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Wine refigerator
"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? I've been using the old refrigerator here in southeastern Virginia since last summer for wine storage. It is stored in the garage, and I have the freezer section cut off and the fridge set on the just barely on setting. I just opened it to check temperature (it has been closed since dinner last night), and it reads 43 deg F. Admittedly, this is cooler than reds, particularly, need to be for drinking - we just remove a bottle a half-hour before serving, seems to warm up just right. For whites, we remove the bottle open, and pour about 5-10 minutes before serving. Capacity is no where near 70 bottles, at least on this fridge. I've got one case in it, a wood rack that stores another case or so, and bottles laying sideways in the remainder and some in the racks in the door. This fridge is the type that had freezer above the refrig compartment, I have not stored anything in the freezer compartment (have to move the thermometer and check the temp, it may be OK). I will agree with other posters that this is by no means an ideal situation. However, in the summer months, my garage is usually 90 deg F in the day and high 80's or low 90's at night; midwinter the garage is in low 30 F range - I certainly think that it is better than storage in that range. Kitchen storage space is limited, and there is no basement (the water table here has been less than a foot below ground surface with the rains the past year). At the present, I am starting a new business venture, and cash flow will absolutely not permit purchase of a special wine storage area. Also, our wines at present are not highly expensive, ranging from US $5 to $40; and most of these bottles will be kept for a range of a week to 5 years (mostly less than a year). Your mileage may vary. HTH, Jim |
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