Great Wine Refrigeration Units

Most people enjoy they wine they buy within the first few days after purchasing it. Some would attribute this to impatience and unwillingness to wait for a wine to get older, others would say that so much wine is drunk close to purchase because cellaring can be costly and is hit-or-miss. After all, there isn't much merit in laying down a cheaper priced wine such as Yellowtail or Charles Shaw because they simply will not get better with age. Nothing is wrong with wines made for immediate consumption; they're serviceable for most every-day situations. On the other hand, pricier wines from higher quality vineyards can benefit significantly from decades of proper aging.

If you enjoy wines of all varieties and would like to start a collection of some vintages that may accumulate character, flavor as well as value over time, it is crucial that you pay as much attention to how you store your wines as you did while picking out the wines you intend on storing. The absolute ideal temperature for storing wines is between 51 and 56 degrees Fahrenheit. If wine is stored at too high a temperature for too long, the aging process will be accelerated in an unflattering way, disturbing the subtleties often enjoyed in older wines. Starting from prices in the low $100's and heading skyward, you can buy yourself a wine cooler than will keep your wine at the perfect temperature allowing it to age flawlessly for years to come.

EuroCave Performance 283 Elite Mahogany Wine Cellar

Suppose you inherent a large sum of money along with an impressive wine portfolio, why sell bottles of grape juice when you could instead add a touch of flair to your home with a wine cooler that carries as much elegance as an antique coo-coo clock. This cooling mammoth can hold over 220 bottles of your best wine.

VinoView Silent 35 Bottle Wine Display Refrigerator

Not too many individuals can identify a wine by the its bottom or foil top. This is being one of the main appeals of this 35 bottle wine cooler which sports a convex window on the door allowing four bottles to be stored upright with their labels facing outward.

Wine Enthusiast Silent 28 Bottle Wine Refrigerator

Wearing the name of one of the wine world's most respected magazines, this textbook styled wine cooler offers a clean and symmetrical package for 28 bottles of wine. While less flashy than the previous two coolers, this could easily be used in both conspicuous and hidden away spaces.

Avanti 52 Bottle Wine Refrigerator- Price: $330.00

This wine refrigerator has a very deceiving look to it. What appears to be a cooler that can handle 20-something bottles of wine is double the depth of normal coolers and can hold twice as much. Avanti is a very well respected manufacturer and this is probably one of their better and more practical models available.

Wine Enthusiast Silent 16 Bottle Wine Refrigerator- Price: $194.95

Wine coolers aren't exactly made in the "laptop" size yet, so this would be the quintessential "desktop." The sleek stainless steel case fits in well on any counter or shelving. The 16 bottle capacity is enough to hold a variety of your favorite crowd pleasing wines, especially if the rest of them are in your basement chilling in one of the monstrous chilled wine cellars available for the truly wealthy.

It doesn't take a whole lot of money to invest into your wine collection's well being. Whichever wines you choose to keep over the long term will taste better and last longer with the investment of just a couple of hundred dollars for a small to mid-sized wine cooler.