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R. Lee
 
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Newbie here - Appreciate your patience.

Awhile back, I bought one of these 24 bottle wine refrigerator to keep some
of my red wine in. Recently, however all of the bottles I take out have
something sticking to the inside of the bottle right where the neck begins
to narrow. It's almost a scale-link coating. The bottles are stored on
their sides and the corks are still tight and moist upon opening. The
temperature ranges from 54 to 59 (motor kicks on at 59 and off around 54.
Is my unit causing this?

I appreciate any assistance.

rob


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Steve Slatcher
 
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On Sat, 08 May 2004 23:51:38 GMT, "R. Lee" >
wrote:

>Awhile back, I bought one of these 24 bottle wine refrigerator to keep some
>of my red wine in. Recently, however all of the bottles I take out have
>something sticking to the inside of the bottle right where the neck begins
>to narrow. It's almost a scale-link coating. The bottles are stored on
>their sides and the corks are still tight and moist upon opening. The
>temperature ranges from 54 to 59 (motor kicks on at 59 and off around 54.
>Is my unit causing this?


As no-one else is running with this one...

Don't know what a scale-link coating is, but sometimes sediment seems
to form in this location and sticks to the bottle. I have noticed it
several times. I'm sure it is nothing to worry about, and it is
nothing to do with your unit.

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JEP
 
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> On Sat, 08 May 2004 23:51:38 GMT, "R. Lee" >
> wrote:
>
> >Awhile back, I bought one of these 24 bottle wine refrigerator to keep some
> >of my red wine in. Recently, however all of the bottles I take out have
> >something sticking to the inside of the bottle right where the neck begins
> >to narrow. It's almost a scale-link coating. The bottles are stored on
> >their sides and the corks are still tight and moist upon opening. The
> >temperature ranges from 54 to 59 (motor kicks on at 59 and off around 54.
> >Is my unit causing this?

>


Nothing to worry about. Just something precipitating out of the wine
because of the colder storage temp.


Andy
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Mark Willstatter
 
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"R. Lee" > wrote in message om>...
> Newbie here - Appreciate your patience.
>
> Awhile back, I bought one of these 24 bottle wine refrigerator to keep some
> of my red wine in. Recently, however all of the bottles I take out have
> something sticking to the inside of the bottle right where the neck begins
> to narrow. It's almost a scale-link coating. The bottles are stored on
> their sides and the corks are still tight and moist upon opening. The
> temperature ranges from 54 to 59 (motor kicks on at 59 and off around 54.
> Is my unit causing this?
>
> I appreciate any assistance.
>
> rob


Rob, what you're seeing are almost certainly what are called tartrate
crystals or just "tartrates" for short - technically a chemical called
potassium bitartrate. They're happening because these wines have
probably not been this cool before. White wines are typically "cold
stabilized" at the winery by chilling them to temperatures in the 20's
(F) for days or weeks in order to prevent customer complaints that
would happen once the wines were chilled at home were the wines not
"cold stable". Red wines, on the other hand, are most often not
treated in this way. The crystals are probably in the shoulder, near
the neck because that's the lowest part of the bottle when it's on its
side in your cooler. They are completely harmless - nothing to worry
about - but if they bother you, try cranking up the temperature a
little if that's possible.

- Mark W.
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