How to Choose a Wine Refrigerator

A wine refrigerator not only improves the quality and beauty of your wine collection, it solves an organizational problem. Choosing the right wine refrigerator, however, can be a bit tricky. This article explores the various options of a wine refrigerator to meet your lifestyle.

Things You'll Need

• Wine bottles

Instructions

1. Look for a wine refrigerator with tinted glass, or a non see-through door. Light can negatively affect the quality and taste of wine, so you want to prevent as much light from entering the cooler as possible.

2. Consider your wine collection. Do you have wines that need to be kept at different temperatures? If so, purchase a wine refrigerator with 2 or 3 different cooling sections with different thermostats.

3. Count your wine bottles. A standard wine refrigerator holds 32 bottles. If you need more space, consider purchasing a large, specialized cooler. It may be less expensive than buying 2 entirely separate wine refrigerators.

4. Think about where you will put your wine refrigerator. Will it be in an especially dark location, or does it need to have a decorative look? If so, a refrigerator with "always on" lights looks absolutely beautiful.

5. Choose a wine refrigerator with a vibration-free compressor. The vibrations caused by many small refrigerator motors can disturb delicate wine and negatively affect the taste and quality.

Tips & Warnings

• Choose a wine refrigerator with built-in stops to make sure your bottles don't slip and break.