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Welcome to Wine Refrigerator Reviews

Our site provides reviews of the best wine refrigerator as well as information and resources to help you understand what you need to know about selecting, buying and using a wine refrigerator.

There are many wine refrigerators to choose from in many different sizes and each with it’s own benefits and features. Keeping wine at the perfect temperature is important to you. We also review style, usability and value.

Our aim is to help you find the wine refrigerator that will suit your needs and your wallet.
We love collecting and enjoying wines, too. We’ll review wine refrigerators for all types of wines and purposes. Wine refrigerators are not only important for keep wine cool, but storing your wine safely and in style.

We don’t own every wine refrigerator reviewed here, but we have researched, interviewed, and read customer reviews to bring you the best of the best. Hopefully you will find this information useful.

How To Store Wine

Short term storage

For open bottles, you can recork and set in the refrigerator standing upright.

For closed bottles, a counter top wine rack will work fine. Store the bottle on their side in the wine rack. Just make sure not to store the bottles in direct sunlight, next to a direct heat source (like the stove or oven) and away from the dishwasher. The dishwasher can create vibrations will can damage the wine.

Long term storage

Store the bottles on their side at constant temperature and away from direct sunlight. Bottles are stored on their side and in a consistent humidity to keep the cork from drying out.  Be careful though, you don’t want it too humid, or the cork may mold and ruin the wine. The best temperature is 55 degrees Fahrenheit and 70 percent humidity. Wine refrigerators are specially designed to maintain the perfect storage environment for the cork and wine.

Find the Best Wine Refrigerator for your home

To keep your favorite wine cool and fresh for years we recommend buying a wine refrigerator. There are many shape sizes and benefits of each. The important thing to keep in mind is to find the right one to fit your needs and your home.

A Wine Refrigerator to fit your home

Determine how much space you have in your home. There are models that fit under the counter, large standing ones, and even smaller under counter refrigerators. Buy one that fits your home and decor.

Buy a Wine Refrigerator large enough to fit all your bottles

Since you are investing in storing your favorite wines, make sure to buy a cooler that will fit all your bottles. If you only keep a few bottles on hand, then an smaller under the counter or counter top cooler will be large enough. If you have larger collections of bottles, then definitely get a larger one. You may also want to consider a larger one for the basement or storage and a smaller one for immediate access in the kitchen.

A Wine Refrigerator to store both red and white wine

If you can afford, and depending on your selection of wine, it may be a good idea to buy a dual zone or dual door refrigerator. These refrigerators allow to store red wine at the optimal 55 degrees and white wine at a cooler 45 degrees Fahrenheit.

Energy efficient Wine Refrigerators

There are wine refrigerators that are energy efficient. Look for a Energy Star appliance if you can find one, or compare the energy usage. Thermoelectric wine coolers are good because there is no compressor and thus reduced vibration. Shaking the wine bottles by storing them in a vibrating cooler will ruin the wine and it will not store as long. Even though coolers will maintain a constant interior temperature, it is still recommend to store the wine refrigerator out of direct sunlight and in a part of the house that has a constant temperature. This will prolong the life of the wine refrigerator and your favorite wines.