> If I had room for it, I'd buy a second fridge for cool
> storage throughout winter. The only room we have for it
> would be in the garage (our house is really tiny) and it's
> way too cold most of the winter for that idea to succeed.

If you're serious about it, you could get a temperature controller that
will control both for cooling and heating. You attach it to (usually)
a chest freezer and put in some sort of heating device also (light bulb,
reptile heater, etc). You can then keep the freezer at whatever setting
you want by running either the freezer (for cooling) or the heating device
(for heating).

These devices are made by Johnson Controls and Ranco ... most
can only either heat or cool at one setting and you have to
change the setting to be able to do both at the same time. So
you'll have to switch from cooling mode to heating mode in the
fall and vice versa in the spring. You *may* be able to find
one with two sets of plugs that will do both at once... I'm
not sure. Expect to pay between $50 and $100 for one. Here's
a Ranco example for $89:
http://www.morebeer.com/index.html?p...php3&pid=FE610

Or... you could heat/cool an entire room (garage) with a heater/air
conditional thermostat setup...