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Wine Bottle Refrigerator For Ready To Drink Wine
By Barry J Smallhorn
When you're contemplating the different methods of storing wine
and trying to decide how you're going to store your collection,
don't make the mistake of thinking that a wine refrigerator will
give you exactly the same quality of storage as a genuine wine
cellar.
To begin with, there are differences in the stability of both
temperature and humidity, and in many cases, light itself is a
problem. So for long-term storage, a wine bottle refrigerator
is not your best choice, but it will do just fine at keeping your
"ready to drink" wine for a few months at least.
When it comes to temperature, a wine bottle refrigerator has
fluctuation problems no matter what method is used to control
them. If the fridge is compressor-based, then it will cool very
efficiently, yet as the compressor cycles up and down, so too
will the temperature fluctuate, even if it's just by a degree
or two.
Temperature Consistency In A Wine Fridge
Thermoelectric wine refrigerators, on the other hand, don't cycle
in the same way, but are not quite as efficient as those with
compressors. So temperature consistency will always be a concern
in a wine fridge.
Nor does a wine bottle refrigerator usually control humidity
as well as its advanced press might claim. The few that really
try use methods that aren't very reliable, so no manufacturer
has truly solved the humidity problem yet.
Storing Wine With A Glass Door
While a glass door on the front of the wine cabinet itself may
be decorative, and display the wines nicely, it may also be letting
in harmful light. White wines, particularly, can begin to deteriorate
in mere hours if they are stored in clear bottles.
So if the wine refrigerator's glass door is not tinted with special
material that can screen UV light, the wine can suffer damage
unless it's consumed relatively quickly.
A Wine Refrigerator Is Not A Wine Cellar
In fact, because of these potential problems with this method
of storing wine, some review sites, like www.modernwinecellar.com,
advise firmly against equating any wine refrigerator with an actual
wine cellar.
For one thing, wine can be kept in a wine cellar for a long time,
whereas a wine bottle refrigerator should be regarded as short-term
storage only, with any given bottle stored inside for no longer
than a year.
This is sage advice anyway, since these appliances don't tend
to last much longer than five years to begin with. For short-term
storage solutions for wine that's ready to drink, these refrigerators
work well.
For anything long term, however, a genuine wine cellar is still
much better.
About the Author:
Barry J Smallhorn has written a number of articles on cocktails
and food recipes including Seafood
Recipes,
Jerky Beef Meat Recipe, Food
Recipes, Fresh
Seafood, Tuna
Fish, Caviar,
Potato
Recipes, Organic
Gift Baskets, Wine
Storage Facility, Wine
Storage Racks, Custom
Wine Cellars.
Keep a lookout for more articles on this website.
Did You Know?
If you are a wine lover then you are probably well aware that
certain wines have to be stored in very specific conditions until
they are opened and used. Direct sunlight, heat and cold can all
change the flavor of the wine.
That is horrible news to those collectors that have put a lot
of money into their wine collection. The key is keeping the wine
at a specific temperature out of sunlight. You can do this either
by building an expensive wine cellar or investing in wine refrigerators.
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