and straight-forward under-counter wine coolers, and there are some that are fitted with advanced features like different cooling zones, LED lights, wire shelves, LED displays, door locks, stainless steel bodies and doors with stainless steel frames. All these contribute greatly to how the units perform in storing and safeguarding your personal wine collection.
Look for an under counter wine storage unit that will be able to store the types of wines you collect. White wines, rose wines and red wines require different temperatures to properly age so you should look for a unit that has different cooling zones. And see to it that the storage unit will be able to hold bottles of different sizes.

One of the best-selling, and best value, under-counter wine coolers is the Haier HVCE15BBH Built-In or Freestanding 26-Bottle Wine Cellar. This wine cooler fits neatly under a 15″ counter and is an attractive way to store your wines at a constant temperature.

Haier HVCE15BBH Built-In or Freestanding 26-Bottle Wine Cellar

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