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Wine refigerator
The simple answer is no! Even on its lowest setting a fridge is going to be
too cold. There are wine cabinets holding small numbers on the market for £300 ish I would have thought (but..are you SURE you only want to hold 70??!!) there's a good article on choosing the type of unit on decanter's website - see this archive piece (you'll need to register to read it) http://www.decanter.com/archive/47859.html if price is important the units by fridge manufacturers (liebherr, miele) are cheaper than Eurocave et al. Johnners "Den" > wrote in message ... > Hi Group > > Southern Calif here! > > We're thinking of buy a wine refrigerator to hold about 70 bottles of wine > in our house. > > We'll be using it for wine that will be drunk over the course of (say) a > year. I.e. this wine refrigerator won't be used for long term storage of > good wine, rather as a store for the everyday stuff, and a storage location > for the good stuff that comes out of long term storage climate controlled > storage. > > All of the wine 'fridges that we've seen seem to be exceptionally highly > priced (understandable given the market!), and have so many whizz-bang > features that we just don't need, and so (particularly as we're not too > worried about the aesthetics of the 'fridge.) I was wondering about the > practicality of using an ordinary domestic refrigerator set on its warmest > setting. > > Has anyone any experience of this / thoughts on the matter? > > Are we likely to have issues with humidity? > > Cheers > > Den > > |
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Wine refigerator
Regarding refrigerators, I don't know all of the details, but I know that a
lot of my fellow homebrewers simply replace the thermostats in their beer refrigerators in order to allow for higher temperatures. This is a common practice among homebrewers in southern states who try to make ale in the summer, where the fermentation temperature has to hover at a constant 60-65 degrees or so. Might be worth looking into? I see two such items for sale at the bottom of this page: http://www.northernbrewer.com/chilling-etc.html Standard disclaimer, I'm not affiliated, just an occasional customer. -Chris "Johnners" > wrote in message ... > The simple answer is no! Even on its lowest setting a fridge is going to be > too cold. > There are wine cabinets holding small numbers on the market for £300 ish I > would have thought > (but..are you SURE you only want to hold 70??!!) > > there's a good article on choosing the type of unit on decanter's website - > see this archive piece > (you'll need to register to read it) > > http://www.decanter.com/archive/47859.html > > if price is important the units by fridge manufacturers (liebherr, miele) > are cheaper than Eurocave et al. > > Johnners > > > "Den" > wrote in message > ... > > Hi Group > > > > Southern Calif here! > > > > We're thinking of buy a wine refrigerator to hold about 70 bottles of wine > > in our house. > > > > We'll be using it for wine that will be drunk over the course of (say) a > > year. I.e. this wine refrigerator won't be used for long term storage of > > good wine, rather as a store for the everyday stuff, and a storage > location > > for the good stuff that comes out of long term storage climate controlled > > storage. > > > > All of the wine 'fridges that we've seen seem to be exceptionally highly > > priced (understandable given the market!), and have so many whizz-bang > > features that we just don't need, and so (particularly as we're not too > > worried about the aesthetics of the 'fridge.) I was wondering about the > > practicality of using an ordinary domestic refrigerator set on its warmest > > setting. > > > > Has anyone any experience of this / thoughts on the matter? > > > > Are we likely to have issues with humidity? > > > > Cheers > > > > Den > > > > > > |
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